The Thunderbolt Fantasy Project

The Thunderbolt Fantasy Project is a television collaboration between NITRO PLUS, Pili international media, and Good Smile.

Development
"What happens when you then take Gen Urobuchi from Nitroplus and partner him with Pili International Media, the company responsible for the glove puppetry media with the highest production values? The result is a miraculous collaboration. The result is an all-new wuxia fantasy series, with Gen Urobuchi providing the premise, screenplay, and series composition, and Pili handling the filming and production: Thunderbolt Fantasy!"

The story of Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 (Sandāboruto Fantajī: Tōriken Yūki) is written by Gen Urobuchi and the characters and design are directed by NITRO PLUS. The staff at Pili are responsible for the craft and maintenance of the puppets and the production (including filming and CG) of the show.

The show is dubbed in Taiwanese and Japanese with several notorious veteran Japanese voice actors who had never previously worked with dubbing over puppets. Several spinoff media have been produced, including two volumes of manga and a novel.