Thunderbolt Fantasy Shōshi Ikken will adapt the “Satsumushō-hen” (Shā Wú Shēng Chapter) story from the Thunderbolt Fantasy: Tōriken Kōki Gaiden (Thunderbolt Fantasy Side Story) novel that Nitroplus published on April 7.
The official website for the Thunderbolt Fantasy puppet-show project began streaming the third video in a series of “making of” videos on Monday.
A second season of the original Thunderbolt Fantasy series is green-lit for 2018.
The film will screen in eight theaters in Japan starting on December 2.