Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death

MOVIE

7.6

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Anime DetailsFINISHED

Format: film
Runtime: 75 min
Status: Finished
Aired: December 2, 2017
Season: Fall 2017
Source: Original story
Studio: Pili International Multimedia
Country: Japan
AniList score: 76/100

Estimated watch time

1h 15m

⚡ 1 days at 5 eps/day

Tags & Tropes

Swordplay73%Puppetry70%Wuxia66%Philosophy65%Anti-Hero50%Foreign30%Gore20%Mixed Media20%

MOVIEFINISHED2017 FALL7.6 / 10 AniList score

Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death

Name: Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Rating: 7.6

Thunderbolt Fantasy: 生死一劍• Thunderbolt Fantasy: Seishi Ikken

Action Fantasy

Synopsis

Movie adaptation of Thunderbolt Fantasy sidestory novels, split into two parts. The first part tells the backstory of the Screaming Phoenix Killer, Shā Wú Shēng and the second part features a Shāng Bù Huàn story set between Thunderbolt Fantasy seasons 1 and 2. (Source: Anime News Network)

Should you watch Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death?

Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death has been well received, with an average AniList score of 76/100 — 68% of 743 ratings are 8/10 or higher.

It ranks #18 highest-rated film of 2017, and #62 most popular film of 2017 on AniList.

Of the 1.3K AniList users who started it, 1.9% dropped it, so it is very rarely abandoned; 1.2K have finished it.

As a 75-minute film, it fits in a single evening.

Best for viewers who enjoy Action, Fantasy — especially swordplay, puppetry, wuxia, philosophy.