A darkish horse sequence from 2016, Thunderbolt Fantasy used conventional Chinese language and Taiwanese puppeteering to captivate the imaginations of anime followers around the globe. One particular person integral to the manufacturing is Takanori Nishikawa. He not solely offered the theme music for all three seasons, but in addition the voice for the younger, red-haired pipa-playing man Làng Wū Yáo. To have fun the singer’s birthday, the puppeteering firm behind Thunderbolt Fantasy, Pili Puppetry, imagined a Nishikawa “puppet.”
Pili Puppetry’s X (previously Twitter) account posted the picture of the Nishikawa “puppet” on the singer’s birthday, September 19. Within the submit, Pili Puppetry additionally requested followers to reminisce about Nishikawa’s 1998 music “Sizzling Restrict.”
【東離｜西川貴教生日快樂】
At this time is September nineteenth, Takanori Nishikawa’s birthday. Let’s reminisce concerning the traditional ‘HOT LIMIT’ collectively~
這次第四季主題曲〈天叢雲劍-SKYBREAKER-〉，為西川貴教獻唱，由Benjamin + cAnON.作詞、澤野弘之作曲。#一起祝教主生日快樂 #西川貴教 #HOTLIMIT pic.twitter.com/Y3mu9z8Pna— 霹靂布袋戲 PILI Puppetry (@epilinet) September 19, 2024
Whereas the photograph within the Pili Puppetry X/Twitter submit seems to be a Nishikawa puppet, astute followers of each Nishikawa and Thunderbolt Fantasy will discover one thing is a bit off. That is as a result of the account composited Làng Wū Yáo’s puppet head onto Nishikawa’s actual physique. It is fairly a convincing job as effectively, since at first look it seems to be an authentic puppet with all of the glam one would anticipate from Nishikawa.
Now, if solely he’ll seem on stage carrying a Làng Wū Yáo masks whereas performing “Sizzling Restrict.”
Sources: Pili Puppetry’s X/Twitter account
