History Trivia / ThunderboltFantasy

* PromotedFanboy: Puppeteer Jia-Shen Liao of Pili Co. is a die-hard Urobuchi fan and anime otaku. When the ''Thunderbolt Project'' hit the greenlight for their studio, he actively approached his boss, begging to join the ''Thunderbolt Fantasy'' team instead of the team for their other Pili series, which was under production at the same time. And he got the approval. His main roles are Tan Hi and Betsutengai, while substituting other characters depending on the scene. Most of the "anime-ish" quirks each character has were interpreted, and enacted by him.

** With that in mind, Urobuchi also added via an interview within the gratitude event's booklet that Zan Kyou, Ryou Mi, and Chyou Mei are his top students who mastered his arts. Therefore, unlike the rest of the Genkishu army, who have to wear masks, they were permitted to unmask themselves to carry out missions.

* HandWave: The Taiwanese audience confronted the question regarding "why armies of Genkishu {{Mooks}} can't overthrow 7 people?" within the Taiwanese fan gratitude event. [[WordOfGod Urobuchi]] responded the mooks are normally, personally trained by Betsutengai, but the Tengyouken event developed way too rapidly, therefore his mooks have no choice but to go out to the frontlines without being fully trained, hence the mass slaughter on the Genkishu part.

* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[WordOfGod Urobuchi]] revealed via Taiwan's gratitude event that since he finished the script and sealed the deal on the series' scenario way before the character designs and puppets were finalized, he kinda regret killing off Ryou Mi by the time he saw her finalized image since she came out extremely adorable.

* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[WordOfGod Urobuchi]] revealed via Taiwan's gratitude event that since he finished the script and sealed the deal on the series' scenario way before the character designs and puppets were finalized, he kinda regret killing off Ryou Mi by the time he saw her finalized image since she came out way too adorable to slaughter.

* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[WordOfGod Urobuchi]] revealed via Taiwan's gratitude event that since he finished the script and sealed the deal on the series' scenario way before the character designs and puppets were finalized, he kinda regret killing off Ryomi by the time he saw her finalized image since she came out way too adorable to slaughter.

* HandWave: The Taiwanese audience confronted the question regarding "why armies of Genkishu {{Mooks}} can't overthrow 7 people?" within the Taiwanese fan gratitude event. [[WordOfGod Urobuchi]] responded the mooks are normally, personally trained by Betsutengai, but the Tengyouken event developed way too rapidly, therefore his mooks have no choice but to go out to the frontlines without being fully trained, hence the massive slaughter on the Genkishu part.

* HandWave: The Taiwanese audience confronted the question regarding "why armies of Genkishu {{Mooks}} can't overthrow 7 people?" within the Taiwanese fan gratitude event. [[WordOfGod Urobuchi]] responded the mooks were supposedly personally trained by Betsutengai, but the Tengyouken event developed way too rapidly, therefore his mooks have no choice but to go out to the frontlines without being fully trained, hence the massive slaughter on the Genkishu part.

* HandWave: The Taiwanese audience confronted the question regarding "why armies of Genkishu {{Mooks}} can't overthrow 7 people?" within the Taiwanese fan gratitude event. [[WordOfGod Urobuchi]] responded the mooks were supposedly personally trained by Betsutengai, but since Setsua's crew invaded way too rapidly, his mooks have to go out to the frontlines without being fully trained, therefore they have no choice but to be slathered.

* PromotedFanboy: Puppeteer Jia-Shen Liao of Pili Co. is an openly die-hard Urobuchi fan and anime otaku. When the ''Thunderbolt Project'' hit the greenlight for their studio, he actively approached his boss, begging to join the ''Thunderbolt Fantasy'' team instead of the team for their other Pili series, which was under production at the same time. And he got the approval. His main roles are Tan Hi and Betsutengai, while substituting other characters depending on the scene. Most of the "anime-ish" quirks each character has were interpreted, and enacted by him.

* AscendedFanboy: Puppeteer Jia-Shen Liao of Pili Co. is an openly die-hard Urobuchi fan and anime otaku. When the ''Thunderbolt Project'' hit the greenlight for their studio, he actively approached his boss, begging to join the ''Thunderbolt Fantasy'' team instead of the team for their other Pili series, which was under production at the same time. And he got the approval. His main roles are Tan Hi and Betsutengai, while substituting other characters depending on the scene. Most of the "anime-ish" quirks each character has were interpreted, and enacted by him.

** Setsumusho: "Mr. VisualKei" [[note]]For his flamboyant appearance, and his ability to play musical instruments.[[/note]]

* AscendedFanboy: Puppeteer Jia-Shen Liao of Pili Co. is an openly die-hard Urobuchi fan and anime otaku. When the ''Thunderbolt Project'' hit the greenlight for their studio, he actively approached his boss, begging to join the ''Thunderbolt Fantasy'' team instead of the team for their other Pili series, which was under production at the same time. And he got the approval. His main roles are Tan Hi and Betsutengai, while substituting other characters depending on the scene. Most of the "anime-ish" quirks each character has were enacted by him.

* AscendedFanboy: Puppeteer Jia-Shen Liao of Pili Co. is an openly die-hard Urobuchi fan and anime otaku. When the ''Thunderbolt Project'' hit the greenlight for their studio, he actively approached his boss, begging to join the ''Thunderbolt Fantasy'' team instead of their other Pili series, which was under production at the same time. And he got the approval. His main roles are Tan Hi and Betsutengai, while substituting other characters depending on the scene.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Despite being translated as Thunderbolt Fantasy in English, the kanji or Chinese title東離劍遊記 can be literally translated as “The Dong Li Sword Journey”. It makes more sense considering the non-translated title implies that the group is on a quest to find the missing part of Tengyouken (Japanese) / Tianxing Sword (Mandarin) in a country called Dong Li (東離).

** Setsumusho: "Mr. Note/VisualKei" [[note]]For his flamboyant appearance, and his ability to play musical instruments.[[/note]]

** Betsutengai: "Hyper Everyday" [[note]]Coined by Chinese fans, for his name in mandarin [[{{pun}} shares similar pronunciations]]. This nickname also coincidentally corresponds to the Japanese "Genki Shu" nickname above, setting The Onyx Demons' fan nickname meme closer to AscendedFanon status.[[/note]]

** Rin Setsua: "Zero Blood Pressure" [[note]]Coined by Chinese fans, for his name in mandarin [[{{pun}} shares a similar pronoun]]. Also fitting for his level-headed personality.[[/note]]

** Betsutengai: "Hyper Everyday" [[note]]Coined by Chinese fans, for his name in mandarin [[{{pun}} shares a similar pronoun]]. This nickname also coincidentally corresponds to the Japanese "Genki Shu" nickname above, setting The Onyx Demons' fan nickname meme closer to AscendedFanon status.[[/note]]

** Betsutengai: "Hyper Everyday" [[note]]Coined by Chinese fans, for his name in mandarin [[{{pun}} shares a similar pronoun]]. This nickname also coincidentally corresponds to the Japanese "Genki Shu" nickname above, setting The Onyx Demons' fan nickname meme closer to AscendedFanon status.[[/note]]
** Setsumusho: "Mr. VisualKei" [[note]]For his flamboyant appearance, and his ability to play musical instruments.[[/note]]

** Setsumusho: "Mr. VisualKei" [[note]]For his flamboyant outfit, and his ability to play musical instruments.[[/note]]

* FanNickname: Nicknames for characters has been passing between the Japanese and Chinese demographic vigorously, with the following names or terms hitting canon between fans.

** Betsutengai: "Hyper Everyday" [[note]]Coined by Chinese fans, for his name in mandarin [[{{pun}} shares a similar pronoun]]. This nickname also coincidentally corresponds to the Japanese "Genki Shu" nickname above, setting The Onyx Demons' fan nickname meme closer to AscendedFanon status.[[/note]]

** Betsutengai: "Hyper Everyday" [[note]]Coined by Chinese fans, for his name in mandarin [[{{pun}} also shares a similar pronoun]]. This nickname also coincidentally corresponds to the Japanese "Genki Shu" nickname above, setting The Onyx Demons' fan nickname meme closer to AscendedFanon status.[[/note]]

** Betsutengai: "Hyper Everyday" [[note]]Coined by Chinese fans, for his name in mandarin [[{{pun}} also shares a similar pronoun]]. This nickname also coincidentally corresponds to the Japanese "Genki Shu" nickname above, setting The Onyx Demons closer to AscendedFanon status.[[/note]]

* FanNickname: Nicknames for characters has been passing between the Japanese and Chinese demographic, with the following hitting canon.

** Genkishu: "Energetic Party." [[note]]Coined by Japanese fans, for their obvious {{pun}} on the term "[[[[GenkiGirl Genki]]. [[WordOfGod And the staff for this project]] are liking it."[[/note]]
** Betsutengai: "Hyper Everyday"