Across the Sea

A Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th anniversary fanzine Non-profit; completely fan-run LATEST STATUS: 🆕 Preorders closed; look out for leftover sales! 🆕 Shipping preorders For FAQs, countdown, and JP/ZH-TW translations, see our Carrd. For email updates, subscribe to our mailing list.

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Breaking news: the copies of our Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th anniversary fanzine, Across the Sea, have arrived fresh from the printers! Here’s a sneak peek of the covers. Look out for more photos and videos to come!

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All orders on Taiwan 7-11 have been shipped from Japan in bulk! They have already been packed; once they reach Taiwan, our Taiwan-based mod will send out each package.

Please continue to stay tuned for updates on shipments.

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All orders on BOOTH have been shipped! Please continue to stay tuned for updates on shipments.

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Here’s a look at the double-sided postcard that comes with our Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th anniversary fanzine as a little freebie for buyers! You can check it out in photo form as well, below the cut:

We also prepared some thank-you cards for all copies. We’ll stamp the back of the card with a custom-made seal with the zine’s Mandarin and Japanese titles: 《四海遨遊》 (“Sì Hǎi Aó Yóu”) and 『彼方の海へと』 (“Kanata no Umi e to”).

Yes, we got ink pads in the color motifs of Thunderbolt Fantasy’s main trio! Your card will come with a stamp in brown, blue, or red.

Please note that since the cards will be stamped by hand, some might not come out looking perfectly stamped, but we’ll try our very best. Thank you for your understanding!

The stamp is from a long-standing Taiwanese shop: Ri Xing Type Foundry (日星鑄字行), the last place in the world with a collection of movable casting molds of traditional Chinese characters, which can be used for letterpress printing and creating personalized stamps.

If you’re into stationery, and you ever find yourself in Taipei, give them a visit; their shop is just about 10 minutes on foot from Taipei Main Station (Google Maps).

(Disclaimer: we are not affiliated with them; we’d just like to give them a shout-out for the lovely stamp they made of our zine’s Mandarin and Japanese titles!)

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Although our zine has been compared to a blunt weapon, please do not use it to bludgeon your enemies 😅

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"Across the Sea: A Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th Anniversary Fanzine" at "Raimei ni Tsuzuke! 2026" in Tokyo

It’s been a very hectic time for us, and it will continue to be as we focus on getting our orders fulfilled, but—here’s a photo of our table at the 2026 iteration of the budaixi-only doujin event “Raimei ni Tsuzuke!” in Tokyo.

It was our first time participating in a doujin event. Though Tifa, who is based in Japan, was the only mod at the table, everyone on the mod team also helped with the graphics, social media posts, and so on for the event!

Despite some initial hiccups such as delayed setup and the freebie postcards for the event being mistakenly delivered to Tifa's place, we were able to set up our table and distribute our zine successfully.

We couldn't have done it without the help, patience, and understanding of some truly kind souls, especially one of our contributors: Nakahara ritu, who stepped in after seeing Tifa struggling and was such a great help—all while cosplaying Lin Xue Ya! (Unfortunately, Tifa wasn't able to take a photo of ritu at our table, but if we can find a photo and get permission, we'll post it.)

If time permits, we may do a more detailed event report about our Raimei experience, but if not, consider this our event report for last weekend.

And for those who missed our preorder period, stay tuned for leftover sales starting late this month, or early next month in June!

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The estimated weight that the printing company gave us for our Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th anniversary fanzine was 965 grams (about 2.12 pounds). So we tried weighing the zine as soon as it arrived, and…

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And here’s another teaser of our fanzine! Any of you contributors spot your work(s)…? 👀

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Dropping a teaser of our Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th anniversary fanzine… 👀

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“Across the Sea: A Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th Anniversary Fanzine”: Promo Graphic for 5/17 Tokyo Event!

With preorders now closed and our files already sent to the printers, we are now busy preparing to table at the budaixi-only doujin event "Raimei ni Tsuzuke!", to be held in Tokyo on May 17, 2026 (Sunday)!

Here is our promotional graphic for the event. We only have one item to offer: our Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th anniversary fanzine, Across the Sea (Japanese title: 『彼方の海へと』 / Mandarin title: 《四海遨遊》).

If, by any chance, any of you Thunderbolt Fantasy fans will be attending this event, see you there—come find us at table A01, between the rest area and the stage!

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Raimei Reservations & Taiwan 7-11 Preorders Closed!

The reservation form for pickup at the "Raimei ni Tsuzuke!" event in Tokyo and our Taiwan 7-11 storefront have closed! Shipping of preorders will begin this month.

To contributors: we apologize for the delay. We'll email instructions for receiving your copy soon, within Japan's Golden Week holidays!

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“Across the Sea: A Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th Anniversary Fanzine” Preview #48

Today's preview (the final preview for the main zine) is a sneak peak at our fandom poll results! Which season/movie was the most popular? Who placed in the top 10 in the character popularity poll? Find out the answers to these questions and more when the zine releases!

Preorders through BOOTH & Ko-Fi have closed! However, reservations for pickup at the “Raimei ni Tsuzuke!” 5/17 Tokyo event and preorders via our 7-11 shop (Taiwan only) are still ongoing for 4 more hours (⌛️LAST CALL!⌛️), with the closing time being April 30th UTC+9 23:59.

Shipping for all preorders will begin in May.

More info on preorders: https://tbfantazine.carrd.co

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1 Day Left! Raimei Reservations & 7-11 Preorders Close April 30

1 day left to preorder the zine via our 7-11 shop (Taiwan only) or make a reservation for the “Raimei ni Tsuzuke!” 5/17 Tokyo event! They will close on April 30 at 23:59 UTC+9.

For more information about preorders and the countdown timer until preorders close, please visit our Carrd site: http://tbfantazine.carrd.co

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"Across the Sea: A Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th Anniversary Fanzine" Preview #47

Today's previews are for Pandotaro, @fujimusume, and 影骸YingHai!

Preorders through BOOTH & Ko-Fi have closed! However, reservations for pickup at the “Raimei ni Tsuzuke!” 5/17 Tokyo event and preorders via our 7-11 shop (Taiwan only) are still ongoing until April 30th UTC+9 23:59.

Shipping for all preorders will begin in May.

More info on preorders: https://tbfantazine.carrd.co

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3 Days Left! Raimei Reservations & 7-11 Preorders Close April 30

3 days left to preorder the zine via our 7-11 shop (Taiwan only) or make a reservation for the “Raimei ni Tsuzuke!” 5/17 Tokyo event! They will close on April 30 at 23:59 UTC+9.

For more information about preorders and the countdown timer until preorders close, please visit our Carrd site: http://tbfantazine.carrd.co

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"Across the Sea: A Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th Anniversary Fanzine" Preview #46

Today's previews are for @enigmaticgale and @fujimusume!

Preorders through BOOTH & Ko-Fi have closed! However, reservations for pickup at the "Raimei ni Tsuzuke!" 5/17 Tokyo event and preorders via our 7-11 shop (Taiwan only) are still ongoing until April 30th UTC+9 23:59.

Shipping for all preorders will begin in May.

More info on preorders: https://tbfantazine.carrd.co

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7 Days Left! Raimei Reservations & 7-11 Preorders Close April 30

7 days left to preorder the zine via our 7-11 shop (Taiwan only) or make a reservation for the “Raimei ni Tsuzuke!” 5/17 Tokyo event! They will close on April 30 at 23:59 UTC+9.

For more information about preorders and the countdown timer until preorders close, please visit our Carrd site: http://tbfantazine.carrd.co