From Mexico’s stop-motion I Am Frankelda to Taiwan’s budaixi-styled Legend of the Sacred Stone, B.L. Panther celebrates the “rainbow connection” between cinema and puppetry, in all its myriad traditions and techniques, across 20 deeply felt films. https://boxd.it/3nK
September 25, 2026 at 2:41 PM
From Mexico’s stop-motion I Am Frankelda to Taiwan’s budaixi-styled Legend of the Sacred Stone, B.L. Panther celebrates the “rainbow connection” between cinema and puppetry, in all its myriad traditions and techniques, across 20 deeply felt films. https://boxd.it/3nK
To round out the week, here's another clip from LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE. Incredible puppet fight choreography, for sure, but also a moment of tragedy that is achingly cinematic.
Pre-ordering now, ships late May.
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #legendofthesacredstone #wuxia #budaixi
Pre-ordering now, ships late May.
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #legendofthesacredstone #wuxia #budaixi
May 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
To round out the week, here's another clip from LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE. Incredible puppet fight choreography, for sure, but also a moment of tragedy that is achingly cinematic.
Pre-ordering now, ships late May.
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #legendofthesacredstone #wuxia #budaixi
Pre-ordering now, ships late May.
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #legendofthesacredstone #wuxia #budaixi
***PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT*** Shipping in late August: more glove-puppet insanity from the budaixi grandmasters at Pili. It’s time to witness the origin of Su Huan-Jen, in… DEMIGOD: THE LEGEND BEGINS
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July 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
***PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT*** Shipping in late August: more glove-puppet insanity from the budaixi grandmasters at Pili. It’s time to witness the origin of Su Huan-Jen, in… DEMIGOD: THE LEGEND BEGINS
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Here's the Taiwanese trailer for DEMIGOD: THE LEGEND BEGINS. Fear not...the trailer does not have English subtitles, but the film does!
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #glovepuppets #wuxia #cultmovies #blurayaddict #budaixi #suhuanjen
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #glovepuppets #wuxia #cultmovies #blurayaddict #budaixi #suhuanjen
July 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Here's the Taiwanese trailer for DEMIGOD: THE LEGEND BEGINS. Fear not...the trailer does not have English subtitles, but the film does!
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #glovepuppets #wuxia #cultmovies #blurayaddict #budaixi #suhuanjen
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #glovepuppets #wuxia #cultmovies #blurayaddict #budaixi #suhuanjen
For this month’s illustration I want to make 布袋戲 Budaixi.
When I was a kid, I was terrified of the Budaixi dolls. They look scary sometimes. I still remembered that one of my mom’s friend’s son who is older than me like to use it to scare me a lot. 🤣
#papercraft #paperart
When I was a kid, I was terrified of the Budaixi dolls. They look scary sometimes. I still remembered that one of my mom’s friend’s son who is older than me like to use it to scare me a lot. 🤣
#papercraft #paperart
July 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
For this month’s illustration I want to make 布袋戲 Budaixi.
When I was a kid, I was terrified of the Budaixi dolls. They look scary sometimes. I still remembered that one of my mom’s friend’s son who is older than me like to use it to scare me a lot. 🤣
#papercraft #paperart
When I was a kid, I was terrified of the Budaixi dolls. They look scary sometimes. I still remembered that one of my mom’s friend’s son who is older than me like to use it to scare me a lot. 🤣
#papercraft #paperart
Demain 20h au Forum des images, l’ami @paulgaussem.bsky.social présente "Legend of the Sacred Stone" (Chris Huang, 2000), wu xia pian des studios Pili qui réinventa le budaixi (théâtre de marionnettes) ! Réserver ici :
www.forumdesimages.fr/legend-sacre...
www.forumdesimages.fr/legend-sacre...
November 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Demain 20h au Forum des images, l’ami @paulgaussem.bsky.social présente "Legend of the Sacred Stone" (Chris Huang, 2000), wu xia pian des studios Pili qui réinventa le budaixi (théâtre de marionnettes) ! Réserver ici :
www.forumdesimages.fr/legend-sacre...
www.forumdesimages.fr/legend-sacre...
Some Strings Attached: twenty deeply felt films celebrating the world of puppetry
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#moviesky #filmsky #puppets #puppetry
letterboxd.com/journal/some...
#moviesky #filmsky #puppets #puppetry
Some Strings Attached: twenty deeply felt films celebrating the world of puppetry • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
From Mexico’s stop-motion I Am Frankelda to Taiwan’s budaixi-styled Legends of the Sacred Stone, B.L. Panther celebrates the “rainbow connection” between cinema and puppetry, in all its myriad traditi...
letterboxd.com
September 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Some Strings Attached: twenty deeply felt films celebrating the world of puppetry
letterboxd.com/journal/some...
#moviesky #filmsky #puppets #puppetry
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#moviesky #filmsky #puppets #puppetry
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming this fall on Blu-ray in the US from @deafcrocodile.bsky.social: #Demigod: The Legend Begins (2022)!
Following on from this month's budaixi glove-puppet wuxia epic, THE LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE, we teased in its description that the film's 2022 follow-up would be
Coming this fall on Blu-ray in the US from @deafcrocodile.bsky.social: #Demigod: The Legend Begins (2022)!
Following on from this month's budaixi glove-puppet wuxia epic, THE LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE, we teased in its description that the film's 2022 follow-up would be
May 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming this fall on Blu-ray in the US from @deafcrocodile.bsky.social: #Demigod: The Legend Begins (2022)!
Following on from this month's budaixi glove-puppet wuxia epic, THE LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE, we teased in its description that the film's 2022 follow-up would be
Coming this fall on Blu-ray in the US from @deafcrocodile.bsky.social: #Demigod: The Legend Begins (2022)!
Following on from this month's budaixi glove-puppet wuxia epic, THE LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE, we teased in its description that the film's 2022 follow-up would be
Actually I forgot I had these too
February 28, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Actually I forgot I had these too
There's still two days left in this work week, but Su Huan Jen needs you to keep on punching through!
(And hang tight until Friday morning, when all will be revealed!)
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #budaixi #wuxia #taiwanesefilm #suhuanjen #chrishuang
(And hang tight until Friday morning, when all will be revealed!)
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #budaixi #wuxia #taiwanesefilm #suhuanjen #chrishuang
July 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
There's still two days left in this work week, but Su Huan Jen needs you to keep on punching through!
(And hang tight until Friday morning, when all will be revealed!)
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #budaixi #wuxia #taiwanesefilm #suhuanjen #chrishuang
(And hang tight until Friday morning, when all will be revealed!)
#deafcrocodile #bluray #pili #budaixi #wuxia #taiwanesefilm #suhuanjen #chrishuang
Used budaixi Tiger looking for job with DOGE. Will work for roadkill.
February 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Used budaixi Tiger looking for job with DOGE. Will work for roadkill.
This type of puppet TV show is based on traditional hand puppets called 布袋戲 (bùdàixì), popular in southern Taiwan and originally used for religious festivals.
June 29, 2024 at 1:24 PM
This type of puppet TV show is based on traditional hand puppets called 布袋戲 (bùdàixì), popular in southern Taiwan and originally used for religious festivals.
We've applied for a table at the budaixi-only fan event "Raimei ni Tsuzuke!", to be held in Tokyo on May 17! If accepted, it’ll be our first time tabling at a doujin event 🙇🏻
Here's our "circle cut" (a Japanese doujin event term for "booth logo").
#TBFantazine #TBFantazine2026
Here's our "circle cut" (a Japanese doujin event term for "booth logo").
#TBFantazine #TBFantazine2026
今年の5月17日開催の布袋劇オンリー「雷鳴に続け！」に申し込みました！
こちらは私たちのサークルカットです〜
初めてのサークル参加ですので、よろしくお願い致します🙇🏻
#サンファン10周年記念同人アンソロジー
#雷鳴に続け2026
こちらは私たちのサークルカットです〜
初めてのサークル参加ですので、よろしくお願い致します🙇🏻
#サンファン10周年記念同人アンソロジー
#雷鳴に続け2026
January 23, 2026 at 1:32 PM
We've applied for a table at the budaixi-only fan event "Raimei ni Tsuzuke!", to be held in Tokyo on May 17! If accepted, it’ll be our first time tabling at a doujin event 🙇🏻
Here's our "circle cut" (a Japanese doujin event term for "booth logo").
#TBFantazine #TBFantazine2026
Here's our "circle cut" (a Japanese doujin event term for "booth logo").
#TBFantazine #TBFantazine2026
I knew they weren’t going to include Team America World Police, but it was still a good read notherless
Some Strings Attached: twenty deeply felt films celebrating the world of puppetry • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
From Mexico’s stop-motion I Am Frankelda to Taiwan’s budaixi-styled Legends of the Sacred Stone, B.L. Panther celebrates the “rainbow connection” between cinema and puppetry, in all its myriad traditi...
letterboxd.com
September 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I knew they weren’t going to include Team America World Police, but it was still a good read notherless
That and learning that apparently his birthday is a national holiday. Upon learning the story behind Budaixi and Susu as a national figure in Taiwan, I hold massive respect for him
When I discovered that "DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins" was actually named simply Su Huan Jen in Taiwan I gained respect for Susu even tho I know next to nothing abt him, cuz having a movie named after yourself is unironically massive aura farming lmao
September 24, 2026 at 8:54 PM
That and learning that apparently his birthday is a national holiday. Upon learning the story behind Budaixi and Susu as a national figure in Taiwan, I hold massive respect for him
Get to know your mutuals, list 10 random things you like:
Preparing and consuming espresso
Electric guitar
Pies of all stripes
Taiwanese Budaixi shows like Pili and Jinguang
Mopar vehicles
Skateboarding
Tex Mex and Mex Mex food
Absurdity
Repairing broken things
Cooperative Board Games
Preparing and consuming espresso
Electric guitar
Pies of all stripes
Taiwanese Budaixi shows like Pili and Jinguang
Mopar vehicles
Skateboarding
Tex Mex and Mex Mex food
Absurdity
Repairing broken things
Cooperative Board Games
Get to know your mutuals, list 10 random things you like:
Red velvet cake
Quilts
Christmas music
The occult
Floral prints
Nag champa incense
Teal (the color)
Antlers
Louisiana Creole cuisine
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Red velvet cake
Quilts
Christmas music
The occult
Floral prints
Nag champa incense
Teal (the color)
Antlers
Louisiana Creole cuisine
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Get to know your mutuals, list 10 random things you like:
Fountain pens
James Frazer
Guitars
Cats
William James
Watercolors
Dredge
Irish music
Werewolves
The Verve Pipe
Fountain pens
James Frazer
Guitars
Cats
William James
Watercolors
Dredge
Irish music
Werewolves
The Verve Pipe
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Get to know your mutuals, list 10 random things you like:
Preparing and consuming espresso
Electric guitar
Pies of all stripes
Taiwanese Budaixi shows like Pili and Jinguang
Mopar vehicles
Skateboarding
Tex Mex and Mex Mex food
Absurdity
Repairing broken things
Cooperative Board Games
Preparing and consuming espresso
Electric guitar
Pies of all stripes
Taiwanese Budaixi shows like Pili and Jinguang
Mopar vehicles
Skateboarding
Tex Mex and Mex Mex food
Absurdity
Repairing broken things
Cooperative Board Games
Plus you know what Budaixi is.
June 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Plus you know what Budaixi is.
told entirely with *puppets* – then your wait is over! LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE is based on the tremendously popular Taiwanese TV show “PILI” launched in 1984 that uses traditional Chinese budaixi glove puppetry to tell amazingly elaborate wuxia stories packed with nonstop action and swordplay.
April 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM
told entirely with *puppets* – then your wait is over! LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE is based on the tremendously popular Taiwanese TV show “PILI” launched in 1984 that uses traditional Chinese budaixi glove puppetry to tell amazingly elaborate wuxia stories packed with nonstop action and swordplay.
Wan Jun Po demonstrating the jing (淨, martial hero/warrior) character archetype in budaixi at last weekend’s Pili fan meet in Tokyo
先週末の霹靂見参ファンイベントで「淨」（武者）という布袋劇の主な役の1種類を演出する軍破殿
在上個週末的霹靂見參活動扮演「淨」角色的動作的萬軍破🫡
#霹靂見参 #ThunderboltFantasy #PiliPuppetry #布袋戲 #霹靂
先週末の霹靂見参ファンイベントで「淨」（武者）という布袋劇の主な役の1種類を演出する軍破殿
在上個週末的霹靂見參活動扮演「淨」角色的動作的萬軍破🫡
#霹靂見参 #ThunderboltFantasy #PiliPuppetry #布袋戲 #霹靂
September 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Wan Jun Po demonstrating the jing (淨, martial hero/warrior) character archetype in budaixi at last weekend’s Pili fan meet in Tokyo
先週末の霹靂見参ファンイベントで「淨」（武者）という布袋劇の主な役の1種類を演出する軍破殿
在上個週末的霹靂見參活動扮演「淨」角色的動作的萬軍破🫡
#霹靂見参 #ThunderboltFantasy #PiliPuppetry #布袋戲 #霹靂
先週末の霹靂見参ファンイベントで「淨」（武者）という布袋劇の主な役の1種類を演出する軍破殿
在上個週末的霹靂見參活動扮演「淨」角色的動作的萬軍破🫡
#霹靂見参 #ThunderboltFantasy #PiliPuppetry #布袋戲 #霹靂
I love budaixi stuff! It's so cool
September 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I love budaixi stuff! It's so cool
Deaf Croc Jul - Dec 2026 subscription title reveal: FRANKENSTEIN: LEGEND OF TERROR!
Adapted from the “Frankenstein’s Monster” character in Marvel Comics, this rarely-seen Japanese anime is surprisingly violent and R-rated, newly restored in 4K for this release by Deaf Crocodile and Toei Animation!
Adapted from the “Frankenstein’s Monster” character in Marvel Comics, this rarely-seen Japanese anime is surprisingly violent and R-rated, newly restored in 4K for this release by Deaf Crocodile and Toei Animation!
May 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Deaf Croc Jul - Dec 2026 subscription title reveal: FRANKENSTEIN: LEGEND OF TERROR!
Adapted from the “Frankenstein’s Monster” character in Marvel Comics, this rarely-seen Japanese anime is surprisingly violent and R-rated, newly restored in 4K for this release by Deaf Crocodile and Toei Animation!
Adapted from the “Frankenstein’s Monster” character in Marvel Comics, this rarely-seen Japanese anime is surprisingly violent and R-rated, newly restored in 4K for this release by Deaf Crocodile and Toei Animation!
