#taiwanese puppets

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

It has been bugging me since ShûiLóngYín started filming.

YáoYao's costume reminds me of a Pili Puppet 霹靂布袋戲 character I liked but I couldn't remember her name. It finally came back to me last night, 別見狂華 a female assassin guardian of the demon realm in the serie 霹靂兵燹之刀戟戡魔錄. Took a couple of pictures from my Pili artbooks and Magazines.

I even have some fanarts of her from 2005 in my piles of old sketchbooks. Her character design immediately caught my eyes, as YáoYao's styling on the camera booting ceremony of SLY did.

The urge to rewatch my most beloved Pili series and maybe catch up with those I missed but there's so many seasons already I don't thinks I have the time and spoons to do it.

[chernobog13]

No, it's not Manda!

It's the Dragon That Just Appears To Fight Another Monster Then Disappears from The Fairy and the Devil (1982).

Although, as far as can tell, this footage is actually purloined from an earlier film, The Founding of the Ming Dynasty (1971).

[peppermintquartz]

Silly Game Time: Bringing back a crowd favorite! In a bizarre twist, you are being forced at gunpoint to go to a cosplaying convention ... But you're also being given all the money and supplies and expert crafting help you need to prepare whichever costume your heart desires. Yay, I guess?

Anyway, let us not focus on the inscrutable motivations of your benefactors(?). Let us instead focus on your costume! Who/What are you dressing as?

Either of these two puppet characters. Bloody gorgeous outfits!!!

[sealedsanctuary]

霹靂圖騰 Pili: Totem · 2001 - Zhao Shi Ming Deng jumps into the cold river.

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

The trick being: I'm still very good friend with said exes and they'll visit for a while from time to time! 🤣

if you’re gonna introduce me to something new you have to defeat my 7 evil ex hyperfixations

[psikonauti]

James Jean (Taiwanese-American,b.1979)

Puppet, 2013

Ink on paper

[aenor-llelo]

recently i'm deciding to regain some chinese fluency again.

i grew up in a self taught bilingual household. i used to be conversationally fluent enough in chinese that i could speak on my own in taiwan (very simply) and understood most conversations even if i couldn't participate in all of them. but this fluency was destroyed over time by academic stress and lack of resources, as well as that my only real life exposures to the language outside of visiting our old country was associated with domestic violence at home and being hit/yelled at when i struggled to be literate.

i do have the capacity to learn languages! there was a time i was even conversationally fluent in french for school reasons. but now all that's left of anything is little bits and pieces of hokkien, mandarin, gaelic english. it's very frustrating. on top of autism, which runs undiagnosed in the family from my ahkong's side, i've had CPTSD since before i could even walk or speak and the least of what it's done to my long term health is the ability to retain information normally. i couldn't do basic math accurately until i was in high school!

but now that i live outside the family, i should try again. so the first step i'm taking is watching chinese shows just to get used to the language sounds again without being scared, and trying to see how much i still remember. if there's any recommendations i would like to hear it. especially i want to hear anything about taiwanese television because i miss understanding hokkien chinese. live action, animated, whatever. the only taiwanese tv i remember was a journey to the west series and the glove puppet channel.

i will probably never be literate again unfortunately. but y'know. i'd like to understand my own language again. so if there's any show reccomendations, or you recommend any websites that stream shows with english subtitles, help me out!

[kingsandbastardz]

Italian masquerade masks have me the false impression that European puppets would be super delicate and pretty like ball jointed dolls - but apparently that look (the dolls) is a modern invention that is heavily influenced by Japanese visual kei and east Asian pretty boy aesthetics that's smothered in rococo bling.

Look at this hyper aesthetic Taiwanese Pili Puppetry:

This is what you get with the blending of operatic wuxia/kung fu + y2k visual kei + modern video game fantasy design.

[inimoose]

what's the pili(?) stuff you keep reblogging?

as far as i see, it's a stop motion doll story, set in china(?)

and it kinda looks like the modao zushi my sister reads

霹雳 or Pili is a Taiwanese glove puppet drama that’s been airing since the 1980s and currently there are over a thousand episodes. The plot varies across its many seasons but it’s basically about martial arts, sword fighting and lots of drama between the many many characters of the show. (It's not stop-motion btw, it's filmed live with the puppets)

There’s always some bad guys or groups stirring up trouble. But bad or good the characters always look damn good I mean...

Beautiful :')

Anyway its been a special interest of mine since I was about 16 Cartoon Network aired a horribly edited dubbed version of it before quickly pulling the plug on it (Wulin Warriors… only look it up if you want to cringe)

As much as I love the series it's rather hard for people to get into if you don't know Chinese. BUT if you are interested you have some options!

Thunderbolt Fantasy:

It's not Pili but a new series, a collab between Pili, Nitroplus, and Good Smile. If you like anime you'll love this! There are 3 seasons, 2 movies, and season 4 is in production I believe. You can find it on crunchyroll or any site that uploads anime.

Pili Fantasy: War of Dragons:

A remake of an early Pili series made to appeal to a global audience. It was on netflix, which was a dream come true for me.

Literally.

But since all my dreams are meant to die, netflix removed after a couple years. There's no legal way to watch the subbed version, but there are other ways if you know what I mean 🏴‍☠️

There's another 2 seasons of Pili Fantasy but they are sadly not subbed.

Lastly Studio886 on youtube is currently posting subbed episodes of older Pili series. I will post them in chronological order

Pili Totem:

Pili Anomalous: The Dragon Domination:

Pili Sealed Spirits Island:

Pili Military Conflagration:

Even though these are older series they're still very good! I'm working my way through The Dragon Domination currently.

I know this is probably way more than you wanted to know but if even one person watches Pili because of it I will be happy. Thank you for the question!

[shihlun]

Taipei. - PUPPETS CAPTURE TAIWAN TELEVISION -

Taiwan puppeteer holds aloft two sword wielding characters from one of the televised puppet shows that bring the island to an afternoon halt while just about everybody tunes in. Far from being upstaged, the traditional Taiwanese puppets have been given a shot in their cotton arms by television, and their sword-fighting fables with a raucous blend of Chinese and occidental music, empty most village streets in the afternoon. (AP Wirephoto) (hmb11655stf)

1972

[the-monkey-ruler]

Shen Mingzheng Puppet Show Trailer Journey to the West (2015)袋之西遊記錄片

Director: Shen Mingzheng puppet show Country/Region of Production: Taiwan Language: Taiwanese Date: 2015 Number of episodes: N/A Single episode length: 60 minutes Type: Retelling

Summary:

The mythological novel Journey to the West, in addition to its religious stories, has also been compared to one of the four great books for gifted scholars. Master Tripitaka and his disciples are constantly in danger along the way, and they are able to turn danger into good fortune. This time, they experienced the red boy in the Fire Cloud Cave.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/S.M.C.puppetshow?locale=zh_TW

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUtGAyR0Vk8

[flowersofstarlight]

Hello, everyone! My name is “Connie” (or Flower if you want to call me that) and welcome to my art! Here is my persona. And yes, I like flowers and stars, which is why my social media is called “FlowersOfStarlight”. 💖💜💕🌸🌼🌟✨🌌

(This is a redraw of my persona incase you’re wondering)

I am a hobbyist artist who likes to draw. I am autistic and a Taiwanese-American. Both my parents were born in Taiwan and many of my family members speak Chinese and English. But I only speak English.

I only know several words that I can speak in Chinese like “Hello”, “Bye”, “Thank you”, “Happy Lunar New Year”.

I mainly draw fanarts from my favorite games, series, and movies. I like to draw my favorite characters and ideas I want to draw. I’m about to turn 22 this year, and my birthday is on December 9. So, you can either draw my OCs or my persona as a birthday gift or say “Happy Birthday” in the comment or reblog when I post a gif on my birthday.

But I want to mention to you that I do NOT do requests, art trades, collab, and ships that you want me to draw. I’m NOT interested and there are many reasons why I don’t do those unless it’s my friends who I trusted. So please do not ask me to draw something you want me to draw, especially that I don’t feel comfortable with. I only draw what I want to draw. And I am busy in college doing assignments, so it may take a week or more to post new art.

Anyway, when I draw fanarts in my free time, I sometimes like to either color or sketch them depending on my mood and if I feel like I want to color my drawings or not. I don’t do digital drawings because I’m more comfortable drawing with paper and color pencils only. I don’t have any drawing tablets and I’m not interested in it. I much prefer traditional drawing.

The fandoms I’m currently in are Welcome Home, Hello Puppets, and the Smiling Critters. My favorite games are Kirby, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man (classic), Minecraft: Story Mode, Poppy Playtime, Hello Puppets, Gravity Circuit, Little Nightmares, Undertale, and Deltarune. I don’t play video games anymore, I only watch gameplays on YouTube.

My number one favorite shows I really enjoyed watching are Amphibia and The Owl House. Avatar: The Last Airbender and Gravity Falls are also my favorite and were my childhood.

So yeah. That’s all I want to mention. 😊💖✨

[jado-kun]

[r0s3m4ry-mp3]

First actual post!11!!yipeee

BLOODY PAINTER/

HELEN OTIS

HCS☆°•.°•

He prefers to be called Otis because of the bullying he experienced for having a feminine name

He was born in korea and stayed there until he was 5 to start school in America

While living there he spoke mostly korean but he did also learn English and some Taiwanese

His mom is korean and his father is Taiwanese

He was treated and dressed as a girl until he was five And then his parents stopped because they didn't want to get attention drawn to them

He was bullied all throughout school for his feminine traits and lack of social skills

His parents suspected he might be on the spectrum but they never really did anything to get him diagnosed

He also showed signs of psychopathy and bpd at a young age

Hes always loved drawing since he was 6 but his parents told him he would never be able to make a living off it and they tried to make him like more stereotypical masculine things

He likes drawing in a semi realistic/renaissance style with gore

Hes never really felt any sexual or romantic feelings for anyone but hes not against dating he just hasn't felt the need for it

He sells some of his artwork on the darkweb and records himself killing his victims in his basement

In my au he hasn't ever dated judge angels he just sees her as a close friend and same with puppeteer

Hes in his early 40s(canonly)

He doesn't really have any gender he doesn't care just don't call him she/her or helen

Hes unlabeled but isnt against dating a guy or a girl or whoever else

He never really cared for his parents even after leaving the mental hospital he just ignored them and they ignored him

He has a high ego and craves validation from people

He listens to the cure,nirvana,the smiths and stuff like that but he also loves to listen to orchestral music while he paints

He wears gothic like clothing and old grungy rings

He probably doesn't know how to use a iphone😭

Hes 6,2 and pretty muscular

Loves old slasher films and just 80s movies like beetlejuice or the labyrinth

He smells like cheap cologne and blood

Some other hobbies he does other then painting is reading and playing the piano

He does go out from time to time because after awhile the police stopped really focusing on his case but hes still very careful when he does go out

[sealedsanctuary]

霹靂圖騰 Pili: Totem · 2001 - Mo Zhao Nu vs Zhi Mo