Thunder 3 Is Summer 2026's Strangest Isekai
The review frames Thunder 3 as a risky, structurally unconventional isekai that may alienate viewers accustomed to polished battle anime, but rewards those who stick with its bizarre premise.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Anime News Network's review of the first three episodes of Thunder 3 calls it the strangest isekai of the Summer 2026 season, with an off-putting art style, a delayed central premise, and a weirdly structured first episode that adapts the manga's first chapter closely. The show's cutesy prologue and crude CG alien world may struggle to find an audience.
The first three episodes of Thunder 3 have been reviewed by Anime News Network, which calls the series the strangest isekai of the Summer 2026 season. The review notes the art style, especially in the opening minutes, is off-putting compared to shows like Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer. The first episode delays its central premise until two-thirds of the way through, after a cutesy prologue set in a cartoony world where the protagonist Pyontaro lives with his family. When the characters step through a TV portal into a more realistic world rendered in crude CG, the show reveals itself as a Gantz-like battle story with cartoon characters mixed in. The review warns the unusual structure may work against viewers with short attention spans.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network Thunder 3 Episodes 1-3