Saw KTMA review Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars. Though not canon to MST3K, I couldn't stop laughing at the puppet show that was going on.

So here's something to give you Nightmare Fuel made from Japanese-Taiwanese glove puppetry film. Created and written by Gen Urobuchi and produced as a collaboration between Japanese companies Nitroplus and Good Smile Company and Taiwanese puppet production company Pili International Multimedia, here's Thunderbolt Fantasy: Bewitching Melody of the West.

Enjoy the following: Early childhood abuse by a blind mother, an annoying talking Lute, a kid going through Puberty to where his balls drop, a Red-headed Spoony Bard character voiced by a famous JPop Idol T.M. Revolution (Takanori Nishikawa), and the Bard Duel.

Here's the Bard Duel:

https://youtu.be/mai01usmc6o

Happy Riffing.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt12072206/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1