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Star Wars: Visions (Japanese: スター・ウォーズ：ビジョンズ) is an ONA (Original Network Anime) by Lucasfilm that aired on Disney+ on September 22, 2021. It is a series of anime original short films with a new and distinct cultural perspective to Star Wars, created by various leading Japanese anime studios. The initial release of this anthology series was announced to have ten episodes, but this was changed to nine, as the fifth episode, "The Ninth Jedi", was originally envisioned as two episodes.[1][2]
A second season is expected to be released in Fall 2022, that will consist of new shorts as well as continuations of some of the previous ones.[3]
Official Description
Presenting all-new, creative takes on the galaxy far, far away, Star Wars: Visions will be a series of animated short films celebrating Star Wars through the lens of the world’s best anime creators. The anthology collection will bring [9] fantastic visions from several of the leading Japanese anime studios, offering a fresh and diverse cultural perspective to Star Wars.[4]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Studio | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Duel" | Takanobu Mizuno | Kamikaze Douga | September 22, 2021 |
| 2 | "Tatooine Rhapsody" | Taku Kimura | Studio Colorido | September 22, 2021 |
| 3 | "The Twins" | Hiroyuki Imaishi | Trigger | September 22, 2021 |
| 4 | "The Village Bride" | Hitoshi Haga | Kinema Citrus | September 22, 2021 |
| 5 | "The Ninth Jedi" | Kenji Kamiyama | Production I.G. | September 22, 2021 |
| 6 | "T0-B1" | Abel Gongora | Science SARU | September 22, 2021 |
| 7 | "The Elder" | Matsahiko Otsuka | Trigger | September 22, 2021 |
| 8 | "Lop & Ochō" | Yuki Igarashi | Geno Studio | September 22, 2021 |
| 9 | "Akakiri" | Eunyoung Choi | Science SARU | September 22, 2021 |
English Dub Cast
The Duel
Tatooine Rhapsody
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jay[5]
- Bobby Moynihan as Geezer[5]
- Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett[5]
- Shelby Young as K-344[5]
- Marc Thompson as Lan[5]
The Twins
- Neil Patrick Harris as Karre[5]
- Alison Brie as Am[5]
- Jonathan Lipow as B-20N[5]
The Village Bride
- Karen Fukuhara as F[5]
- Nichole Sakura as Haru[5]
- Christopher Sean as Asu[5]
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Valco[5]
- Andrew Kishino as Izuma[5]
- Stephanie Sheh as Saku[5]
- Matthew Wood as Battle Droids
The Ninth Jedi
- Kimiko Glenn as Kara[5]
- Andrew Kishino as Juro[5]
- Simu Liu as Zhima[5]
- Masi Oka as Ethan[5]
- Greg Chun as Roden[5]
- Neil Kaplan as Narrator[5]
- Michael Sinterniklaas as Hen Jin[5]
T0-B1
The Elder
- David Harbour as Tajin[5]
- Jordan Fisher as Dan[5]
- James Hong as The Elder[5]
Lop & Ochō
- Anna Cathcart as Lop[5]
- Hiromi Dames as Ochō[5]
- Paul Nakauchi as Yasaburo[5]
- Kyle McCarley as Imperial Officer[5]
Akakiri
- Henry Golding as Tsubaki[5]
- Jamie Chung as Misa[5]
- George Takei as Senshuu[5]
- Keone Young as Kamahachi[5]
- Lorraine Toussaint as Masago[5]
Trivia
- It was not required by the filmmakers to set their episodes anywhere in the Star Wars canon timeline. This was so they could have free creativity over how to tell their stories. Nevertheless, some of them are given actual places in the timeline, such as "Lop & Ochō" and "The Twins" while some take place in alternate universes, such as "The Duel".
- The majority of the voice cast is composed of Asian-American actors. This was done most likely, out of respect, for the series' Japanese roots. Despite this, not all of the voice actors are of Japanese descent.
- Brian Tee, Karen Fukuhara, Nichole Sakura, Christopher Sean, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Andrew Kishino, Kimiko Glenn, Masi Oka, Hiromi Dames, Paul Nakauchi, George Takei, and Keone Young are the only cast members of Japanese descent. However, Sakura, Glenn, Dames, Kishino and Sean are half Japanese with the other half mostly being white ethnicities while Tee and Young are half Korean and Chinese, respectively.
- Lucy Liu, Simu Liu, James Hong, Anna Cathcart (half-Irish), and Keone Young (half-Japanese) are of Chinese descent, Greg Chun, Brian Tee (half-Japanese), and Jamie Chung are of Korean descent, Stephanie Sheh is of Taiwanese descent, and Henry Golding is half-Malaysian/half-English descent.
- Temuera Morrison is of Māori, Scottish, and Irish descent, Lorraine Toussaint is of Trinidadian-English descent, and Jordan Fisher has an incredibly diverse background consisting of Nigerian, Cambodian, English, Polynesian (Tahitian), Italian, Greek, and Scandinavian descent.
- The rest of the cast is mostly white.
- This is the first Disney anime series/special not to be produced by Madhouse.
Gallery
Official Japanese Poster
Videos
STAR WARS- VISIONS - SPECIAL LOOK - DISNEY+-2
Star Wars- Visions - Original Trailer - Disney+-2
Star Wars- Visions - English Dub Trailer - Disney+-2
References
- ↑ "Exciting Lucasfilm Announcements, A New Story From The High Republic, and More!". Retrieved on December 18, 2020.
- ↑ "ANIME EXPO LITE: 20 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THE STAR WARS: VISIONS PANEL". star wars.com (July 3, 2021).
- ↑ "Star Wars Visions Continues With New Shorts This Year | Exclusive". CineLinx (April 13, 2022).
- ↑ "FUTURE LUCASFILM PROJECTS REVEALED". Retrieved on December 10, 2020.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 STUNNING NEW STAR WARS: VISIONS TRAILER DEBUTS
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