We’ve gotten glimpses of Star Wars: Visions—the upcoming Disney+ series where various Japanese anime studios have produced their own take on that galaxy far, far away—before, but never anything like this. This...this simply looks phenomenal.
Look, words don’t really do it justice. Here’s the original trailer, in Japanese:
...and its English dub counterpart:
Disney also announced with studios were making which shorts, and their voice casts. It’s... impressive. Most impressive? I think you could safely say that.
- “The Duel” — Animated by Kamikaze Douga, who also made the Batman Ninja movie. The voice cast includes: Brian Tee (Ronin), Lucy Liu (Bandit Leader), Jaden Waldman (Village Chief).
- “Lop and Ochō” — Animated by Twin Engine’s Geno Studio. Voice cast: Anna Cathcart (Lop), Hiromi Dames (Ocho), Paul Nakauchi (Yasaburo), Kyle McCarley (Imperial Officer).
- “Tatooine Rhapsody” — Animated by Twin Engine’s Studio Colorido, who also did the movie adaptation of Burn the Witch. Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Jay), Bobby Moynihan (Geezer), Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Shelby Young (K-344), Marc Thompson (Lan).
- “The Twins” — Animated by TRIGGER, known for Tenga Toppen Gurren Laggen, Kill la Kill, Promare, and many other anime. The voice cast includes: Neil Patrick Harris (Karre), Alison Brie (Am), Jonathan Lipow (B-20N)
- “The Elder” — Also by TRIGGER! The voice cast: David Harbour (Tajin), Jordan Fisher (Dan), James Hong (The Elder)
- “The Village Bride” — Kinema Citrus. The voice cast includes: Karen Fukuhara (F), Nichole Sakura (Haru), Christopher Sean (Asu), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Valco), Andrew Kishino (Izuma), Stephanie Sheh (Saku).
- “Akakiri” — Animated by Science Saru, who made the incredible Keep Your Hands of Eizouken! TV series. Voice cast: Henry Golding (Tsubaki), Jamie Chung (Misa), George Takei (Senshuu), Keone Young (Kamahachi), and Lorraine Toussaint (Masago).
- “T0-B1” — Also by Science Saru. The cast includes Jaden Waldman (T0-B1) and Kyle Chandler (Mitaka).
- “The Ninth Jedi” — By Production I.G, which has done Ghost in the Shell, Psycho Pass, Moriarty the Patriot, and so much more. The voice cast includes: Kimiko Glenn (Kara), Andrew Kishino (Juro), Simu Liu (Zhima), Masi Oka (Ethan), Greg Chun (Roden), Neil Kaplan (Narrator), Michael Sinterniklaas (Hen Jin).
If Disney+’s upcoming Star Wars: Visions mini-series ends up being half as cool as this new trailer, we’re in for a very good time. We’ll find out when Visions premieres on September 22 on Disney+.
Wondering where our RSS feed went? You can pick the new up one here.
DISCUSSION
Anyone know what those Japanese umbrellas are called?
I swear I’ve seen them used in defence against bow and arrows before (either in an anime or an old movie maybe), but googling stuff like Japanese Umbrella and anti-archer umbrella doesn’t seem to give me what I’m looking for.
Basically what I’m trying to say is JAPANESE FIGHTING UMBRELLA BUT IT’S A LIGHTSABER IS AMAZING!!!