Star Wars: Visions - Anime Anthology Series

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  1. JD

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    Oh, OK.
     
  2. lightspeedbear

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    Given Lucasfilm's cherry-picking of Legends, I'd be amazed if they don't pull from some of the more popular Visions tales for future material.
     
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    One of the stories is apparently set Post Episode 9
     
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    Looks fun!
     
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    Wow, that looks SO pretty! And appropriate, considering how much Lucas took from Samurai movies. :techman:
     
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    Damn, that's some gorgeous animation. I usually don't care for anime, but some of those look fascinating.
     
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    It's interesting that despite apparently having been giving WIDE latitude to tell whatever kind of Star Wars story they want, all but two of them it seems went for "Jedi and Sith and lightsabers! Raaaawww!".
    Not surprising, but still interesting. ;)
     
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    We also have a thorough English cast list for each of the episodes:
    • “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).
    I'm so glad my ears didn't betray me and that I correctly heard both George Takei and Kimiko Glenn! Seeing this cast list heightens my interest in this series.
     
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    Wow, that is an interesting incredible cast.
     
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    Nice!

    I know most of the online speculation seems to think the whole series will be released on day one but I really hope it'll be a weekly thing.
     
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    Anyone who thinks this is going to be the whole season on one day clearly hasn't been paying attention. Disney+ only does weekly releases.
     
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    According to this article on the official site, the entire anthology will be released on the same day.
     
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    The astromech wearing the fukaamigasa is just so weirdly perfect...
     
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    This will be Star Wars at it’s most ethereal I hope.
     
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    Apparently the 9 different stories are each in the 10-20 minute range. Total runtime over 2 hours and 20 minutes.

    So blasting though all of them in one sitting might end up shortchanging some of them in your head. Might be a good idea to split them over 2-3 (or more) days.
     
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    Review Embargo is apparently lifted.
     
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    I'll probably watch three a night, seen a couple of reviews that recommend breaking them up rather than watch them all in one go.
     
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