Star Wars: Visions - Anime Anthology Series

[The Nightmare Doctor]

As always, Visions looks absolutely wonderful. I can't wait!

 

[Set Harth]

A month away feels like a long time.

 

[The Scottish Nightmare]

Nothing from Toei yet

 

[oktay]

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[JD]

Damn, I really need to finish Volumes 1 & 2. If we get a Volume 4, I wonder if they'll do more stuff from other countries or just stick to only anime from now on? I like anime, but it was cool getting to see other countries' takes on Star Wars in Vol. 2.

 

[Set Harth]

I never finished volume 1 and barely even started volume 2. I really like at least 5 of the chapters of volume 1.

 

[JD]

I just wanted to post a quick reminder that Volume 3 comes out tomorrow. I rewatched The Duel and The Ninth Jedi as prep for their sequels, and it turns out that The Lost Ones is also a sequel to The Village Bride, but by the time I learned that I was done watching streaming stuff.

 

[oojason]

Very much looking forward to this. A decent PR piece up on the official site...

'Why We Love the Unique Stories of Star Wars: Visions'...

 

[Christopher]

Several of these are sequels to first-season episodes, right? I'm wondering whether I want to rewatch the whole thing in order (maybe skipping the ones I didn't like much), or watch the season 1 episodes and their season 3 sequels back-to-back.

 

[FredH]

Just finished. Honestly, it didn’t do anything for me this year, though the animation is lovely of course, and your mileage may vary.

 

[JD]

Several of these are sequels to first-season episodes, right? I'm wondering whether I want to rewatch the whole thing in order (maybe skipping the ones I didn't like much), or watch the season 1 episodes and their season 3 sequels back-to-back.

Three of the nine new episodes are sequels, The Duel: Payback is a sequel to The Duel, The Ninth Jedi: The Child of Hope is a sequel to The Ninth Jedi, and The Lost Ones is a sequel to The Village Bride. Then they'll be spinning The Ninth Jedi off into it's own series, Star Wars: Visions Presents The Ninth Jedi sometime soon.
I watched Payback this afternoon, and I thought it was fantastic. The way this whole part of the Visions subfranchise combines feudal Japan and Star Wars is a lot of fun. These episodes definitely have the most unique animation style of any of the anime episodes, and it really works for them. The action is also fantastic. It's always a little weird for me when you're rooting for the characters who would usually be the bad guys, but The Ronin does make a reference to "The Grandmaster" not really being a Jedi anymore, so it sounds like there is a chance he's not actually a representation of what this universe's Jedi are like.
I loved the two AT-ATs that had been turned into a gambling hall, and I'm always a huge Ewoks fan, so anytime they show up, that always adds a few points for me.

 

[Turtletrekker]

The first season was largely unmemorable to me, with only "The Duel" standing out. I never did see the second season. However, knowing that there is a sequel to "The Duel", I will be checking that one out.