- "Star Wars: Visions will be a series of animated short films celebrating the Star Wars galaxy through the lens of the world’s best anime creators. This anthology collection will bring ten fantastic visions from several of the leading Japanese anime studios, offering a fresh and diverse cultural perspective to Star Wars."
- ―President Kathleen Kennedy announces the project on Disney Investor Day 2020
Star Wars: Visions is an upcoming animated anthology television series. Its initial release will comprise of ten anime-inspired original short films from various Japanese animation studios that present a different cultural perspective to Star Wars.[1] The series is scheduled to premiere on the video streaming service Disney+ in 2021.[2] The novel Ronin will tie into one of the shorts.[3]
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Concept art from the series
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 10 fantastic visions from several of the leading Japanese anime studios, offering a fresh and diverse cultural perspective to Star Wars.[1]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
Future Lucasfilm Projects Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)- Exciting Lucasfilm Announcements, A New Story From The High Republic, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Future Lucasfilm Projects Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Wars (@starwars) on Twitter: "Star Wars: Visions, an Original Series of animated short films, celebrates the @StarWars galaxy through the lens of the world’s best Japanese anime creators. Coming in 2021 to @DisneyPlus." (backup link)
- ↑ Del Rey (@DelRayStarWars) on Twitter: "This year, #StarWarsVisions will bring all-new, creative takes on Star Wars from the world’s best anime creators. Coming Oct 12th, an original novel inspired by one of those animated tales. A #StarWars book quite unlike any before it. RONIN By Emma Mieko Candon" (backup link)
