#Star wars anime series#

Without spoiling anything, the best episodes and highlights include The Twins and The Elder by Studio Trigger, The Ninth Jedi by Production IG, T0-B1 by Science Saru, and Lop & Ocho by Geno Studio. Ronin (voiced by Masaki Terasoma in Japanese and Brian Tee in the English Dub) in a scene from “STAR WARS: VISIONSâ€ short, â€œTHE DUELâ€, exclusively on Disney+. Not that anime fans have to be told this, of course, but the fact that this is Star Wars alone will probably attract many casual viewers to the endless creativity of anime.

#Star wars anime series#

This series proves even further that anime is as varied as any medium out there. Obviously, the appeal of Star Wars Visions is getting to witness the signature animation style of each Japanese studio in each episode.

For instance, one particular episode boasts the same epic composer as Maid In Abyss. Of course, the music is also unique for each episode. The magic of the music and sound effects make it so that the franchise can work in any medium and that includes anime. The music and sound effects in Star Wars Visions are unmistakably Star Wars. Just to give you a taste, they include Lucy Liu, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Neil Patrick Harris, Alison Brie, Simu Liu, and many more whom you’ll recognise when the credits for each episode rolls.Īs an avid Star Wars fan, I’ve always maintained that an essential part of what makes Star Wars, well, Star Wars, is the authentic and iconic music. In addition, there are at least one or two big stars in each and every episode (check them all in my feature article here). Still, it’s clear that the character’s speech and mouth movements are more natural and in sync with the Japanese dubs (since they’re made by Japanese studios, after all), but you certainly won’t notice any awkward out-of-sync for the English dubs either. I watched the series in both English and Japanese dubs, so I can tell you that both are incredible so there’s no reason for so-called dub wars between fans of dubbed or subbed (anime fans will surely know what I’m referring to).

One scene in a particular episode was clearly a direct recreation of a visually iconic scene from Star Wars Episode VIII The Last Jedi (you’ll know it when you see it). The episodes in Star Wars Visions also pay homages not only to legendary anime like Astro Boy and Akira Kurosawa movies ( Seven Samurai, etc.) but also to the Star Wars movies themselves as well. For example, one episode even invokes the style of Akira Kurosawa with a black and white animation style. Still, each episode is visually different. While that may lend certain predictability to the episodes or seem formulaic, it works. However slow the episodes are, you can rest assured that every episode has at least one or two climactic action scenes to look forward to. Some episodes are balls-to-the-walls action from beginning to end, while others are slower in their pacing. Kara (voiced by Chinatsu Akasaki in Japanese and Kimiko Glenn in the English dub) in a scene from “STAR WARS: VISIONSâ€ short, â€œTHE NINTH JEDIâ€, exclusively on Disney+.