Where Star Wars deliberately recalled chanbara films like Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress in its initial installment and later Rashomon in The Last Jedi, Takunobo Mizuno’s The Duel places Star Wars directly into the context of the films that Lucas was inspired by, its story unfolding in a replication of a feudal Japan. Disney+īest-known for: Opening credits of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (studio) It exists outside the typical constraints of lore continuity, each creator putting their own spin on the thematic interests of the series, spinning out of different eras of its vast history with mostly brand-new characters, only connected to the main story by a broad interpretation of what “Star Wars” means.įor many, this’ll be the first exposure to the works of animation houses like Studio Trigger, Science Saru, or Studio Colorido, so we’re breaking down all that you need to know about the studios and its directors contributing to Visions, and, if you're drawn to a particular film, recommending titles to queue up next. Vision’s freedom from canon is the best thing about it, making it a visual playground that Star Wars hasn’t seen in years. Veering away from the drama of the Skywalker family, Visions feels imaginative and completely unbound, and is all the better for it, every short perfectly representative of their respective studio’s thematic and stylistic interests while expanding the, well, vision of the Star Wars universe. George Lucas' space opera was built on the director’s love of Japanese myth and chanbara films-and so in a sense, by being handed off to Japanese artists, Disney+'s new series of animated shorts Star Wars: Visions feels like the completion of a circle.Īt the same time, it represents a break from tradition. The pairing of Star Warswith anime production is both long-awaited and inevitable (indeed, you can even hear some famous Lucasfilm sound effects in anime productions like Naruto).
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