Star Wars: Visions (スターウォーズ：ビジョン, Sutāu~ōzu: Bijon) is a 2021 Japanese web anime anthology series created for the American streaming service Disney+. The series was released on September 22, 2021.
Consisting of 9 different shorts, it was produced by Lucasfilm and Lucasfilm Animation, and features animation produced by Japanese animation studios, Studio Trigger, Science Saru, Production I.G., Kinema Citrus, Kamikaze Douga, Studio Colorido, and Geno Studio.
Volume 2 was announced on May 29, 2022 at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim and was released on May 4, 2023. Each episodes of Volume 2 were animated by different studios as well, such as El Guiri, Cartoon Saloon, Punkrobot, Aardman, Studio Mir, Studio La Cachette, 88 Pictures, D'Art Shtajio and Lucasfilm, and Triggerfish. Compared to the first volume; all of the shorts use pre-lay recording.
Volume 3 will return to full anime shorts.
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Background[]
NYAV Post is the main recording studio for Star Wars Visions but several other additional recording studios were utilized for the nine different segments.
The Duel was respectively dubbed at both Salami Studios and Outloud Audio; Tatooine Rhapsody was recorded at Outloud Audio with additional recording from Armoury Studios; The Twins was additionally dubbed at Studiopolis; The Village Bride was respectively recorded at Outloud Audio, Studio West and Wanted! Sound & Picture; The Ninth Jedi was respectivley dubbed and recorded at Studiopolis, Outloud Audio, TODD AO Studios, and Wanted! Sound & Picture respectively; T0-B1 was recorded at Digital Domain along with Outloud Audio; The Elder was recorded at Kozmic Sound and TODD AO Studios respectively; Lop & Ochō were respectively recorded at Adrenaline Studios, Kozmic Sound, and Outloud Audio; and Akakiri was respectively recorded at SLK., Outloud Audio and TODD AO Studios.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| The Duel | |||
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Ronin | Masaki Terasoma | Brian Tee |
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Bandit Leader | Akeno Watanabe | Lucy Liu |
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Village Chief | Yūko Sanpei | Jaden Waldman |
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RA-7 | Ikuto Kanemasa | Michael Sinterniklaas |
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Trooper A | Patrick Seitz | |
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Trooper B | Kōsuke Kobayashi | Kyle McCarley |
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Gran | Shinya Takahashi | Neil Kaplan |
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Dug | Tasuku Kida | Adam Sietz |
| Tatooine Rhapsody | |||
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Jay | Hiroyuki Yoshino | Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
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Geezer | Kōsuke Gotō | Bobby Moynihan |
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Boba Fett | Akio Kaneda | Temuera Morrison |
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K-344 | Masayo Fujita | Shelby Young |
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Lan | Anri Katsu | Marc Thompson |
| The Twins | |||
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Karre | Junya Enoki | Neil Patrick Harris |
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Am | Ryōko Shiraishi | Alison Brie |
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B-20N | Tokuyoshi Kawashima | Jonathan Lipow |
| The Village Bride | |||
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F | Asami Seto | Karen Fukuhara |
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Haru | Megumi Han | Nichole Sakura |
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Asu | Yūma Uchida | Christopher Sean |
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Valco | Takaya Kamikawa | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa |
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Izuma | Yoshimitsu Shimoyama | Andrew Kishino |
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Saku | Mariya Ise | Stephanie Sheh |
| The Ninth Jedi | |||
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Kara | Chinatsu Akasaki | Kimiko Glenn |
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Lah Zhima | Shinichirō Miki | Simu Liu |
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Juro | Tetsuo Kanao | Andrew Kishino |
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Ethan | Hiromu Mineta | Masi Oka |
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Roden | Kazuya Nakai | Greg Chun |
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Niizo | Rina Satō | Eva Kaminsky |
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Homen | Hinata Tadokoro | Patrick Seitz |
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Hen Jin | Daisuke Hirakawa | Michael Sinterniklaas |
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Hanbei | Jin Urayama | Adam Sietz |
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Toguro | Shōya Ishige | Kyle McCarley |
| N/A (voice only) |
Narrator | Akio Ōtsuka | Neil Kaplan |
| T0-B1 | |||
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T0-B1 | Masako Nozawa | Jaden Waldman |
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Mitaka | Tsutomu Isobe | Kyle Chandler |
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Inquisitor | Kentarō Itō | Neil Kaplan |
| The Elder | |||
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Tajin | Takaya Hashi | David Harbour |
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The Elder | Kenichi Ogata | James Hong |
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Dan | Yūichi Nakamura | Jordan Fisher |
| Lop & Ochō | |||
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Lop | Seiran Kobayashi | Anna Cathcart |
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Ochō | Risa Shimizu | Hiromi Dames |
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Yasaburo | Tadahisa Fujimura | Paul Nakauchi |
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Imperial Officer | Taisuke Nakano | Kyle McCarley |
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Suke | Setsuji Satō | Adam Sietz |
| Akakiri | |||
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Tsubaki | Yū Miyazaki | Henry Golding |
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Misa | Lynn | Jamie Chung |
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Senshuu | Chō | George Takei |
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Kamahachi | Wataru Takagi | Keone Young |
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Masago | Yukari Nozawa | Lorraine Toussaint |
Additional Voices[]
- Maria Abo
- Reina Aoyama
- Greg Chun
- R-Duo
- Eva Kaminsky
- Neil Kaplan
- JP Karliak
- Andrew Kishino
- Jonathan Lipow
- Kyle McCarley
- Paul Nakauchi
- Anna Nagase
- Joe Ochman
- Patrick Seitz
- Stephanie Sheh
- Adam Sietz
- Michael Sinterniklaas
- Marc Thompson
- Matthew Wood - Battle Droids
- Keone Young
- Shelby Young
Credits[]
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.jpg "Star Wars Visions Episode 2 Credits (Cast).jpg (876 KB)")
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.jpg "Star Wars Visions Episode 3 Credits (Cast).jpg (995 KB)")
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.jpg "Star Wars Visions Episode 4 Credits (Cast).jpg (645 KB)")
.jpg "Star Wars Visions Episode 4 Credits (Crew).jpg (218 KB)")
.jpg "Star Wars Visions Episode 5 Credits (Cast).jpg (1.15 MB)")
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Notes[]
- This is the first anime series from Disney to be outsourced to NYAV Post.
- Volume 2's episodes were produced and animated in numerous other countries, with the only Japanese produced episode being "The Pit". They were also pre-lay recorded hence why they aren't listed.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Content | Classification | Country | ||
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September 22, 2021 | Anime / Disney+ Original Series | Digital | Season 1 | 9 eps. | TV-PG | United States | 
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| May 4, 2023 | Season 2 | 9 eps. | ||||||
External Links[]
- Star Wars Visions at the Internet Movie Database.
- Star Wars Visions (ONA) on the Anime News Network's Encyclopedia.
- Star Wars Visions on Behind The Voice Actors.