Executive producer James Waugh brought his love of anime Star Wars A world of Disney + animated anthology series Star Wars: The Visions. The series brings together some of the best anime creators in the world to develop new set stories Star Wars A world with Japanese influence. The series has been renewed for a second season, which Wo says will expand beyond Japan, with each episode using a different animation studio and drawing influences from different cultural perspectives. Star Wars: The Visions Nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Animated Program category, the first episode, “The Duel,” has been submitted for your consideration.
DEADLINE: Where did the idea for the anthology series come from?
Giacomo fashion: At Lucasfilm, we’ve always been huge anime fans. We’ve all watched a lot of anime, and it was like a lingua franca, like a shortcut between the people in the animation department, how we explain it because we love the medium. We have always talked about how we could do this and how we could respect the creative development processes, which are very different in Japan. I was looking for a way to find a store where great creators could come in and celebrate. Star Wars in his way. There was a book called George [Lucas] he did where he hired all these amazing artists to make his unique paintings Star Wars as an influence. Wide, fresh and interesting look. Star Wars What came out was really inspiring. None of these fit the typical Star Wars history, but without that structure you wouldn’t have that great art. Those ideas were a bit mixed at the time and the arrival of Disney + really allowed us to experiment. I think a lot of power Star Wars The story is that built-in timeline, but we asked if there was a way to try different expressions. Star Wars. So where did it come from in the end?
DEADLINE: Why was the first episode of ‘Duel’ chosen to be considered by the Emmys?
take a bath: I think when we looked back at the development process, there were definitely some studios we wanted to work with, but we also wanted to keep our framework very broad to receive proposals and give them to us with any ideas. We didn’t want it to be a story that necessarily fit the canon. If so, great and we can talk about it, but we were really looking for something authentic. Star Wars Stories with new shots and new expressions through animation. The power of animation is the ability to do things you can’t do in real action.
“The Duel” was one of the first releases we went back to, and there was this relaxing image that it’s just Ronin and this droid with this awesome straw hat, and it was very much in line with the cinematic language of all the movies. It inspired George, all the movies we saw in film school. It seems that they have really played not only with the aesthetics of their inspiration, but with the cinematic devices as well. In many ways this is a love letter to the cinema and a love letter to George. We got lucky and were spoiled for wealth, but it really felt like it was our take on the anthology as an expression. Star Wars Which you couldn’t do in live action.
Deadline: what’s next? Star Wars: The Visions?
take a bath: We announce that we will visions volume two. The first anthology is anime because we all love his style, but personally that’s my intention visions There would always have been a broader palette because there is so much animation work in the world. There are so many interesting voices in all other media that are really focused on animation right now. And we really wanted it to be, in a way, a “sub-brand” that would allow different creators to be celebrated. Star Wars from their unique cultural perspective. Here because visions The second volume is a global tour of some of the most exciting animation studios in the world. We have studies from South Africa, Chile, England, Ireland, France, India … and the guiding principle was that we wanted their narrative to reflect this. Star Wars it means in their culture, but also the representation of myths and stories that can only arise from their cultural context. Spring next year is where we’re headed, and I think it’s an absolutely beautiful anthology.
Source: Deadline
