Watch the trailer for Star Wars: Visions, the epic Disney Plus anime event

After a great behind-the-scenes look at Anime Expo 2021, Disney and Lucasfilm released the trailer for Star Wars: Visions on Tuesday. Released this September in Disney Plus, The nine-episode animated anthology series features the Star Wars universe in various Japanese anime styles, and the shorts will feature both English and Japanese actors in various roles.

Visions brings together studios from across Japan, including Kamikaze Douga, Geno Studio (Twin Engine), Studio Color (Twin Engine), Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Science Saru, and Production IG. Each of the nine shorts has a distinctive visual style, as shown on the full body trailer.

“Every one of these studios that we approach, we find staunch Star Wars fans,” Lucasfilm executive producer Jacqui Lopez said at the Anime Expo. “They all had a story they wanted to tell.”

Along with the trailer, Disney announced the Japanese voice cast and character names for the first nine episodes:

• “The duel”: Masaki Terasoma (Ronin), Akeno Watanabe (Bandit Leader), Yūko Sanpei (Village Chief)
• “Tatooine Rhapsody”: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Jay), Kōusuke Gotō (Geezer), Akio Kaneda (Boba Fett), Masayo Fujita (K-344), Anri Katsu (Lan)
• “The Twins”: Junya Enoki (Karre), Ryoko Shiraishi (Am), Tokuyoshi Kawashima (B-20N)
• “The bride of the people”: Asami Seto (F), Megumi Han (Haru), Yūma Uchida (Asu), Takaya Kamikawa (Vaan), Yoshimitsu Shimoyama (Izuma), Mariya Ise (Saku)
• “The Ninth Jedi”: Chinatsu Akasaki (Kara), Tetsuo Kanao (Juro), Shin-ichiro Miki (Zhima), Hiromu Mineta (Ethan), Kazuya Nakai (Roden), Akio Ōtsuka, (Narrator), Daisuke Hirakawa (Hen Jin)
• “T0-B1”: Masako Nozawa (T0-B1), Tsutomu Isobe (Mitaka)
• “The old”: Takaya Hashi (Tajin), Kenichi Ogata (The oldest), Yuichi Nakamura (Dan)
• “Lop & Eight”: Seiran Kobayashi (Lop), Risa Shimizu (Eight), Tadahisa Fujimura (Yasaburo), Taisuke Nakano (Imperial Officer)
• “Acceptable”: Yu Miyazaki (Tsubaki), Lynn (Misa), Chō (Senshuu), Wataru Takagi (Kamahachi), Yukari Nozawa (Masago)

The show will also include an English dub performed by some household names. Here’s that cast list:

• “The duel”: Brian Tee (Ronin), Lucy Liu (Bandit Leader), Jaden Waldman (Village Chief)
• “Tatooine Rhapsody”: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Jay), Bobby Moynihan (Geezer), Temuera Morrison (BobaFett), Shelby Young (K-344), Marc Thompson (Lan)
• “The Twins”: Neil Patrick Harris (Karre), Alison Brie (Am), Jonathan Lipow (B-20N)
• “The bride of the people”: Karen Fukuhara (F), Nichole Sakura (Haru), Christopher Sean (Asu), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Valco), Andrew Kishino (Izuma), Stephanie Sheh (Saku)
• “The Ninth Jedi”: Kimiko Glenn (Kara), Andrew Kishino (Juro), Simu Liu (Zhima), Masi Oka (Ethan), Greg Chun (Roden), Neil Kaplan (Narrator), Michael Sinterniklaas (Hen Jin),
• “T0-B1”: Jaden Waldman (T0-B1), Kyle Chandler (Mitaka)
• “The old”: David Harbor (Tajin), Jordan Fisher (Dan), James Hong (The Elder)
• “Lop & Eight”: Anna Cathcart (Lop), Hiromi Dames (Eight), Paul Nakauchi (Yasaburo), Kyle McCarley (Imperial Officer)
• “Acceptable”: Henry Golding (Tsubaki), Jamie Chung (Misa), George Takei (Senshuu), Keone Young (Kamahachi), Lorraine Toussaint (Masago)

Here’s the trailer with the English voice actors:

Star Wars: Visions premieres on September 24.

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