The special program of “Star Wars: Vision”, a work that was created by 7 Japanese animation studio, will be broadcast at 7:00 PM, on September 24, 2021, on “Disney+” official YouTube channel. The program will feature Nozawa Masako, Ogata Kenichi, Enoki Junya, Seto Asami, and other cast members as well as the staff.
It was publicly known that director George Lucas, the creator of “Star Wars”, gotten most of his inspiration from the Japanese myth and the movies of director Kurosawa Akira. And due to that influence, all the works from the theme and story to the characters have a connection to the Japanese culture.
“Star Wars: Vision” is a project that returns “Star Wars” to its “creator roots”, which is Japan, and it will depict 9 new stories that are created by 7 Japanese animation studios, which are Kamikaze Douga, Kinema Citrus, Science SARU, Geno Studio, Studio Colorido, Studio TRIGGER, and Production I.G, in their own unique “vision”.
The special live streaming of this project has been announced.
A total of 10 voice actors are featured, which are Terasoma Masaki (voice of Ronin) from Kamikaze Douga’s “The Duel”, Seto Asami (voice of F) from Kinema Citrus’s “The Village Bride”, Nozawa Masako (voice of T0-B1) from Science SARU’s “T0-B1”, Lynn (voice of Misa) from Science SARU’s “Akakiri”, Kobayashi Seiran (voice of Lop) from Geno Studio’s “Lop and Ochou”, Yoshino Hiroyuki (voice of Jay) from Geno Studio’s “Lop and Ochou”, Enoki Junya (voice of Karre) & Shiraishi Ryouko (voice of Am) from Studio Trigger’s “The Twins”, Ogata Kenichi (voice of The Elder) from Studio Trigger’s “The Elder”, and Akasaki Chinatsu (voice of Kara) from Production I.G’s “The Ninth Jedi”.
During the program, each voice actor will talk about the highlights and charm of the respective works, conduct the “9 seconds challenge” where they answer questions about their character in 9 seconds, theirs questions toward the production staff, as well as the pressure faced and thoughts due to the participation in “Star Wars”.
At the same time, the production staff will also talk about the reason behind the voice actors’ selection, the situation during the recording, sharing on the production process and behind-the-scenes of the story and characters along with the introduction of the precious art contents and footages of each work.
The special program of “Star Wars: Vision” will be broadcast at 7:00 PM, on September 24, 2021, on “Disney+” official YouTube channel and “Star Wars” official Twitter.
Performers
-Kamikaze Douga/ “The Duel”- Terasoma Masaki (Ronin), Mizuno Takanobu (Director), Okasaki Takashi (Character Designer)
-Kinema Citrus/ “The Village Bride”- Seto Asami (F), Haga Hitoshi (Director), Oonishi Takahito (Script Writer), Morimoto Kouji (Project Producer)
-Science SARU/ “Akakiri”- Lynn (Misa), Choi Eunyoung (Director), Kido Yuichiro (Script Writer)
-Science SARU/ “T0-B1”- Nozawa Masako (T0-B1), Abel Góngora (Director)
-Geno Studio/ “Lop and Ochou”- Kobayashi Seiran (Lop), Igarashi Yuki (Director)
-Studio Colorido/ “Tatooine Rhapsody”- Yoshino Hiroyuki (Jay), Kimura Taku (Director)
-Studio Trigger / “The Twins”- Enoki Junya (Karre), Shiraishi Ryouko (Am), Imaishi Hiroyuki (Director), Wakabaya Hiromi (Script Writer), Koyama Shigeto (Design)
-Studio Trigger / “The Elder”- Ogata Kenichi (The Elder), Otsuka Masahiko (Director and Script Writer)
-Production I.G/ “The Ninth Jedi”- Akasaki Chinatsu (Kara), Kamiyama Kenji (Director)
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