George Lucas loved Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa. And while Lucas would go on to directly aid in the master’s career, producing the prismatic 1990 film, Dreams, his tributes started much earlier. Really, there’d be no Star Wars without Kurosawa’s 1958 drama The Hidden Fortress.
So it’s fitting that the Star Wars franchise will gift a wave of Japanese creators the chance to traverse in the galaxy far, far away on their own in terms in the upcoming anthology series, Visions. Lucasfilm gave fans a first look at the series, slated for this fall, at the 2021 Anime Expo on Saturday. Studios involved include Kamikaze Douga, Geno Studio (Twin Engine), Studio Colorido (Twin Engine), Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Science Saru, and Production IG.
“Each one of these studios that we approached, we ...