Star Wars: Visions was released in 2021 on Disney+ and served as the first time anime crossed over into the galaxy far, far away.
Disney+Star Wars: Visions makes its debut today on Disney+, with every episode of the anime anthology now streaming. Visions' imaginative shorts tell new Star Wars tales through the lens of some of the world's best anime creators and studios, including: Kamikaze Douga – “The Duel”
“Star Wars: Visions,” the new nine-part anime anthology on Disney+, returns the franchise to its Japanese roots even more directly than “The Mandalorian” to expand the universe.
Another anime, The Rising of the Shield Hero, might be a better fit for fans of this Star Wars episode. It is a fantasy anime with some romantic hooks. It's also an Isekai for fans of that genre, wherein someone from the normal world gets sucked into a fantasy realm.
Is Star Wars: Visions canon? The short answer is no. To really create something completely new, Lucasfilm gave these seven animation studios free rein to do whatever they wanted to do—continuity be damned. That freedom resulted in nine short films that feel innovative while also feeling like Star Wars.
Separate from the canon of the original films and subsequent spinoffs, Visions is a Japanese anime anthology series that tells different, original stories set in alternate versions of the Star Wars universe. The series began streaming on Sept. 22, 2021, and every episode is currently available to watch.
There are seven studios confirmed to be working on the shorts: Kamikaze Douga, Geno Studio (Twin Engine), Studio Colorido (Twin Engine), Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Science Saru and Production IG.
Production IG"The Ninth Jedi" (Japanese: 九人目のジェダイ) is an animated short film and episode of the web television series Star Wars: Visions. Produced by Production IG, the short premiered on Disney+ on September 22, 2021.
Most notably, Darth Vader is entirely absent from the series without so much as a passing reference to the iconic Sith. Given Lucasfilm's penchant for including the Dark Lord into any story where the timelines line up, his absence in Visions was surprising. Producer Shirasaki explains how that came to be.
Major franchises that followed the release of the original trilogy such as Gundam , Macross and Captain Harlock all possess elements that feel whole cloth taken right from Star Wars .
Because of that, Star Wars: Visions can be watched in literally any order you want. Choose your own chronology!