‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Director-Producer Jane Wu on Geeking Out Over George Takei and ‘Suspending’ Reality Through Animation
variety.comValerie Wu Intern For Jane Wu, the supervising director and producer of Netflix’s adult animated series “Blue Eye Samurai,” which premieres on Nov.
3, animation is “magical.” It’s not a genre, but a medium in which to tell a story. Most importantly, despite popular conceptions of it, animation shouldn’t be limited to children. “We can tell very complicated, very adult drama with this medium,” Wu told Variety. “The feeling you get [when watching ‘Blue Eye Samurai’] should be the same feeling as when you watch ‘Game of Thrones’ or ‘House of the Dragon’ and think, ‘Wow, that was epic,’ or ‘Wow, that was complicated,’ or ‘Wow, that was an experience.’ And you don’t think of it as animation.
You just think of it as a really strong story.” That’s the philosophy Wu wanted to bring to the action-packed eight-episode series, created by husband-wife duo Amber Noizumi and Michael Green.
Set in isolationist Edo-period Japan (1603-1868), “Blue Eye Samurai” follows Mizu (Maya Erskine), a mixed-race samurai who’s been discriminated against all her life for her biracial identity.
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