Executive producer James Waugh brought his love of anime into the Star Wars universe with the Disney+ animated anthology series Star Wars: Visions.
The series brings together some of the world’s best anime creators to develop new stories taking place in the Star Wars universe with a Japanese influence.
The series has been renewed for a second season, which Waugh says will expand outside of Japan, with each episode using different animation studios and drawing influence from different cultural perspectives.
Star Wars: Visions is nominated for and Emmy in the Outstanding Animated Program category, with the first episode, “The Duel”, submitted for consideration.DEADLINE: Where did the idea for an anthology series come from?JAMES WAUGH: We’ve always been big fans of anime at Lucasfilm.
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