Is anime and star wars a good mix??
September 22, 2021, a new show is realized into the galactic fanbase and cinema of Star Wars, Information about this new show is everywhere, including the Wookiepedia and StarWars.com Many people have mixed feelings about the show and if this could be a terrible idea, meaning, they basically… they mixed Star Wars and anime Those who dislike anime most likely think that this new show won’t work and no one will watch it but on the other hand, those who like anime probably think this could work and will open up gates for new shows following Visions, AnimePersonally… I thought the first episode was very confusing UNTIL I read the 5 highlights of episode one-Visions, go read it, it’s on StarWars.com.
SPOILER ALERT
Episode one- The Duel
The first episode of Star Wars visions features a new hero in the show, Ronin. Ronin is a Jedi-like character who has a red lightsaber, this shocking discovery when Ronin starts to fight the “The Duel” Probably made a lot of viewers go, hol’ up… What?? It made me just.. Sit there for a second and think, why would a sith fight another sith without reason?? We all know about lord Sidious killing off his old apprentices when he finds a new stronger one but I don’t think we realize how many sith there are in the StarWars galaxy so the whole “only two sith there are, a master and an apprentice.” -Yoda, is sort of… a rule not followed, but sort of.
The Duel is a new sith character with… probably one of the craziest lightsabers I have ever seen since Kylo Ren’s “Crackly cross blades” as quoted from the LEGO holiday special, the lightsaber would be like the design of a wagasa but instead of wood its metal, and instead of beautiful little cherry blossom flowers, it has about 8 spinning sabers that could and will cut you in half in less than a second. The Duel was very ready to cut down Ronin but he stops the blade by using force, the Duel thinks he’s a Jedi but surprises her with the red blade of his samurai sword-type lightsaber. He also claims he is not a Jedi but a sith even though all sith wouldn’t have helped the village, but rather… burned it down along with all its inhabitants.
Episode two- Tatooine Rhapsody
Sadly, I have not had the time to finish the episode myself, but StarWars.com has been ever so helpful.
Tatooine Rhapsody features a young Jedi who is running across a battlefield, suddenly he reaches a ledge and falls, landing through the ceiling of a building of sorts where he finds his new job as a singer for a band called the Rolling Gales. He goes with this band who travels to a bunch of different places around the planet and end up having to move systems once they have a run-in with Boba Fett, a notorious bounty hunter known throughout basically all of the galaxy. One thing- in my opinion, the art style in this specific episode sort of makes Boba and his crew look like 6-year-olds,
The way they did him makes him look a lot shorter, his helmet is shorter and it doesn’t make him look as scary as he should like back in the original movies… at least he’s not headless.
Boba Fett’s crew also makes them look like a little band of x6-year-olds saying to “get off their spaceship” at the park.
The episode is great, I think the whole series has potential. Tatooine Rhapsody might not be my favorite but it seems like the episodes get better and more suspenseful as you go through the series and I have some hope for it. May the force be with you.
