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    'Visions' Is The 'Star Wars' Anime You Were Waiting For

    Lucasfilms has partnered with several Japanese anime studios for the new animated series Star Wars: Visions — but this isn't the first time Star Wars has drawn inspiration from Japanese entertainment.
    by Victoria Whitley-Berry Sep 21, 2021 2 minutes
    Kara (voiced by Chinatsu Akasaki in Japanese and Kimiko Glenn in the English dub) in "The Ninth Jedi."

    The Star Wars universe is expanding.

    Star Wars: Visions is the latest series in the franchise, produced by Lucasfilms in collaboration with seven well-known Japanese anime studios.

    While this is the first time these worlds have collided, George Lucas has been inspired by Japanese entertainment since

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