Takashi Okazaki Wins Emmy for Star Wars: Visions Short
Okazaki's Emmy win recognizes the craft of anime character design within the Star Wars: Visions anthology, a juried category judged by animation professionals.
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The Television Academy announced the winners for juried categories in the 78th Annual Emmy Awards. Character designer Takashi Okazaki won for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation for his work on The Duel: Payback, an anime short in the Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 anthology. The award will be presented on September 6.
The Television Academy announced the winners for juried categories in the 78th Annual Emmy Awards on Wednesday. Takashi Okazaki took the award for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation for his character design on The Duel: Payback, a short in the Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 anthology.
The award will be presented at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on September 6. An edited presentation will air on September 12 on FXX. Juried category entrants are screened by a panel of professionals in appropriate peer groups.
Okazaki also designed characters for the original The Duel short from the first Star Wars: Visions anthology. The Duel: Payback is a sequel to that short, directed by Takanobu Mizuno at Kamikaze Douga + ANIMA. The story follows Ronin, who faces his greatest foe, a twisted Jedi known as the Grand Master, with the help of unexpected allies.
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