Lucasfilm and Studio Ghibli Shock Followers With Child Yoda Cartoon

A day after they surprised followers with the tease of a collaboration, Lucasfilm and Studio Ghibli revealed precisely what they made collectively — and also you gained’t have to attend lengthy to see it.

The team-up between the house of Star Wars and the enduring Japanese animation studio has resulted in an animated brief titled “Zen – Grogu and Mud Bunnies.” The brief will debut on Disney+ tomorrow, as a part of the celebration of the streaming service’s third anniversary.

The press launch didn’t clarify what the brief is about but it surely did specify that “the hand-drawn, animated brief is directed by Katsuya Kondo with music by Ludwig Göransson.” Kondo labored as an animation director on movies like Kiki’s Supply Service, Ponyo, and From Up on Poppy Hill, and contributed as an animator to Howl’s Shifting Fort, The Secret World of Arrietty, and plenty of extra.

Right here is the complete poster for the brief movie:

When Disney+ launched on November 12, 2019, The Mandalorian was its signature collection — and a giant a part of its early attraction was the sudden debut of Child Yoda — AKA Grogu — who turned out to be one among solely two full-time characters on the collection. (Pedro Pascal’s Mando was the opposite.) So if you’re doing one thing to have a good time the service and the present, doing one thing with Child Yoda makes loads of sense.

If you wish to watch different Studio Ghibli films, although, they’re not on Disney+. The corporate’s catalog solely streams in the US on HBO Max. The studio’s hub on that service at the moment presents 24 films for streaming, together with such masterpieces as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and The Wind Rises.

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