Lop & Ochô

A story of redemption, family, honor, and love. It combines all these elements perfectly and capture the heart and essence of the star wars franchise. The only flaw is why can the main character use a lightsaber with no training with the Force?

The animation is perfect, scenarios, soundtrack, Studio Ghibli level, the story is very beautiful and that's why it became my favorite episode, I would definitely like to see more adventures by Lop and TD.

They managed to do a good story in just 20 minutes. Loved the story plot, the characters, the atmosphere and the visuals. The story has a lot of potential and it deserves more than just an episode.

Like most anthology series, "Visions" is proving itself to a mixed bag. There have been some truly wonderful episodes that I've longed to see more of, some that told their story and left and others, unfortunately like this episode, that I've tired of before its short run time has come to an end.

Having welcomed the Empire to assist with development of their planet, Tao, the natives find their asset stripping methodology controversial and some rebel against their rule. Lop (Anna Cathcart) an escaped slave, meets Yasaburo (Paul Nakauchi) and his daughter Ocho (Hiromi Dames). Ocho instantly warms to Lop and insists that she joins their family. Seven years later, Yasaburo leads the rebellion against the Empirical overlords, which puts him at odds with Ocho, who believes in the Empire's cause. As arguments become war, Lop is left caught in the middle of her adopted family.

Some of these episodes have had impressive artwork or a good story, some have had both, I felt that this episode had neither. Maybe it's something to do with familiarity, this was another episode about a young character, gifted a lightsabre and sent to fight at the behest of an older figure. Another one about a family cleaved in two by the Empire. (Maybe that's all Star Wars ever is...hmm). Either way, this time, I didn't much care for it, nor the open ending that it finished on.

I didn't particularly like the artwork either, it was reminiscent of the Ghibli style, which I'm not a fan of.

This one was weird. I could see how someone wouldn't like it but at the same time I could see how someone would love it. The ending was weird and some of the character motivation and actions were odd... Also the voice acting isn't always on point but that might have more to do with the script... At the same time it had some of the best animation in the series, was interesting and I ended up really enjoying it and even had the weirdest goosebumps.

While I still haven't seen the last episode of the series, this one is currently in the top 3 for me. Definitely recommend 7.5/10.