

The anime almost makes them into the heroes by revealing their visages and emotions. In the films, they're just faceless masks. What I love about this video is how it humanizes the Imperial pilots. His original has since been taken down because he's still working on it but watch the clip below and marvel at what this looks and sounds like unfinished. However, it spread like wildfire with one fan adding the music you hear below: "Born to Lose" by Sleigh Bells. It was unfinished and not meant for the public. The original anime was done by Johnson, under his pseudonym Otaking77077. However, their story doesn't tell the whole story. Thanks to Topless Robot for the heads up. A small clip of it leaked online, reminding us just how cool Star Wars can be.

However, while anime is best known for presenting often very adult material, in a medium stereotyped as being for children, even the cartoon Clone Wars never really pushed the envelope.Įnter animator Paul Michael Johnson, who is currently working on an exciting Star Wars-themed anime featuring an epic space battle between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire. Much of that is because those cartoons were influences by a subset of Japanese animation, known to most of us as anime.
