The Movement Image Sound Editors (MPSE) introduced on Monday that it has nominated the animated quick titled “The Duel” from Lucasfilm‘s Star Wars: Visions anthology of animated shorts for the “Excellent Achievement in Sound Enhancing – Animation Sequence or Quick” award at 69th annual Golden Reel Awards.

David W. Collins and Matthew Wooden had been the supervising sound editors for “The Duel.” Collins was additionally the sound designer. Luke Dunn Gielmuda was the quick’s sound editor, and Jana Vance was the foley artist.

The quick’s solid and creators embrace (English voice/Japanese voice):

“The Duel” by Kamikaze Douga

• Brian Tee/Masaki Terasoma as Ronin
• Lucy Liu/Akeno Watanabe as Bandit Chief
• Jaden Waldman/Yuko Sanpei as Village Chief

Director: Takanobu Mizuno (Japan Animator Expo episode director)
Character Designer Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai, Batman Ninja)

Star Wars: Visions debuted on Disney+ on September 22.

Disney beforehand described the challenge as “a number of of the main Japanese anime studios providing a recent and various cultural perspective” in 10 shorts in 2021.

Sources: The Movement Image Sound Editors’ web site, Deadline