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  "id": 6117114,
  "title": "Japanese artist Okazaki wins Emmy for 'Star Wars' animation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/japanese-artist-okazaki-wins-emmy-for-star-wars-animation",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-07T08:29:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260907/p2g/00m/0et/027000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Japanese manga artist Takashi Okazaki, 52, has been honored with an Emmy Award for his work on the Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 animated series. Okazaki, who received the Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation award for character design, worked on one of the nine episodes in the Disney+ anthology series. The series features shorts produced by various Japanese studios. After the ceremony in Los Angeles, Okazaki expressed his excitement, stating that he had always aimed to create something unique and was thrilled to receive this recognition for a Star Wars project, a series he has long admired. Okazaki previously received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program for his work on the 2009 film Afro Samurai: Resurrection. The Emmy Awards, known for their prestigious categories such as Outstanding Drama and Comedy Series, are set to announce their winners on September 14.",
  "summary": "LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Japanese manga artist and illustrator Takashi Okazaki won an Emmy Award on Sunday for his work on a \"Star Wars\" animated series",
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