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The award will be presented at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on September 6. An edited presentation will air on September 12 on FXX. Juried category entrants are screened by a panelof professionals in appropriate peer groups.
Ths year's Primetime Emmy Awardspreviously nominated Shinya Ōhira and david production's "Black" short from Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 in the Outstanding Animated Program category.
The winners will be announced at the 2026 Emmy Awards on September 14 at the PeacockTheater in Los Angeles.
Takanobu Mizuno directed the "The Duel: Payback" short at Kamikaze Douga + ANIMA. The Star Wars franchise describes thestory:
The short is an sequel to "The Duel" short fromthe first anthology of Star Wars: Visions. Okazaki was also the character designer for theoriginal short.
Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 debuted on Disney+ in October 2025. The latest anthology continued the storylines of three shorts from the first volume: "The Duel," "Village Bride," and "The Ninth Jedi."
Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, the limited anime series spinoff from the Star Wars: Visions project, premiered on August 5 onDisney+ and Hulu.