Actresses From the Star Wars Universe to Voice Studio Ghibli’s Only Yesterday

Contrary to the face I am pulling in this picture I am BEYOND THRILLED that I am voicing Taeko in Studio Ghibli’s English dub release of ‘Only Yesterday’!!!!!! I am completely in love with Japan, and with Ghibli films, so can hardly believe I get to be a small part of this wonderful film! Release news to follow… 😁😁😁. http://variety.com/2015/film/news/only-yesterday-daisy-ridley-star-wars-gkids-1201576763/ #studioghibli #onlyyesterday

A photo posted by @daisyridley on Aug 24, 2015 at 11:56am PDT

Fans of Star Wars and Studio Ghibli films have reason to be happy today! Daisy Ridley, who will be playing Rey in The Force Awakens, and Ashley Eckstein, who voices Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, will both be playing characters in the English-language dub of Studio Ghibli’s 1991 film Only Yesterday, which is set for release here in the US next year.

I’m honored to be a voice in the upcoming release of the Studio Ghibli film “Only Yesterday.” http://t.co/33FglNbRPX pic.twitter.com/t23UuTiCW4 — Ashley Eckstein (@HerUniverse) August 25, 2015

Both ladies seem thrilled to be a part of the film! Ridley will be playing the lead, Taeko, a young 20-something woman who travels to the countryside to visit her family, and questions her life. In addition to Ridley and Eckstein, the cast also includes The Newsroom‘s Dev Patel, and little Alison Fernandez, whom you might recognize from Orange is the New Black.

So, Studio Ghibli fans? Do you approve of this voice casting? Let us know in the comments!

(via The Daily Dot)

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