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Usagi Yojimbo (兎用心棒, Usagi Yōjinbō, "rabbit bodyguard") is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai.It is set primarily at the beginning of the Edo period of Japanese history and features anthropomorphic animals replacing humans.
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Miyamoto Usagi is the main protagonist of Usagi Yojimbo, whom Sakai has said was inspired by the life of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. [9] [10] [11] Originally intended to be a human, Sakai was inspired to anthropomorphize the character after doodling a rabbit with its ears bound in a style reminiscent of a samurai topknot.
Jei appears in two Usagi Yojimbo/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover stories in 2017, including a comic story by IDW Publishing and a three-episode story arch in the 2012 animation series. [19] Tomoe Ame – Tomoe Ame is an anthropomorphic cat who is loosely based on the famous female samurai, Tomoe Gozen.
Critters #1 featuring the feature characters of the strips, "Usagi Yojimbo", "Birthright" and "Cutey Bunny".. Critters was an anthropomorphic animal anthology comic book published by Fantagraphics Books from 1985 to 1990 under the editorship of Kim Thompson.
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles takes place in Neo Edo and centers on rabbit teenager Yuichi, who is the descendant of Miyamoto Usagi, and his group of eccentric companions (Gen, Kitsune and Chizu) while defending Neo Edo from invading forces of the city from the menace of Kagehito and the Yokai.
The influence of Yojimbo in particular (and Kurosawa films in general) on the animated series has been noted by Matthew Millheiser at DVDtalk. [42] Inferno (1999) (aka Desert Heat) is a remake and an homage to Yojimbo. [citation needed] Stan Sakai's comic-book series Usagi Yojimbo (since 1984) is inspired by Kurosawa's movies. [citation needed]