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NECA Licenses Stan Sakai’s ‘Usagi Yojimbo’ For Inclusion In Its TMNT Action Figure Line

Usagi Yojimbo

 NECA is thrilled to announce an incredible addition to its bestselling line of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures! In partnership with award-winning creator Stan Sakai, NECA has licensed world-famous comic book series Usagi Yojimbo, starring Miyamoto Usagi, who appeared many times in the classic and modern TMNT cartoon series as well as the …

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Usagi Yojimbo Returns To Dark Horse

With more than two hundred issues and counting, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo is among comics’ most monumental achievements. In celebration of thirty years of the marvelous samurai rabbit saga, Usagi Yojimbo is set to return in an all-new six-issue miniseries, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, followed by the debut of the Usagi Yojimbo Saga collection. Twenty years in his future, …

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Dark Horse Announces The Sakai Project

The most amazing artists in the world have come together to celebrate thirty years of Stan Sakai’s marvelous samurai rabbit saga, Usagi Yojimbo, in a new oversized hardcover benefit book: The Sakai Project: Artists Celebrate Thirty Years of “Usagi Yojimbo”! “It has been an absolute pleasure publishing Stan’s work over the years, and …

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Play Along With Usagi Yojimbo

HappyGiant, in association with Dark Horse Comics, announce “Usagi Yojimbo: Way of The Ronin”, a game now available for iPhones & iPads, and coming soon to Android devices and desktop PC’s. In conjunction with the release of the game, Dark Horse Comics is announcing the first new Usagi Yojimbo collection after a …

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Richardson & Sakai Team Up For 47 Ronin

Dark Horse Comics announced a historical comic adaptation of the tale of the 47 ronin: A story of loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor. Written by Dark Horse president Mike Richardson and drawn by multiple Eisner Award winner Stan Sakai, 47 Ronin tells the tale of a daimyo (feudal lord) who was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) …

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Usagi Yojimbo Reaches 200th Issue

Earlier this year, Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai was named the 2011 Cultural Ambassador by the Japanese American National Museum. Shortly thereafter, the JANM opened their Year of the Rabbit exhibit—the most comprehensive collection of Sakai’s work to date. Stan Sakai has won several Eisner Awards and has received over twenty Eisner Award nominations. Prior …

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