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Usagi Yojimbo: Book 1

By Stan Sakai
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Usagi Yojimbo: Book 1 follows Miyamoto Usagi, a wandering samurai rabbit in a richly imagined 17th-century Japan inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. The collection features 10 stories introducing Usagi, the malevolent Lord Hikiji, and various other characters amid civil war, blending standalone tales into a saga of treachery and revenge.
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Ideal for fans of graphic novels, samurai stories, and anthropomorphic animal tales seeking engaging, well-crafted narratives with historical and action elements.

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This seminal book collects the classic original Usagi stories chronicling a time of settling unrest and political intrigue, told through the story of a wandering and masterless samurai named Miyamoto Usagi, AKA Usagi Yojimbo!

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Miyamoto Usagi is no Bugs Bunny. He's a rabbit bodyguard, a samurai who wanders the mountains, plains, and villages of a 17th-century Japan populated almost exclusively by anthropomorphic animals. Cats, snakes, rhinos, and ninja moles plot and fight their way across a land ravaged by civil war.

The 10 stories in this first collection introduce Usagi, the evil Lord Hikiji, and a host of other characters. The stories themselves can stand alone, but taken together they form an ongoing saga of treachery and revenge.

Usagi Yojimbo: Book 1 offers an immersive journey into a richly detailed, fantastical version of historic Japan, where honour and duty shape every encounter and adventure.

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Stan Sakai's beautifully drawn and meticulously crafted series earns high praise for its authentic samurai fiction feel and enduring excellence. Reviewers Kevin Church and Chris Sims highlight Usagi Yojimbo as a masterpiece and one of the greatest comic creations globally, noting its consistency and quality over decades.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780930193355

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 March 2006

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Illustration: 1 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 348g

Pages: 146

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Fiction Graphic Novels Manga Stan Sakai Young Adult

About the Author

Stan Sakai is a Japanese-born American artist and comic book creator. His creation, Usagi Yojimbo, first appeared in 1984. Usagi has been on television as a guest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as toys, on clothing, in comics, and in a series of trade paperback collections. He is a multiple Eisner-Award-winning cartoonist and the recipient of numerous national awards including an American Library Association Award and a Cultural Ambassador Award from the Japanese American National Museum. In 2020, Sakai was inducted into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame. He currently is an executive producer on the Netflix original CGI animated series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, which is based on "Usagi Yojimbo". He lives in Pasadena, CA. Stan Lee (1922-2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher and producer for Timely/Marvel Comics and was the co-creator of many of the Marvel Comics iconic heroes, including Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, Daredevil, Thor, Doctor Strange, Nick Fury, and the X-Men.

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