TMNT and Usagi comparisons

Toxin45 · 01-31-2019, 11:07 AM

So we all know usagi yojimbo right? it is an ongoing series made by Stan Sakei who was good friends with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird the creators of TMNT themselves back at when at mirage comics but now TMNT and Usagi have different publishers these days with TMNT having Archie,image,and eventually idw as their publisher while usagi now have dark horse as his publishers.Usagi is a samurai and the turtles are ninjas.

There are some comparisons with Usagi and Leo being the most obvious and they have the most similarities and they often bond with each other in most crossovers.
heck even their arch-villains have something in common for the TMNT franchise the big bad is Shredder in most versions while in the Usagi Yojimbo it's Lord Hikiji but the breakout villain was Jei who became the arch-enemy of Usagi. You See Shredder and Jei were supposed to be a one-shot villain but they made some more appearances like Shredder appeared in some issues and later the archie and IDw series while Jei becomes the arch-enemy to Usagi while Lord Hijiki who is still the main villain of the series lost his status of arch-enemy to Jei. Jei had become the most recurring villain in the Usagi series and even had crossovers with tmnt in the 2012 series and idw comics but Lord Hijiki was still the big bad however. So what other comparisons did I miss and what other comparisons you think you can add?

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 01-31-2019, 11:44 AM

I have easier to see differencies

Miyamoto Usagi is a samurai, the turtles practice ninjutsu and Japanese martial arts

The turtles must hide from society, Miyamoto Usagi lives on an Earth where bipedal humanoid intelligent and talking animals dominate.

Miyamoto Usagi lives in Japan, the turtles' origin pushed the story away from Japan

Miyamoto Usagi lives in a society where ninjas and samurais are (almost) 9 to 5 jobs (imagine Dolly Parton in a samurai outfit

(even if most people in Feodal Japan were farmers), the turtles live in days where ninjas are extraordinary

01-31-2019, 11:07 AM	#1
Toxin45 Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Dearborn Heights, Michigan Posts: 295	TMNT and Usagi comparisons So we all know usagi yojimbo right? it is an ongoing series made by Stan Sakei who was good friends with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird the creators of TMNT themselves back at when at mirage comics but now TMNT and Usagi have different publishers these days with TMNT having Archie,image,and eventually idw as their publisher while usagi now have dark horse as his publishers.Usagi is a samurai and the turtles are ninjas. There are some comparisons with Usagi and Leo being the most obvious and they have the most similarities and they often bond with each other in most crossovers. heck even their arch-villains have something in common for the TMNT franchise the big bad is Shredder in most versions while in the Usagi Yojimbo it's Lord Hikiji but the breakout villain was Jei who became the arch-enemy of Usagi. You See Shredder and Jei were supposed to be a one-shot villain but they made some more appearances like Shredder appeared in some issues and later the archie and IDw series while Jei becomes the arch-enemy to Usagi while Lord Hijiki who is still the main villain of the series lost his status of arch-enemy to Jei. Jei had become the most recurring villain in the Usagi series and even had crossovers with tmnt in the 2012 series and idw comics but Lord Hijiki was still the big bad however. So what other comparisons did I miss and what other comparisons you think you can add? Last edited by Toxin45; 01-31-2019 at 11:52 AM.

01-31-2019, 11:44 AM	#2
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,155	I have easier to see differencies Miyamoto Usagi is a samurai, the turtles practice ninjutsu and Japanese martial arts The turtles must hide from society, Miyamoto Usagi lives on an Earth where bipedal humanoid intelligent and talking animals dominate. Miyamoto Usagi lives in Japan, the turtles' origin pushed the story away from Japan Miyamoto Usagi lives in a society where ninjas and samurais are (almost) 9 to 5 jobs (imagine Dolly Parton in a samurai outfit (even if most people in Feodal Japan were farmers), the turtles live in days where ninjas are extraordinary Last edited by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan; 06-01-2019 at 02:15 PM.