Official Episode Discussion S5 Ep 07: Yojimbo

[Vicky82]

The Turtles are transported to an alternate dimension where they meet the rabbit samurai, Miyamoto Usagi.

The episode is now up on ITunes

Discuss away.

[Redworld96]

The opening has changed for Usagi's Tale:

Spoiler:

[Ninjinister]

Feckin Microsoft doesn't even have When Worlds Collide.

I'm never buying a season pass for a tv show again. Amazon and Sony pulled this same kind of garbage but at I think the longest they ever took was 5 days.

[Vicky82]

Awesome episode, so intense.

Wow that certainly was a cliffhanger.

It was weird that the turtles didn't appear until 9 minutes of the episode though but it was great that Usagi had lots of focus.

I have a feeling the turtles are still under Jei's spell, coming out of there brainwashing by getting knocked out, seemed too easy.

[Fang Wolf]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

Wow that certainly was a cliffhanger.

Yes, you can say that it became a cliffhanger....

--Will they survive or be killed on the ground?
--We will know that in the next episode.


--Awesome Episode--

[Vicky82]

Originally Posted by Fang Wolf

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Yes, you can say that it became a cliffhanger....
--Will they survive or be killed on the ground?


--Awesome Episode--

Obviously survive,

Well probably except the horses.

I noticed a really big tree when they fell, so they probably will manage to get to it to save themselves.

[drewizzle88]

Probably my favorite episode to date that wasn't a season ending episode. Usagi looks so awesome, love his voice as well. I was afraid I was going to hate Kintaro but he's pretty dang funny, really excited for the next episode.

[Powder]

Oh man, this is even better than I expected, & I say that having had very high hopes. You can really tell how much love & respect for Stan's work & all that inspired it went into this. Did I detect an air of homage in the musical cues, to that of an older TMNT film? Kintaro is really funny. It's great how he's written to be an annoying character, yet doesn't annoy the viewer. Not so easy to pull off (as evidenced via Timmy). Stellar visuals & an awesome take on Usagi. Can't wait for the rest.

It is such a work of art, this series. Bittersweet how amazing the season is. Makes me doubly sad it's at its end. But they are going out on a high note, no doubt.

[TigerClaw]

Looking forward to the episode, since it'll air at 9am EST here.

[TigerClaw]

Here we go!

[ranger_scout]

It really was a coincidence that this episode had a cliffhanger that literally involved a cliff. I went to comic book store and tried to find the stories on Usagi Yojimbo after this episode. I didn't see any, but maybe I wasn't looking in the right area. He did appear in a couple of episodes of the original series, but I am interested in knowing more about him.

[Powder]

I'm not so sure it was a coincidence.

Usagi's comics are definitely worth a read. The big books collecting various issues are a little pricey for new readers, but it's great material. A lot of the series is Slice Of Life style, so if you do manage to find some loose issues, they should be pretty accessible to you! Self contained stories & whatnot.

The only real base knowledge you need is that Usagi is a warrior who wanders the land after failing to prevent his former master's assassination, thus losing his purpose. He goes place to place being a bodyguard for hire while learning about many elements of Japanese culture. So it's like half samurai fights & half folktale typa stuff. Both immersive & relaxing! Knowing it's all written/drawn by one guy makes it all the more impressive.

[Shark_Blade]

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

It really was a coincidence that this episode had a cliffhanger that literally involved a cliff. I went to comic book store and tried to find the stories on Usagi Yojimbo after this episode. I didn't see any, but maybe I wasn't looking in the right area. He did appear in a couple of episodes of the original series, but I am interested in knowing more about him.

You can start from his own comic book series called "Usagi Yojimbo". Later on he'll have some crossovers with the turtles.

The most convenient places to find Usagi comics are from Dark Horse, iBook and Comixology apps. You can find some in bookstores too.

Stan Sakai's art style and storytelling in the comics are truly immersive and captivating imo. Worthy of all the awards/acclaims it made through the ages.

[ToTheNines]

Just paid attention to the credits and saw that the dude who played Shredder in the 2014 movie voiced a bunch of the fodder samurai from Sumo Kuma's gang.

[Klunk1234]

I have not seen the show's episode for a while. I just watched Yojimbo and it's amazing Miyamoto Usagi is great and serious as a Samurai warrior should be and Kuntaro, the little boy is kind of an arrogant but funny.

[Donny's computer84]

I like this version of Usagi, episode 7 was good lots of action. Scary ending

[TigerClaw]

I thought it was a great episode, its finally great to see Usagi in full 3D CGI glory, The action was also good, they should do an Usagi Yojimbo series in this style.

[Vicky82]

It looked like Mikey killed 3 evil samurai solders during the horse chase scene

[matteso586]

The part where Usagi wandered around the decimated village, it gave me Samurai Jack vibes.

I almost thought that Jei was voiced by John DiMaggio.

Looks like that bear will think that the Turtles and Usagi are dead.

[myconius]

it was really awesome to see "written by Stan Sakai" in the opening credits.

i can tell Stan Sakai really had a lot of respect for Akira Kurosawa's film 'Yojimbo', having named Usagi's Lord - 'Lord Mifune' after Toshiro Mifune the actor who stared in the film.