Is Usagi a tradition?

Dejablue · 09-29-2018, 12:55 AM

I realize that Usagi has been in every animated series of tmnt. So hopefully he'll show up in Rise. Seeing how he'd be designed for that show is something to look forward to.

But now this video has me imagining something pretty scary. If The Next Mutation had lasted past its first season do you think we would have seen a Usagi for that show? How would they have done that? Man in rabbit suit?

I would not have looked forward to that lol. On a scale of 1 to 10 how awful would that costume have looked?

*Prowler* · 09-29-2018, 01:03 AM

He is. Stan Sakai is friends with Laird and Eastman, I'm guessing. Otherwise Usagi wouldn't have been a recurrent guest character in the TMNT franchise.

*neatoman* · 09-29-2018, 03:28 AM

Isn't Usagi currently licensed by another animation studio?

*Wildcat* · 09-29-2018, 03:49 AM

Next Mutation Usagi would have been interesting. Also a Platinum Dunes Usagi.

*Andrew NDB* · 09-29-2018, 04:13 AM

If Stan Sakai can make more money, I am happy.

*IndigoErth* · 09-29-2018, 09:32 AM

'Rise' wants too badly to be "different," so I wouldn't hold my breath on Usagi showing up. Obviously his owner's approval is the biggest hurdle, and if I recall he didn't originally even want Usagi being in the 2012 series. This one? Good luck. Maybe if 'Rise' becomes a bit less ridiculous later? I can't really see the 'Rise' team being allowed the level of creative freedom they might want with him, possibly turning him into a joke with the rest of it. (And probably no way in hell would he have showed up in Next Mutation.)

Personally, I'm not expecting to see him at all in this one. But I'd bet that he'll be back elsewhere someday. Esp if he does end up with his own cartoon. How can you not do a crossover in his for once?

I'll always kind of love the fact that these characters from completely different series have this longtime friendship.

Dejablue · 09-29-2018, 11:26 AM

Really I just see like...if Usagi were in the Next Mutation...

He'd look like one of these characters lol. Also, Stan Sakai didn't want him in 2012? Why-ever not?

*IndigoErth* · 09-29-2018, 11:42 AM

Oh, good old Zoobilee Zoo.

(Still have that old theme song in my head.) That's probably a rather generous/kind thought to consider it would have been like those designs. Next Mutation seems low budget enough that they might have just modified an old Easter Bunny costume.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-30-2018, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Wildcat

Also a Platinum Dunes Usagi.

It could be a third film: When Krang is sent back to Dimension X, a rift in the spacetime continuity accidentally opens a portal to 17th century Japan on an alternate Earth where bipedal humanoid talking animals are the dominant species.

09-29-2018, 12:55 AM	#1
Dejablue Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: In the USA Posts: 637	Is Usagi a tradition? I realize that Usagi has been in every animated series of tmnt. So hopefully he'll show up in Rise. Seeing how he'd be designed for that show is something to look forward to. But now this video has me imagining something pretty scary. If The Next Mutation had lasted past its first season do you think we would have seen a Usagi for that show? How would they have done that? Man in rabbit suit? I would not have looked forward to that lol. On a scale of 1 to 10 how awful would that costume have looked? __________________ ^^^^ SHELLHEADS Inc.- A TMNT Discord! Last edited by Dejablue; 09-29-2018 at 01:58 AM.

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09-29-2018, 09:32 AM	#6
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 15,236	'Rise' wants too badly to be "different," so I wouldn't hold my breath on Usagi showing up. Obviously his owner's approval is the biggest hurdle, and if I recall he didn't originally even want Usagi being in the 2012 series. This one? Good luck. Maybe if 'Rise' becomes a bit less ridiculous later? I can't really see the 'Rise' team being allowed the level of creative freedom they might want with him, possibly turning him into a joke with the rest of it. (And probably no way in hell would he have showed up in Next Mutation.) Personally, I'm not expecting to see him at all in this one. But I'd bet that he'll be back elsewhere someday. Esp if he does end up with his own cartoon. How can you not do a crossover in his for once? I'll always kind of love the fact that these characters from completely different series have this longtime friendship. Last edited by IndigoErth; 09-29-2018 at 09:41 AM.

09-29-2018, 11:26 AM	#7
Dejablue Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: In the USA Posts: 637	Really I just see like...if Usagi were in the Next Mutation... He'd look like one of these characters lol. Also, Stan Sakai didn't want him in 2012? Why-ever not? __________________ ^^^^ SHELLHEADS Inc.- A TMNT Discord!

09-29-2018, 01:03 AM	#2
Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 8,909	He is. Stan Sakai is friends with Laird and Eastman, I'm guessing. Otherwise Usagi wouldn't have been a recurrent guest character in the TMNT franchise.

09-29-2018, 11:42 AM	#8
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 15,236	Oh, good old Zoobilee Zoo. (Still have that old theme song in my head.) That's probably a rather generous/kind thought to consider it would have been like those designs. Next Mutation seems low budget enough that they might have just modified an old Easter Bunny costume.