Usagi Yojimbo - How Would You Make It Happen?

[erik]

I asked in a letter wether there was any chance Usagi Yojimbo might be able to appear in the current TV series. I later saw Stan Sakai in a video from Comic Con, where he was asked this, and said contracts (or some-such) prevented it from happening.

Still -- if the cosmic lawyers where to align someday, and Usagi was given a chance to appear in the new TV series, how would you go about it? How would Usagi appear? How would he act, and interact, in this new show?



My idea is that the Krang Dimensional Portals would be used - an accident, or something, could bring Usagi into this strange world and meet the Turtles. I would immediately say, he'd have to appear just like he does in the comics. As for his attitude, in this more wacky TMNT world -- I would play him up as the straight-man to the antic of the Turtles. He would probably get along famously with Splinter, though. They would have to fight against the Krang together, to get Usagi back to the portal and back home.



What does everyone else think? What would be you're ideas?



I do think it might not be likely, though, because a DVD is being worked on -- some Stop Motion Usagi project. (Does that need funding, though? It looked like it was on its way; but so far, only as a Youtube clip. It seems it has a lot of work ahead of them, if they are going to make a feature length film)