02-06-2018, 10:20 AM | #1 |
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Usagi Yojimbo tv series!!
OMG! Usagi's getting his own series!! We won't see it till next year as production will start this year but it's CGI and ugh an actiion/comedy aimed towards 6 - 11 yr olds.
http://kidscreen.com/2018/02/06/unleashing-usagi/
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02-06-2018, 10:26 AM | #3 |
Like, stupid rich.
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Dammit, man! I began that sentence so excited and ended so disappointed!
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02-06-2018, 10:31 AM | #4 | |
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But hey, at least he's finally getting a show! More publicity for the rabbit ronin.
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02-06-2018, 10:34 AM | #5 | ||
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I will take this as a win until proven otherwise.
Anyone familiar with Gaumont?
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02-06-2018, 10:43 AM | #6 |
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Production starts 2018. So 2019 for first episode? That is if everything goes smoothly. If a crossover happens with RiseTMNT it could be in season 3. I wonder if Nickelodeon will pick this show up. Also will be interesting to see what toy company gets in on the show.
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02-06-2018, 11:20 AM | #7 |
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Yeah. They're a French outfit. They co-funded and co-produced the entire "Highlander" TV show in the 90s.
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02-06-2018, 11:32 AM | #8 |
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Always baffled me Usagi never got his own kids cartoon after 30 years.
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02-06-2018, 11:57 AM | #9 |
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I'm in.
Bad news is that this likely means no more crossovers with TMNT unless it fails. Rise likely wasn't going to feature Usagi and another TMNT show after Rise is likely a decade away so I guess it doesn't matter much but if Usagi became a profitable franchise I don't think we'd ever see a crossover. In my experience French animated shows tend to be either amazing or lifeless when it comes to stories and animation can also range from excellent to mediocre. And their not mutually exclusive so you can have a lifeless cartoon with great animation or an excellent show with mediocre animation. Especially after the crossovers with the OT, did Bucky O'Hare really hurt the Space Usagi that much or is it just fan speculation? |
02-06-2018, 01:59 PM | #10 |
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Yes, and that comes from Stan himself. After Bucky tanked, nobody wanted to touch a Space Usagi project with a barge pole.
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02-06-2018, 02:38 PM | #11 |
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I wonder if this series will make some kind of reference to TMNT. Even if its not being produced by the same company.
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02-06-2018, 02:44 PM | #12 |
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What if Disney picks it up and Hasbro does the toys? Would Usagi ever be in Nick TMNT again?
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02-06-2018, 02:45 PM | #13 | |
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I freely admit I'm a Usagi casual. I've read the entire series once, and the various Mirage crossovers. That's about it.
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I freakin' loved this cartoon.
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02-06-2018, 03:28 PM | #15 |
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6-11 years old? Is this like Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street?
I hope his origin story - the death of his master and him wandering the land alone selling his service as a bodyguard isn't too much for little children. Oh wait, it says action/comedy - probably like Sonic Boom tv series playing it safe. Probably there won't be any sword fight, blood or deaths too. |
02-06-2018, 03:31 PM | #16 |
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There's sword fighting in TMNT ...and some death, you won't likely get blood though.
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02-06-2018, 05:24 PM | #18 | |
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There's a lot you can do with that rating and demographic and plenty of cartoons have. Believe it or not, both Avatar series were Y7. Wasn't 2K3 Turtles Y7? That series did some things I'm still a little surprised at. Blood's probably a no-go - but in the little Usagi Yojimbo stuff I actually have read, it wasn't what I'd consider plentiful anyway - but death could be a maybe, since the comic already has a way of denoting it that's far from graphic (little skull and crossbone speech bubbles).
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As for Steven Universe, they're probably going to really go places with the implication of Lars' half-minute death. Things aren't going to be normal for him anymore...though they stopped being normal even in the couple hours before his brief death. I very much doubt Usagi will be watered down and will probably be on a level similar to A:TLA or the original Teen Titans cartoon.
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02-06-2018, 05:34 PM | #20 |
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What's the age range for Rise of the TMNT? I wonder if its the same for this one.
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