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[Legion HQ]

Really looking forward to this. From Stan Sakai: "We had another meeting with Gaumont last week and we are delighted and could not be happier or more enthused as to how the project is developing."

 

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Netflix Orders Usagi Yojimbo Animated Series 'Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles'

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Netflix has ordered Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, a new animated series based on the iconic Usagi Yojimbo series. According to Netflix, this new Usagi Yojimbo series will be taking a very different approach than the Stan Sakai comic books, as it will essentially be a sequel series that takes place in a futuristic setting and be centered around Miyamoto Usagi's descendent, the teenage Rabbit Samurai Yuichi. The Usagi Chronicles will follow Yuichi on "his epic quest to become a true samurai. Yuichi will lead a ragtag team of misfit heroes – including a roguish bounty hunter, a cunning ninja, an acrobatic pickpocket and a faithful pet lizard."

 

The Usagi Chronicles will be executive produced by Stan Sakai, along with James Wan. Also overseeing the series will be Nicolan Atlan, Teery Kalagian, Sidonie Dumas and Christophe Riandee of Gaumont Animation (Netflix's F is For Family); as well as Dark Horse Entertainment's Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg and Chris Tongue. Wan's Atomic Monster production partners Michael Clear and Rob Hackett are also onboard; Ben Jones (DC Animated Universe) is a supervising producer and Khang Le (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart, Big Hero 6: The Series) will be the series' art director.

 

You can get the full announcement from Netflix below:

 

Netflix and Gaumont announce new comedy-action CGI animated series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles based on the globally successful 35-year-old comic book, Usagi Yojimbo, from award-winning creator Stan Sakai.

 

The series takes place in the far future, set in a world that mixes modern high-tech images with classic Japanese references. It follows the teenage Rabbit Samurai Yuichi, descendent of the great warrior Miyamoto Usagi, on his epic quest to become a true samurai. But he isn’t alone! He leads a ragtag team of misfit heroes – including a roguish bounty hunter, a cunning ninja, an acrobatic pickpocket and a faithful pet lizard – as he battles depth-charging moles, metal-tipped winged bats, and monsters from another dimension, all in the pursuit to become the best samurai Usagi!

 

The series is produced in partnership with Stan Sakai, the legendary creator, writer and illustrator of the comic-book series who will serve as Executive Producer, along with Gaumont (Executive Producers Nicolas Atlan, Terry Kalagian, Sidonie Dumas and Christophe Riandee), Dark Horse Entertainment (Executive Producers Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg and Chris Tongue), and Atomic Monster (Executive Producers James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett). Candie and Doug Langdale (Maya and the Three, The Book of Life, Puss in Boots, Niko and the Sword of Life, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) are attached as executive producers and showrunners. Ben Jones (Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teen Titans, Iron Giant) is Supervising Producer while Khang Le (Big Hero 6, Little Big Awesome) will serve as Art Director on the series.

 

Mumbai-based 88 Pictures (Trollhunters, 3Below: Tales of Arcadia, Fast & Furious Spy Racers) has been appointed as the CGI animation studio.