French stuio the Gaumont Film Company optioned Stan Sakai's iconic Usagi Yojimbo s Dark Horse Comics series back in 2018 with plans for an animated TV series. However, news on the project has remained scarce, until today's Twitter post from Sakai, which appears to reveal the show's logo and a conceptual look at the titular hero.
Sakai has won virutally every comic book award in existence, including several Eisnery and Harvey awards.
The setting is 17th century Japan, when the age of civil wars has barely ended and the Shogun has established power. The samurai is the ruling class throughout the land, following a warrior's code of honor known as Bushido. Usagi Yojimbo chronicles this time of settling unrest and political intrigue, told through the story of a wandering and masterless samurai named Miyamoto Usagi, aka Usagi Yojimbo! One of the great classics of the last 20 years, perfect for all ages.