USAGI YOJIMBO is Being Developed as an Animated Series with James Wan!
Usagi Yojimbo is a Dark Horse comic about a samurai bunny during the Edo period of Japan’s history and it has been optioned for an animated TV series. Usagi’s creator Stan Sakai confirmed that Gaumont would be the studio for the series and that James Wan (The Conjuring, Insidious, Furious 7) )will be involved.
Nicolas Atlan, President of Animation at Gaumont, commented after the announcement went live:
I think this series could be a lot of fun. An anthropomorphic samurai rabbit sounds like an amazing hero. Here’s a summary of the comics in case you’re unfamiliar with the series:
Source: ComicBook