Explore every episode of the podcast Usagi Podjimbo
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| Usagi Yojimbo: Green Persimmon | 06 oct. 2025 | 00:29:05 | |
🐰 Usagi Yojimbo: Color Special #4 – The Green Persimmon Mystery! 🗡️🎨 Usagi receives a mysterious ceramic persimmon from a dying man and promises to deliver it to his lord. But when assassins come for him, the ronin must survive deadly attacks, uncover the artifact’s secret, and stop a looming civil war! This full-color edition of Stan Sakai’s classic tale brings new life to a gripping samurai adventure full of honor, action, and mystery. 📘 Written & Illustrated by Stan Sakai 📖 Published by Dark Horse Comics ✅ Samurai action ✅ Murderous intrigue ✅ A ronin’s promise put to the test 👍 Like | 💬 Comment | 🔔 Subscribe for more comic content! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #IDWPublishing #ColorSpecial #SamuraiComics #ComicBookReview #UsagiYojimboColorSpecial #GraphicNovel #RoninRabbit #usagipodjimbo | |||
| Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Usagi Yojimbo | 22 sept. 2025 | 00:44:17 | |
During a routine Rita Repulsa attack, the Rangers' morphers do something unexpected... send them back to the Edo era of Japan! Using the Morphin Grid's power, the mysterious Ogasawara pulls the Rangers through time and begs for help, but when the enemy they face isn't what they expect, our heroes will face a painful revelation! In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Usagi Yojimbo, discover the crossover between the Rabbit Ronin and the teenagers with attitude that fans have been waiting for! #PowerRangers #UsagiYojimbo #ComicReview #MMPR #StanSakai #BoomStudios #IDW #CrossoverComics #SamuraiRabbit #usagipodjimbo | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Obakuneko Of The Geishu Clan | 27 déc. 2024 | 00:27:01 | |
In the "Vampire Cat of the Geishu," Usagi's wanderings take him back to the Geishu Province and memories of the last time he was in the area. Usagi, Tomoe, and Gen were returning after the events in the "Dragon Bellow Conspiracy" (UY, Bk. 4) when they were invited to spend the night in the home of a noble woman. Too late, they find they were trapped by their hostess, a demon cursed to drink the blood of innocents. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The First Tenet | 25 nov. 2024 | 00:22:44 | |
Kagemaru plots to usurp Chizu as the leader of the Neko Ninja Clan by revealing her traitorous actions to Lord Hebi. Hebi is later attacked in an assassination attempt, but Kagemaru comes to his rescue -- or does he? #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Lord of Owls | 19 nov. 2024 | 00:21:00 | |
The owl, in Japanese folklore, is a sign of evil and an omen of death. In "The Lord of Owls," Usagi crosses paths with a mysterious samurai with a lightning sword . . . and who can foresee one's death #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Crossing / The Patience Of The Spider | 18 sept. 2024 | 00:31:23 | |
Aboard a small passenger ship where a group of rowdy peasants sing and dance to a fun folk song on deck. However, during the climax of the performance, one of the peasants accidently bumps into an arrogant samurai who takes offence and moves to kill the transgressor, until a fellow passenger intervenes. Ikeda is a famed warrior and general who led a revolt against the Geishu Clan years ago When his revolt fails and his army is vanquished, Ikeda and two of his retainers flee to an abandoned farm and determine that their next course of action is to hide and wait. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Snakes And Blossoms | 13 juin 2024 | 00:28:46 | |
Usagi tells two short tales to Sanshobo: one that describes a crazy misadventure he had, and another that describes some important lessons from his past. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Conspiracy of Eight | 30 mai 2024 | 00:27:50 | |
Politics and honor don't always mix. In a temple in which Usagi is staying with his friend, Priest Sanshobo, sanctuary is sought by a dying samurai who holds a secret that could change the course of the entire nation. Usagi and Sanshobo are bound to protect it, but there's a whole band of samurai determined to defeat them at any cost! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: A Promise In The Snow | 16 mai 2024 | 00:25:42 | |
Usagi, while crossing a snow-covered mountain pass, comes across a little girl and her severely wounded father, the only survivors of a party attacked by bandits. It's rabbit against nature as the ronin attempts to usher them safely through the pass, in a snowstorm, stalked by predatory animals, with the threat of an avalanche literally above their heads! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Return To Adachi Plain / The Withered Field | 15 mai 2024 | 00:35:24 | |
Usagi recounts the battle that cost Lord Mifune his life and, for the first time, reveals how he got the scar over his left eye. Nakamura Koji is on his warrior pilgrimage, honing his skill for the day that he can avenge himself on the one who bested him in a duel many years before. But he will never make it to that day unless he can defeat the Surudoi school of swordsmanship, who have ambushed him on this journey. In this fight, however, Koji will not be alone -- he is joined by Usagi Yojimbo #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Lightning Strikes Twice | 18 avr. 2024 | 00:26:12 | |
Usagi encounters the mysterious female samurai, Inazuma, whom he had met in previous travels. She has been on the run from assassins, and, during her brief rest, she tells the story of her drunken husband and the twists of fate that turned her into a fugitive. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Chrysanthemum Pass | 04 avr. 2024 | 00:25:06 | |
An assassins' guild to one side and a hostile, mysterious medicine peddler to the other, Usagi Yojimbo is between a rock and a hard place. High in the mountains above ancient Japan, he is forced into battle along the narrow Chrysanthemum Pass. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Bat's, The Cat, And The Rabbit | 25 mars 2024 | 00:28:58 | |
The war between the cat ninjas and the bat ninjas resumes. Chizu, the leader of the cat ninjas is transporting a secret document, and when she meets up with Usagi, he is compelled to help her against the bats. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Wrath Of The Tangled Skein / The Bonze's Story | 15 mars 2024 | 00:29:32 | |
Those who travel the haunted paths of The Tangled Skein are warned to make an offering of protection to the demons that rule the woods. When a traveling party fails to make that sacrifice, they pay the price in another way -- the young woman traveling with them is overcome with great illness. Now it's up to Usagi to exorcise the demons the only way he knows how -- in battle. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Noodles Part 2 | 08 mars 2024 | 00:25:40 | |
Noodles Pare 2 Usagi gets yanked into another of Kitsune's schemes, this time with a mute noodle vendor as her unlikely accomplice. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Noodles Part 1 | 28 févr. 2024 | 00:26:22 | |
Usagi gets yanked into another of Kitsune's schemes, this time with a mute noodle vendor as her unlikely accomplice. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: A Meeting Of Strangers | 27 févr. 2024 | 00:22:13 | |
Usagi crosses paths with a mysterious swordswoman while the corrupt merchant from "Kaiso" (last issue) plots revenge against him. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Kaiso | 09 févr. 2024 | 00:30:23 | |
Usagi aids a family in protecting their seaweed farm from an aggressive competitor. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Runaways Part 2 | 02 févr. 2024 | 00:31:37 | |
Runaways Continues to delves deeper into the wanderer's past. Stopping in a town he hasn't visited in decades, the rabbit hears a name called out and his mind retreats to a time when he was a fresh young warrior in the service of Great Lord Mifune. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Runaways Part 1 | 26 janv. 2024 | 00:40:22 | |
Stopping in a town he hasn't visited in decades, the rabbit hears a name called out and his mind retreats to a time when he was a fresh young warrior in the service of Great Lord Mifune. Plus in Black Soul Jei makes a new friend in the form of a little girl named Keiko. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Daisho Part 2 | 19 janv. 2024 | 00:33:16 | |
The final story in this arc surrounding General Fujii is Daisho Part Two, in which Usagi and his guide meet up with Gen and Stray Dog right at the end of Mongrels. The three samurai decide to team up to raid General Fujii’s lair, and they engage in an all-out fight for money and honour. However, not everyone on the team is keen to work together, and betrayal is afoot. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Daisho Part 1 / Mongrels | 04 janv. 2024 | 00:36:17 | |
Usagi pursues the villain Fuji from "Slavers" in search of his swords.Gen and a fellow bounty hunter attempt to trust one another in pursuit of prey. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Slavers Part 2 / Nature Of The Viper | 22 déc. 2023 | 00:32:48 | |
Slavers Part 2 Usagi attempts to liberate a village from a band of brigands that has enslaved it, but bites off more than he can chew. And in Nature of the viper, we find out the fate of Jei. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Slavers Part 1 | 18 déc. 2023 | 00:22:06 | |
Slavers part 1 Usagi attempts to liberate a village from a band of brigands that has enslaved it, but bites off more than he can chew. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Gambler, The Widow, And The Ronin / Battlefield Part 3 | 14 déc. 2023 | 00:36:35 | |
The gambler from “The Duel” returns, and this time his plan is to eliminate a shady business partner by betting for Usagi in a fight to the death, in “The Gambler, the Widow, and the Ronin.” Meanwhile, the widow of a samurai Usagi killed in a duel plots her own revenge! Also in this issue, “Battlefield” concludes, as a young Usagi sneaks back onto the field of the dead. But will ghosts claim him before he can return what he stole? #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Music Of Heaven / Battlefield Part 2 | 04 déc. 2023 | 00:26:42 | |
Usagi crosses paths with a wandering priest who plays the shakuhachi in The Music of Heaven. But as night falls in the woods, an old enemy stalks them both! And in Battlefield part two, a young Usagi is haunted after stealing a sword from a fallen soldier. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Lizard's Tale / Battlefield Part 1 | 27 nov. 2023 | 00:22:18 | |
As Usagi's desire to travel uneventfully through a mountain pass is interrupted by both an annoying pack of tokage lizards and the attention of a gang of bandits, in The Lizards' Tale. And in part one of Battlefield, a young Usagi has his first encounter with the horrors of war! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Shi Part 2 | 17 nov. 2023 | 00:25:20 | |
Shi concludes, as four assassins each specializing in a different weapon close in on Usagi, accompanied by a powerful thunderstorm. With the village magistrate at the center of a conspiracy against the townspeople, the rabbit ronin must defend the town alone! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Shi Part 1 | 12 nov. 2023 | 00:29:05 | |
Arriving in a village where thugs act with impunity under the protection of the local magistrate, Usagi finds himself defending a farmer and his family, in part one of Shi. But when he does too good a job cleaning up the town, the rabbit ronin becomes the target of a band of fearsome assassins! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Shades of Green Part 3 | 03 nov. 2023 | 00:27:36 | |
The epic conclusion to Shades of Green comes to an end. Usagi and the Turtles track down the Neko ninjas and save the wizard Kakera so he can send the turtles home. Plus in Autumn young Usagi learns more about the seasons. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Shades of Green Part 2 | 29 oct. 2023 | 00:35:37 | |
Shades of Green part 2 the story continues. Usagi and the Turtles try to protect the rat wizard Kakera from the Neko ninja's. Plus we get a young Usagi story in Usagi's Garden. Usagi learns a valuable life lesson from Katsuichi. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Shades of Green Part 1 | 23 oct. 2023 | 00:22:13 | |
Usagi joins forces with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the rhino ronin Gennosuke to take on the Neko Ninja's. Part 1 of Shades of Green, plus the short story Jizo. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Last Ino Story | 19 oct. 2023 | 00:31:27 | |
The Blind Swords-pig Ino faces his greatest battle, in The Last Ino Story, as he fights for life against a devastating arrow wound and the fever that is consuming him! Usagi and Gen stumble into Ino's cabin during a rainstorm, only to discover him dying, despite the ministrations of his terrified wife. As the storm rages and death watches over them on owl wings, the rabbit ronin must work fast to save Ino. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Return Of Kitsune | 10 oct. 2023 | 00:25:16 | |
The rabbit ronin must once again come to the aid of a pickpocket friend who can't stay out of trouble, in The Return of Kitsune. Wanted by authorities after their last adventure and trying to keep a low profile, Usagi and Gen nonetheless become wrapped up in intrigue when a frightened Kitsune appears, on the run after stealing a letter that tells of a dangerous secret! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Gen Part 3 - Lady Asano's Revenge | 05 oct. 2023 | 00:22:55 | |
Held captive by the traitor who brought ruin to Gen's family and the noblewoman they served, Usagi and his rhino friend must escape and save herbut first they have to stop fighting each other! The bounty hunter's chance to restore his honor arrives at last, as Gen concludes! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Gen Part 2 - Sins Of The Father | 27 sept. 2023 | 00:20:12 | |
Before he was a bounty hunter looking out only for himself, Usagi's friend Gen was the son of a famous general who came to ruin pursuing a vendetta. When the noblewoman who the general served returns, so does Gen's anger over the fate of his family. But if the rhino won't help her, then the rabbit ronin will, in part two of Gen! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Gen Part 1 - Lady Asano's Story | 19 sept. 2023 | 00:19:32 | |
Way back in issue #1, Usagi told Gen of his time serving lord Mifune and of the tragedy that led to his wandering life as a ronin. Now it's the rhino's turn to tell his tale, as a figure from his past reappears and mistakes him for his father. The tale of Gen's fall from noble family to hardscrabble bounty hunter begins in Gen part one!
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| Usagi Yojimbo: Broken Ritual | 12 sept. 2023 | 00:25:36 | |
Usagi's wanderings take him to a small town held in terror by a grim specter, in Broken Ritual, Discovering that the ghost was once a general he served with, the rabbit ronin must find the key to ending its miseryand the town's! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Kitsune | 07 sept. 2023 | 00:19:03 | |
Usagi learns that a girl does what she has to to get by when he meets a street performer who also turns out to be a talented pickpocket, in Kitsune The two get off to a bad start when Kitsune steals Usagi's purse, but soon they must set the theft aside when a pack of brigands threatens the village they've stopped in! Also in this issue, a young Usagi learns the first lesson of being a warrior the hard way, in Gaki! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Circles Part 4 - Closing The Circle | 29 août 2023 | 00:21:31 | |
Circles concludes, as Usagi faces the demon Jei in single combat, with the life of his former love Mariko's son in the balance! Even if he defeats his supernatural foe, Usagi may not have a future in the village, as old resentments are awakened and secrets are revealed! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Circles Part 3 - Shroud Over The Mountain | 25 août 2023 | 00:20:26 | |
The epic Circles storyline becomes deadly in part three, as Usagi leads a search party for the missing child Jotaro. At the end of the trail is the most deadly foe the rabbit ronin has ever faced, the demon Jei, who has come to the village to claim Usagi's soul! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Circles Part 2 - Remembrances | 19 août 2023 | 00:18:11 | |
Weary from his life of wandering, Usagi returns home to settle down, but death awaits him in his village, as Circles continues! In part two, the rabbit ronin receives a chilly reception from his childhood rival Kenichi and former love Mariko, whose son Jotaro has been kidnapped by a familiar, evil force! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Circles Part 1 - Wind Over The Tombstones | 11 août 2023 | 00:23:23 | |
Miyamoto Usagi's most personal battle begins in part one of Circles, as he at last returns home! On the way to his village, Usagi encounters a fellow student of the hermit sensei Katsuichi, and learns the great teacher's true fate. Meanwhile, the greatest threat the rabbit ronin has ever known threatens his loved ones in the village! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: My Lord's Daughter | 04 août 2023 | 00:19:50 | |
Usagi faces a horde of monsters in My Lord's Daughter. Swearing an oath to rescue a princess, the rabbit ronin has to brave a prophecy of death to fight his way through an entire forest of demon warriors, giant animals, and vicious ogres! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Yurei | 01 août 2023 | 00:13:42 | |
In this tale, Usagi, who is camping at the edge of a river, awakens to find a Yurei, a ghost, floating before him. The ghost imparts her tragic story to Usagi. #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Dual | 29 juil. 2023 | 00:21:25 | |
Usagi meets Shubo, a ronin who has settled down in a backwater town and makes a living fighting duels for money. When Shubo and a crooked gambler discover Usagi's prowess with a sword, they conspire to force him into a duel to the death! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Bridge | 26 juil. 2023 | 00:22:17 | |
On a rainy, moonless night, Usagi feels a presence as he enters a small village, but when the villagers tell him of a demon who haunts the bridge into town, he dismisses the tale as hysteriauntil the creature attacks! In addition to protecting the village, the rabbit ronin_must defend himself from the demon's grudge, in The Bridge #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat And Kid | 19 juil. 2023 | 00:22:28 | |
Framed as a traitor to his clan and ousted in disgrace, bodyguard Yagi was forced to take up assassination for hire, walking the road to Hell with his son Gorogoro. Sakai homages the classic manga Lone Wolf and Cub when Yagi is hired to slay the rabbit ronin, in Lone Goat and Kid ! Link to iom geek podcast. http://www.iomgeek.com/ #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: The Way Of The Samurai | 29 juin 2023 | 00:19:39 | |
Stopping a group of bandits from stealing an important communique, Usagi is introduced to the grateful magistrate it was meant for, and is shocked to see that the man is a legendary general. Now in poor health and wrongfully banished to an unimportant position, and believing that the only honor left to him is a warrior's death, the general challenges the rabbit ronin to a lethal duel, in The Way of the Samurai! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||
| Usagi Yojimbo: Blood Wings Part 2 | 21 juin 2023 | 00:19:25 | |
Captured by the Komori clan of bat ninja, Usagi must not only escape but also give warning to both the goldmine they plan to ambush and the village they've been terrorizing, in the conclusion to Blood Wings. But with the razor-winged outlaws intent on slaying him, he may not have the chance to save either one! #UsagiYojimbo #StanSakai #ComicPodcast #UsagiPodjimbo #SamuraiRabbit | |||