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Usagi Yojimbo takes place at the beginning of the Edo period and the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

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Stan Sakai, has written, drawn, inked, and lettered something like 150+ issues of Usagi Yojimbo and is probably second or third (behind Dave Sim and his 300 issues of Cerebus, and Erik Larson's Savage Dragon) on the list of longest-running comic with a single artist/writer (However, many Japanese mangaka have surpassed these numbers, albeit with a different format of comic book and often with a studio full of assistants). As of this writing, there are 19 collected volumes of Usagi Yojimbo material, with number 20 due to arrive in July of 2006. It then moved to Mirage Comics for a short time (roughly a year and a half), before finally finding a permanent home with Dark Horse Comics.

Later, it was moved to the anthropomorphic anthology Critters, published by Fantagraphics (who also produced the first seven collected volumes of Usagi Yojimbo). Usagi Yojimbo first appeared in 1984, as part of the Albedo Anthropomorphics comic series. Liking the unique visual look, and realizing that using anthropomorphic would allow him to create a much more fantastic setting than he initially had anticipated, Sakai developed his sketch into the character of Miyamoto Usagi, samurai, ronin, and occasional yojimbo (lit.

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Originally, Sakai wanted to do a comic series on the life of Miyamoto Musashi, using normal humans, but while working on concept sketches drew up a fierce rabbit samurai with his ears tied in a topknot. Finally, Usagi has appeared in various versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, including comics, the animated series (both of them), and the official toy line. One was produced in 1998 by Gold Rush Games and used a variant of the Fuzion engine, while a second one was produced in 2005 by Sanguine Productions and uses their Ironclaw system. In addition, two Usagi Yojimbo role-playing games have been made. Usagi Yojimbo is a fairly popular series, and Sakai has won multiple awards for his work, while the introductions to the various collected volumes contain comments from such comics notables as Stan Lee, Jack Davis, Matt Wagner, and Peter Laird. Now Usagi travels to and fro across Japan as a shogyusha (student warrior), honing his skills and engaging in various adventures. 'wave man,' a masterless samurai) upon the death of his lord. Born near the end of the Sengoku Period, Usagi (which is Japanese for 'rabbit') served as a samurai during the time of civil wars, only to be made a ronin (lit. Usagi Yojimbo is monthly comic series, the creation of writer/artist/letterer Stan Sakai, detailing the life of Miyamoto Usagi, an anthropomorphic rabbit. His nickname is again pronounced like 'Jen' by Usagi in 'Wedding Bells and Bytes'.'Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai.Ī Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.' In 'Samurai Tourist', the G was pronounced correctly, but the U in his name was turned into a long U. His name has never been pronounced correctly on the show most of the time, his name has been said as if the G in his name would be pronounced with a 'J', thus making his nickname sound like 'Jen'.

The name 'Gennosuke' would be pronounced with a hard G sound and a nearly silent U. When he realized he had to bring a present for the wedding, he tried to swipe Hisomi-Shisho's present as his own. Gennosuke appears in ' Wedding Bells and Bytes' for Casey and April's wedding.

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In the episode ' Samurai Tourist', inspired by a New York City citizen, Gennosuke dons an outfit nearly identical to Rocksteady's in the 1987 TV series. In the episode ' The Christmas Aliens', Gen comes to the Turtles' holiday party. Notably, Gen irritates the Turtles with his behavior, as well as Casey, who he calls 'Saru' (monkey or ape).

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In the Battle Nexus Tournament he defeats an unknown Clawed combatant in Tier 1, an unknown Octopus Contestant in Tier 2 and receives a free pass to the semifinals, where he loses to Kluh. He retains his persona as a shady bounty hunter, but unlike in Usagi Yojimbo, he is a heavy gambler, as opposed to being a drunkard in the comics. Gennosuke is first seen in the episode ' The Big Brawl, Part 2'.