A rabbit samurai with a sword? This 7-minute fever dream slaps harder than it should.
Lintika Films has recently made a proof of concept short film that they are shopping around Hollywood. It is a combination of 2D and 3D stop-motion animation and it is pretty entertaining, while capturing a lot of the spirit and tradition of the source material.
Practical Effects
2D/3D stop-motion fusion that shouldn't work but absolutely does.
Direction
Roel Banzon Robles squeezes feature-film ambition into seven minutes.
Director
Roel Banzon Robles
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Creator Stan Sakai has drawn every Usagi Yojimbo comic himself since 1984, making this one of the few creator-owned properties with zero artistic turnover in forty years.
The short adapts elements of chanbara films and Miyamoto Musashi's legend through a furry lens — proof that anthropomorphic samurai can carry genuine bushido weight.
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