Stan Sakai

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  • Bibliography:
    71 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1987
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Usagi Yojimbo

Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 5: Lone Goat and Kid (Jan-1992)
Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 8: Shades of Death (Sep-1997)
Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 10: The Brink of Life and Death (Aug-1998)
Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 12: Grasscutter (Sep-1999)
Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 13 : Grey Shadows (Apr-2000)
Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 16 - The Shrouded Moon (Jan-2003)
Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 23: Bridge of Tears (Jul-2009)
Yokai (Dec-2009)

Book List in Order: 71 titles

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 1: The Ronin

    "This seminal book collects the classic original Usagi stories chronicling a time of settling unrest and political intrigue, told through the story of a wandering and masterless samurai named Miyamoto Usagi,...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 2: Samurai

    "This volume features Usagi''s origins as a wandering rabbit warrior in feudal Japan, and introduces many members of the cast of characters. Brimming with drama and humor, this is some of Stan Sakai''s fines...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 3: The Wanderer's Road

    Perhaps the best samurai rabbit story ever told. With The Tower (introducing Spot the Wonder Lizard), Return of the Blind Swordspig, the hilarious Groo tribute The Tea Cup, and a crossover with the Ninja Turtles!Usagi Yojimbo Book 3 collects full-len...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 5: Lone Goat and Kid

    Usagi Yojimbo

    This fifth volume collects the epic-length "Blood Wings," in which Usagi battles a fearsome clan of ninja bats, while "Lone Goat and Kid" offers a cunning and affectionate parody of the famous "Lone Wolf and Cub" manga while doubling as one of Usagi'...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 6: Circles

    In the title story, Usagi returns to his native village to find everything very different indeed. Circles is an epic adventure, a love story, and one of the most affecting Usagi stories ever. Plus three more great stories!Circles features the graphic...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 8: Shades of Death

    Usagi Yojimbo

    Revisit some of the rabbit ronin's earliest adventures in this outstanding new edition of classic Usagi tales! In this volume, Usagi teams with his friend Gen, a rhino bounty hunter, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to protect an aging sensei ...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 9: Daisho

    Originally published by Mirage, Stan Sakai's rabbit ronin continues his journey through a lawless land. Usagi meets a mysterious assassin disguised as a priest, encounters dishonest gamblers, and comes to the aid of the unfortunate. Introduction by J...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 4: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy

    This highly demanded reprint from the Usagi Yojimbo series features the novel-length tale, "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy." Jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense, and slaps...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 10: The Brink of Life and Death

    Usagi Yojimbo

    While journeying over mountains, into valleys, through towns and farmlands, and along rugged coasts, searching for harmony, Usagi faces a unique cast of characters: a village of seaweed farmers, an innocent noodle peddler, a demon-possessed woman, a ...



  • Space Usagi

    Unimaginable future technology alongside an ancient samurai code. A universe populated with bizarre lifeforms divided into warring clans. Space Usagi is the descendent of the 17th-century samurai, Miyamoto Usagi, and is the hero of his clan. Space Us...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 11: Seasons

    Spring breezes stirring the memories of lost battles. Summer fields burning with fires of treachery. Chill autumn nights echoing with demonic screams. Winter snows stained red with the blood of honor. Follow Stan Sakai's Eisner award-winning Usagi Yo...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 12: Grasscutter

    Usagi Yojimbo

    Forged in heaven, it is called Kusanagi, the Grasscutter -- the lost sword of the Gods. This legendary blade could potentially tip the scales of power for the shadowy Conspiracy of Eight in their quest to overthrow the Shogunate and reinstate the Emp...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 13 : Grey Shadows

    Usagi Yojimbo

    Fresh from winning the Best Serialized Story 1999 Eisner Award for Grasscutter, Stan Sakai returns with a new Usagi Yojimbo collection featuring six tales of the ronin rabbit's journeys and adventures in feudal Japan. "My Father's Swords" retells an ...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 14: Demon Mask

    The close of 16th century Japan was a violent age, as rival feudal lords fought for land and power. Miyamoto Usagi braved many a battle only to lose his lord and find himself a masterless samurai, or ronin. While many ronin became bandits or merc...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 15: Grasscutter II -- Journey to Atsuta Shrine

    created, written, & illustrated by STAN SAKAIForged in the clouds by the elemental gods of feudal Japan, the legendary sword Kusanagi -- also known as "Grasscutter" — holds such power that it is sought after by mighty forces of good a...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 16 - The Shrouded Moon

    Usagi Yojimbo

    Throughout his journeys across feudal Japan, rabbit ronin Usagi has faced many dangers, crossed paths with some who have become his sworn enemies, and forged bonds of friendship stronger than any threat that might cross his path. Collected here are s...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 17: Duel at Kitanoji

    Nothing comes easy for rabbit ronin Usagi, not even being a spectator at the planned duel between his former teacher Katsuichi and Katsuichi's rival Nakamura Koji. Before the duel even begins, Usagi becomes embroiled in a dispute between Koji and a l...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 18: Travels with Jotaro

    Anotsu Kagehisa, master swordsman and leader of the rogue Itto-ryu dojo, has sheathed his blade for the moment to join in marriage with the daughter of yet another dojo soon to be brought under his dark wing. But for a man of action, the formal trad...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 19: Fathers and Sons

    Master storyteller Stan Sakai opens this brand-new collection with a deadly ambush on the fugitive Lone Goat Assassin and his child, Gorogoro. Lone Goat is victorious, but wounded-and his son is too young to help. Unable to seek proper medical att...



  • The Art of Usagi Yojimbo

    In the tradition of the celebrated collections The Art of Sin Cityand The Art of Hellboy, Dark Horse is proud to showcase the work of multi award-winning creator Stan Sakai in The Art of Usagi Yojimbo. The sold-out hardcover edition, t...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 20: Glimpses of Death

    In this volume of the internationally acclaimed series, master storyteller Stan Sakai treats readers to intriguing tales of Usagi on his own and catches up with a bevy of fan-favorite characters - "whodunit" maestro Inspector Ishida has another puzzl...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 21: The Mother of Mountains

    The discovery of gold ignites a struggle of striking proportions as a power-mad tyrant's lust for wealth threatens to destroy not only Usagi Yojimbo and his companion Tomoe but an entire innocent village! When plague strikes a border town in the mo...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 22: Tomoe's Story

    Learn why Tomoe is the most valuable retainer of Lord Noriuki of the Geishu Province, then plunge into a terrifying ghost story where a string of mysterious murders points to a woman dead for ten years. Finally, experience the mesmerizing beauty o...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 23: Bridge of Tears

    Usagi Yojimbo

    The wandering life of a ronin is often a lonely one, and Usagi has been on that path a long time. A temporary peace, staying with the merchant Endo and his daughter Hanaka, is interrupted by the deadly League of Assassins, setting Usagi back on th...

  • Yokai

    Usagi Yojimbo

    Yokai are the monsters, demons, and spirits of Japanese folklore, such as the shape-changing kitsune, the obakeneko demon cats, and the evil oni ogres. Usagi faces all these and more when a desperate woman begs for his help in finding her kidnapped d...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 24: Return of the Black Soul

    For years, as Miyamoto Usagi has wandered the countryside, an unseen, malevolent entity has been tracing his steps. Thought dead since the events of Grasscutter, the demon Jei-the Black Soul-has been inhabiting the body of the swordswoman Inazuma,...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 25: Fox Hunt

    The warrior’s path is fraught with peril as Miyamoto Usagi takes to the road with his bounty-hunter friend Gen. Traveling the countryside, the samurai odd couple must put bickering over money and shortcuts aside as they encounter a series of dan...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 26: Traitors of the Earth

    The rabbit ronin faces a horde of the undead when a harmless-looking but powerful charm brings a betrayed army back to life. With hundreds of zombies and an evil wizard to contend with, Usagi finds himself far out of his depth! Fortunately, he has th...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 27: A Town Called Hell

    The rabbit ronin's wanderings find him caught between competing gang lords fighting for control of A Town Called Hell. With the help of master swordsman Kato, Usagi takes on one gangster, while the other stirs up even more trouble! Now, with Kato is ...



  • The Adventures of Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy

    Experience the rabbit-action epic that might have been, in this indispensable precursor to Usagi Yojimbo! Before Miyamoto Usagi began his warrior's pilgrimage in Japan, world-renowned cartoonist Stan Sakai set another wandering swordsman on a path of...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 28: Red Scorpion

    The Red Scorpion Gang has been terrorizing the countryside for months, with evidence of their ill deeds appearing everywhere the rabbit ronin turns! Usagi first crosses swords with the Scorpions as the gang extorts protection money from poor farmers,...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 1

    Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Stan Sakai’s beloved rabbit ronin, Dark Horse proudly presents Miyamoto Usagi’s epic trek along the warrior’s path in a new series of deluxe compilations, beginning with over 600 pages of Usagi’s essen...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 2

    The adventures of Stan Sakai's beloved Miyamoto Usagi hit an early peak in this new deluxe compilation! Volume Two features the rabbit ronin's first encounters with the Lord of Owls, Inspector Ishida, and more, and is highlighted by the Eisner Award-...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: Senso

    The rabbit ronin faces a menace from Mars in this extraordinary story from multiple Eisner award-winning creator Stan Sakai! Fifteen years in his future, Miyamoto Usagi fights with Lord Noriyuki's Geishu clan, in an all-out war against the treach...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 3

    The third volume in Dark Horse's definitive Usagi Yojimbo compilations showcases Stan Sakai's epic series at its best! Usagi faces a terrifying new foe who wears a demon mask; the Eisner-winning "Grasscutter" storyline receives a sequel, "Return to A...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 29: 200 Jizzo

    Join everyone's favorite rabbit ronin as he continues his gripping exploits on the warrior's path! In this volume, Usagi teams up with fan-favorite guest star Inspector Ishida to solve a double murder at a roadside inn, then helps an allied clan prot...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 4

    Miyamoto Usagi's past comes to the fore in this latest volume of Dark Horse's definitive Usagi Yojimbo compilations. First, Usagi attends a duel between his former teacher, Katsuichi, and Katsuich's rival, and is drawn into a dispute involving a loca...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition

    Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo is a popular all-ages graphic novel series that chronicles the action-packed wanderings of a ronin in feudal Japan ― as told with anthropomorphic animals. For the first ten years of his career, the battling bunny was pu...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Gallery Edition Volume 1: Samurai

    Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo has thrilled readers for more than thirty years and Sakai has been hailed as one of the true masters of the comics medium. Now, in the first Usagi Yojimbo Gallery Edition, readers are invited to look over Sakai's shoulder a...



  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 5

    The adventures of Miyamoto Usagi, the rabbit ronin, continue! This fifth definitive Usagi Yojimbo collection sees the return of many of Usagi’s friends.Inspector Ishida, the sneaky thief Kitsune, and the fearsome bounty hunters Gen and Stray Dog al...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 6

    One of the most critically acclaimed and beloved adventure comics!This volume in the definitive Usagi Yojimbo Saga series includes the storylines “Bridge of Tears,” in which a new love tempts the rabbit ronin to abandon his wandering lifestyle; ...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 30: Thieves and Spies

    Stan Sakai’s samurai masterpiece returns! In this volume, Miyamoto Usagi joins forces with a thief and a samurai to thwart a black-market ginseng trade, meets a ronin who lost his arm in a duel yet still has a trick up his sleeve, and mor...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 7

    One of the most critically acclaimed, longest running, and beloved adventure comics!This seventh volume includes the stories "Traitors of the Earth," in which Miyamoto Usagi faces the undead; "A Town Called Hell," which sees Usagi caught in the cross...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Gallery Edition Volume 2

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 31: The Hell Screen

    In this thrilling volume, the rabbit ronin teams up with--and faces off against--a multitude of unexpected characters! First, bandits plunder a village threatened by flooding . . . but their reasons for pillaging will surprise even the most stea...

  • Legends

    Dark Horse presents the quintessential companion to The Usagi Yojimbo Saga series--Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends! This volume collects some of the rabbit ronin's most exhilarating and colorful stories, including Senso, Yokai, and the long out of print ...

  • The Usagi Yojimbo Saga Legends Limited Edition

    Dark Horse presents the quintessential companion to The Usagi Yojimbo Saga series--Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends! This volume collects some of the rabbit ronin's most exhilarating and colorful stories, including Senso, Yokai, and the long out of print ...

  • The Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends

    "Dark Horse presents the quintessential companion to The Usagi Yojimbo Saga series--Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends! This volume collects some of the rabbit ronin''s most exhilarating and colorful stories, including Senso, Yokai, and the long out of prin...

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo

    After more than two decades, the TMNT encounter the noble rabbit samurai Miyamoto Usagi in the pages of a comic once again.

    The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are teleported to a world of talking animals -- the world of Usagi Yojimbo! When the s...



  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 32

    Intrigue abounds in this gripping volume as the rabbit ronin partners with Inspector Ishida to solve a series of murders and mysteries. Between deadly puffer fish, a run-in with a familiar pair of thieves, and a large-scale corruption scheme, Usag...

  • Usagi Yojimbo/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Collection

    The complete Usagi Yojimbo / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle story collection! Comics master Stan Sakai has been curating crossover stories between his creation, Usagi Yojimbo, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for decades, and now every one of tho...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 8

    One of the most critically acclaimed, longest running, and beloved adventure comics!The eighth volume in Stan Sakai's prestige Usagi Saga collection includes three major storylines: ''Two Hundred Jizo,'' in which Usagi and Inspector Ishida team up to...

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 33: The Hidden

    Usagi and his friend Inspector Ishida join forces once again as they embark on a mission to track down and uncover the importance of a foreign book that's been at the root of many problems across the land.The daring duo, desperate to solve the myster...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: 35 Years of Covers

    Honoring the 35th anniversary of Stan Sakai's award-winning series Usagi Yojimbo, this deluxe art collection includes hundreds of full-page cover pieces illustrated by Stan Sakai!From clashing swords with Lord Hikiji to standing alongside the Teenage...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: Bunraku and Other Stories

    Follow these all-new full-color adventures of rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi as he wanders Edo period Japan on his warrior's journey.

    Presented in color for the first time, the ongoing adventures of Stan Sakai's seminal and long running series ar...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: Origins, Vol. 1

    "Presenting the complete saga of rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi from the very beginning, in new, definitive color editions!

    Before his journey as a wandering, masterless samurai (ronin) began, Usagi underwent intense training under a mountain her...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming

    Volume Two of the new series sees Usagi return to his home province to pay his respects, but ghosts from his past have other plans.In Tatami, Usagi returns to his home province only to find intrigue and betrayal! An important tea ceremony is about to...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 9

    The rabbit ronin saga continues with more action and thrills, including the iconic crossover with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!In this ninth volume, Usagi and Inspector Ishida team up once again to solve a series of murders and mysteries. Between...

  • Chibi-Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis

    The rich world of Usagi Yojimbo, now more accessible to readers of all ages in this chibi-style original graphic novel.

    Stan Sakai''s beloved rabbit samurai has won countless fans over his 35 year history, thanks to a clever blend of thrilling...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Origins, Vol. 2: Wanderer's Road

    Presenting the earliest adventures of rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi in all-new full-color editions for the first time giving new readers the perfect opportunity to explore the groundbreaking series, while offering long-time fans a new reading experienc...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: Tengu War!

    Volume Three collecting Usagi’s newest adventures finds him fighting in a war with an old teacher and strange new allies–and helping a new friend complete a mission!Usagi seeks out an old teacher, Sojobo, but upon finding him, learns that...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Origins, Vol. 3: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy

    Presenting one of Usagi’s greatest story arcs in an all-new full-color edition for the first time, giving new readers the perfect opportunity to explore the groundbreaking series while offering longtime fans a new reading experience. "The Dragon Be...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: Crossroads

    The rabbit ronin’s newest adventures continue in this fourth volume that sees Usagi and new companion Yukichi on the road! Thinking their troubles behind them, they find new ones constantly emerging.In “Ransom,” Usagi and Yukichi me...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Origins, Vol. 4: Lone Goat and Kid

    Presenting the complete saga of rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi from the very beginning in new, definitive color editions!This volume focuses on a series of important short stories from the early days of Usagi’s adventures, including “Frost a...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: The Green Dragon

    The rabbit ronin’s newest adventures continue in this fifth volume that sees Usagi and Yukichi on a mission to deliver a valuable object!But first, in “A Ghost Story,” Usagi and Yukichi come upon a young woman, Shizuye, praying at a...

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen

    The Heroes in a Half Shell and the Rabbit Ronin join forces once again in this new adventure from beloved Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai!The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pursue the evil cyborg genius Dr. WhereWhen through a time portal…and e...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Legends (Second Edition)

    The quintessential companion to the Usagi Yojimbo Saga series from Dark Horse, Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends collects some of the most exhilarating and engrossing self-contained stories starring the iconic rabbit ronin!These tales see Usagi face off ag...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Saga Legends

    The quintessential companion to the Usagi Yojimbo Saga series from Dark Horse, Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends collects some of the most exhilarating and engrossing self-contained stories starring the iconic rabbit ronin!These tales see Usagi face of...

  • Usagi Yojimbo: 40th Anniversary Reader

    A collection of fan-favorite short stories from the world of Usagi Yojimbo—a perfect introduction and celebration of the rabbit hero!Celebrating Usagi Yojimbo’s 40th anniversary, this value-priced collection includes eight fan-favorite an...

  • Space Usagi: Death and Honor

    The rabbit ronin's classic adventure in space—now in color and with a bonus issue-long story!Featuring Stan Sakai's emotive artwork and expert lettering, with colors by Emi Fujii. With a new introduction from Stan Sakai, and also collecting the...

  • Usagi Yojimbo Volume 39: Ice and Snow

    Usagi Yojimbo returns to Dark Horse with this graphic novel!Following the events of “The Green Dragon,” Usagi and Yukichi are still in the snowy mountaintops of Northern Japan.They are led to the hut of a strange woman hermit who allows t...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Stan Sakai has published 71 books.

The next book by Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo Volume 39: Ice and Snow, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 1: The Ronin, was published in April 1987.

Yes. Stan Sakai has 1 series.
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