Where to find it: Netflix
Length: Twenty 20-minute episodes
Synopsis: Funny animals do action comedy
Recommendation rating: 3/5
What I like about it: funny, continuing plot, fun setting, pretty digitally-painted flashbacks, imaginative and cool
What I don’t like about it: janky animation, ugly character design
Review:
Inspired by but not really based on the long-running comic Usagi Yojimbo, this cartoon for tweens follows Yuichi Usagi, an anthropomorphic rabbit living in 24th century ‘Neo Edo’, Japan. He battles adorable demons with his friends, each with a similarly predictable name based on their species, and tries to come to terms with the legacy of his ancestor (the one from the comics). Creator Doug Langdale’s familiar ‘voice’ is present, at once light and edgy, cynical and positive, sarcastic and genuine. The humour is its best quality; it’s a funny show and the plot should be enough to keep kids entertained, though the violence and weapons make it unsuitable for younger children.
Content notes (may contain spoilers): violence, swords and other weapons