Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakaiis a third-generation Japanese American cartoonist and comic book creator. He is best known as the creator of the comic series Usagi Yojimbo...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth25 May 1953
CountryJapan
book kids thinking
Kids just don't read any more. They spend much more time with video games. It's just hard to get kids to read anything. Book sales have dropped dramatically, too. I think 90% of the books are bought only by 5% of the US population.
characters female strong tend
Most of my female characters tend to be very strong characters.
book comic dent dozen japanese translated
It's translated into about a dozen languages, ... but there has never been an American comic book that has made a dent in the Japanese market.
animals folk funny heroes history japanese narratives tales
There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.
matured maturity warrior
He's matured as a warrior and a person, I've matured, too.
coloring except
I do everything myself except coloring for the covers.
limits taste my-own
I make my own limits which are drawn according to my own taste.
play stories done
A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and on Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo' movies.
research
All my knowledge comes from research.
hero animal long
There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.
samurai should be-prepared
A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's.