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  • Published: 24 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781506744476
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $35.00
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Space Usagi: White Star Rising




Usagi must recover the Shirohoshi clan’s secrets before the enemy Kajitori gain access! Continues directly after Space Usagi: Death and Honor.

Usagi must recover the Shirohoshi clan’s secrets before the enemy Kajitori gain access! Continues directly after Space Usagi: Death and Honor.

The rabbit ronin's classic adventures in space continue—now in color!

Taking place directly after the Space Usagi: Death and Honor arc, Stan Sakai’s second Space Usagi series sees Miyamoto Usagi continuing to defend the Shirohoshi clan in the far future from scheming rivals, the Kajitori. New friends, like space pirate Rhogen, and new enemies, led by Empress Amateh, are introduced in this miniseries now colored by longtime collaborator Emi Fujii! This collection also includes new stories by Julie Sakai and Stan Sakai, featuring Space Usagi’s Akemi character!

Collects Space Usagi: White Star Rising #1–#3.

  • Published: 24 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781506744476
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $35.00
Categories:

About the author

Stan Sakai

Stan Sakai was born in Kyoto, Japan, grew up in Hawaii, and now lives in California with his children, Hannah and Matthew. He received a fine arts degree from the University of Hawaii and did further studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His creation, Usagi Yojimbo, is the story of a samurai rabbit living in a feudal Japan populated by anthropomorphic animals. It first appeared in Albedo Comics in 1984. Since then, Usagi has appeared on television as a guest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; and as toys, on clothing, in comic books, and in a series of trade paperback collections. In 1991, Stan created Space Usagi, the adventures of a descendant of the original Usagi, dealing with the samurai in a futuristic setting. Stan is also an award-winning letterer for his work on Sergio Aragonés's Groo: The Wanderer, the Spider-Man Sunday newspaper strips, as well as for Usagi Yojimbo. He is the recipient of a Parents' Choice Award, an Inkpot Award, multiple Eisner Awards, two Spanish Haxturs, an American Library Association Award, and a National Cartoonists' Society Division Award. Usagi Yojimbo Book 12: Grasscutter was used as a textbook in Japanese history classes at the University of Portland.

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Praise for Space Usagi: White Star Rising

“Sixteenth-century Japan is never so entertaining as in Stan Sakai’s tales of Miyamoto Usagi.”—NPR’s Best Books of 2014

“Stan Sakai has successfully brought to American comics a collection of Japanese fables well told in the American style. Usagi Yojimbo is an enduring work. Bravo.”—Will Eisner

“Sakai is a master of his craft.”—IGN.com

“To say that Stan Sakai is an amazing storyteller seems silly this far into his fantastic career, but it is the truth. His characters are wildly expressive, and his skills as a cartoonist are as sharp as ever.”—Comicosity

“I don’t think there’s much that I could write about Stan Sakai’s masterwork series that hasn’t been said . . . you are going to fall in love with this world, with this storyteller who will keep you guessing and enthralled.”—Fanbase Press

“This is the definition of a timeless work of art.”—Multiversity Comics

“[Stan’s] work seems both effortless and worked over; he is a true master of comics.”—Multiversity Comics

“Usagi Yojimbo continues to be the best adventure comic in the world today.”—Newsarama

“Sixteenth-century Japan is never so entertaining as in Stan Sakai’s tales of Miyamoto Usagi.”—NPR

“Sakai is a total pro and a consummate craftsman.”—Rolling Stone

“Humbly presented, but a paragon of its art.”—Booklist

“Sakai delivers on the action, humor, and layers it all with his signature mix of Japanese mythology and anthropomorphic animals.”—ComicsVerse

“I think Usagi Yojimbo is one of the most original, innovative, well-executed comic books anywhere to be found. Stan's style of artwork, his crisp incisive writing, and his thoroughly professional pacing, all done in a relaxed and absorbed manner, have provided comics with something so rarely seen in this field—a new literary and artistic approach to illustrated storytelling.”—Stan Lee

“One of the most original, innovative, well-executed comic books anywhere to be found.”—Stan Lee

Stan Sakai is able to spin a web of emotions with few words . . . nothing is lost as each sentence has a meaning and purpose towards the larger narrative. The art is equally gorgeously simple . . . a must read for any comic book fan.”—Graphic Policy

“A must read for any comic book fan.”—Graphic Policy