Usagi Yojimbo on Hawaii Five-0

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 22:09 -0700

In the new episode of Hawaii Five-0 (titled "Na Me'e Laua Na Paio") a man in a superhero costume who is in Hawaii to attend a comic convention is thrown off the balcony of his hotel. When the Five-0 team checks out his room, they find a small pile of Dark Horse comics sitting out in full view with an issue of Usagi Yojimbo on the top of the pile.

joergwesti · Post by **joergwesti** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:47 -0700

Oh, that's nice.

In the series "The Big Bang Theory" you can always see a Usagi Yojimbo poster on the wall, when there is a scene in the comic book store.

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:12 -0700

A few months ago, Dark Horse had asked permission for Hawaii 5-0 to use an Usagi comic along with a few other of their books. I had written back that I was a fan of the original series when I was living in Hawaii, and had occasionally see Jack Lord at the market. Maybe that comment had spurred the producers to give Usagi a high profile.

I get requests to use Usagi as props every so often. It's usually used a set decorations and rarely visible, though. I think an Usagi comic was most visible in the movie Sydney White. He was also mentioned twice in an episode of The Middle Man. I later met the creator/writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, and he is an Usagi fan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIiEHhJsLgg

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:41 -0700

It would make sense that they would want to use the work of a someone with a local connection to better authenticate the show.

MikeM · Post by **MikeM** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:41 -0700

I just watched this episode on the weekend. It was on my PVR

There were a few other darkhorse comics, but Usagi was right on top. You could see the whole cover. It was great.

MikeM - Who watched all of Sidney White just to see the Usagi Yojimbo comic appearance.