Quick little trivia question to wrap up the month of May.....
What was the name of the first non-Usagi samurai era story illustrated by Stan Sakai?
Please include the following....
1. Story title
2. Publication title
3. Release date
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Weekly Trivia for May 26 - May 31
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Re: Weekly Trivia for May 26 - May 31
Stan has illustrated three non-Usagi (non-anthropomorphic) samurai era stories so far.....What was the name of the first non-Usagi samurai era story illustrated by Stan Sakai?

"47 Ronin: The Tale of the Loyal Retainers"
47 Ronin #1 - 5 (Dark Horse)
November 2012

"Oni"
Strange Tales (Marvel)
January 2010
----and the answer I was hoping for....

"The Soul of the Sword"
Shi: Kaidan (Crusade)
October 1996
And no need for the random number generator since no answers (correct or incorrect) were received for this week's contest.

Re: Weekly Trivia for May 26 - May 31
That was a tough question. I'd imagine only a few people on the DojoBoard even own a Shi comic, let alone know Stan drew a story in it. I remember when issue 1 came out in the 90's and that's about it.
Re: Weekly Trivia for May 26 - May 31
I was pretty confident 47 Ronin wasn't his first.
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Re: Weekly Trivia for May 26 - May 31
Same, and I had no clue about how to find the correct answer.RandomJC wrote:I was pretty confident 47 Ronin wasn't his first.
Re: Weekly Trivia for May 26 - May 31
I don't think the Shi story is listed under the "Official" bibliography created by Steve so I also had no idea where to look for it. He's sneaky. 

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Re: Weekly Trivia for May 26 - May 31
I knew 47 Ronin and Oni (I own both), but I knew there was something before it, and couldn't recall what it was. I don't think I own that issue of Shi, but I have seen that page before. Curse my failing memory heh.
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Re: Weekly Trivia for May 26 - May 31
One of my favorite things about the trivia is learning all sorts of obscure Sakai/Usagi facts. Good job with this one Steve!
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