{"id":44386,"date":"2014-08-15T06:18:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T12:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/15\/usagi-yojimbo-and-the-last-request.html"},"modified":"2014-08-20T17:14:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T23:14:25","slug":"usagi-yojimbo-and-the-last-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/15\/usagi-yojimbo-and-the-last-request.html","title":{"rendered":"Usagi Yojimbo and &quot;The Last Request&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">It&#39;s a proof-of-concept work from LintikaFilms to get the rights for a feature-length work. 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