Rebecca Sugar's Cartoon Network series Steven Universe is noted for its anime homages, from Evangelion to Utena, Sailor Moon to Gurren Lagann. These recently worked their way into BOOM! Studios' ongoing comic spin-off, written by Melanie Gillman and illustrated by Katy Farina, with the inclusion of recent favorite's from Yuri!!! on Ice.
From issue 4
IM SCREAMING OH MY GOD pic.twitter.com/i0XEr7Oc7e
— Gabi (@loumochi) May 31, 2017
@Kate_Farina I CAUGHT THAT YURIOxOTABEK pic.twitter.com/zilURIfiYs
— Celeste@Blerdcon (@IAmCeleste1) May 31, 2017
Along those line, this spring, for comic book shop promtionalo event Free Comic Day, UDON prepared a Street Fighters Vs. Wrestlers Special #1special, spotlighting R. Mika’s and Nadeshiko’s home ring.
This was described:
(W) Ken Siu-Chong (A/CA) Jeffrey Chamba Cruz
Let's wrestle! Street Fighter superstar Rainbow Mika and the ferocious femmes of the Iwashigahama Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling league headline the main event in this all-new story! Expect plentiful clotheslines, elbow drops, headlocks, and divebombs as these legendary ladies show why they're the queens of the ring! (STL036488)
32pgs, FC PI
Well, including in the trash cheering section for Dan Hibiki was, appropriately, Dragon Ball's Mr Satan and Popuko and Pipimi, the heroines of Okawa Bkub's cult kuso manga Pop Team Epic.
ちょっとまってww
— クマーヌ。 (@kuma009) May 9, 2017
アメコミのFCBDの無料配布のストVのコミックにポプテピピック隠れてるっておかしいやろww pic.twitter.com/S3L9c99UTR
Also, this weekend's Sunday funnies got a cameo from a certain Space Cowboy
"Sally Forth": Now with Spike Spiegel #CowboyBebop #anime #SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/72XsriILFi
— FrancescoMarciuliano (@fmarciuliano) June 4, 2017
WHYTHE FUCK IS SPIKE SPIEGEL IN THE SUNDAY COMICS pic.twitter.com/Jw1jaREkZH
— ☾イーサン☽ (@kujikawaii) June 4, 2017
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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