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Leonardo (TMNT)
Leonardo, nicknamed Leo, is a superhero appearing in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comics and related media, and created by American comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. He is one of the four central characters of the franchise, along with his brothers, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo. Often depicted wearing a blue bandanna, his signature weapons are two katana. In all iterations, Leonardo is the leader of the turtles. He is traditionally portrayed as the most mature and disciplined of the Turtles. Like his brothers, he is named after an Italian Renaissance artist, in this case, Leonardo da Vinci. In the original comics, all four of the Turtles wear red masks, but for the creators to tell them apart, he was written and redrawn to have an ocean-blue mask. Comics Mirage Leonardo is the main protagonist of the comics. He does not explicitly refer to himself as a leader in the early stories, except in issue #44 ("The Violent Underground"). He is the one to usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Michelangelo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Donatello and Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Raphael, four Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic turtle brothers (named after Italian Renaissance artists) trained in ninjutsu who fight evil in New York City. List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters, Supporting characters include the turtles' rat sensei Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Splinter, their human friends April O'Neil and Casey Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Casey Jones, and enemies such as Baxter Stockman, Krang, and their archenemy, the Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Shredder. The franchise began as a comic book, ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyūdō
''Kyūdō'' ( ja, 弓道) is the Japanese martial art of archery. Kyūdō is based on '' kyūjutsu'' ("art of archery"), which originated with the samurai class of feudal Japan. In 1919, the name of kyūjutsu was officially changed to kyūdō, and following the example of other martial arts that have been systematizing for educational purposes, kyūdō also reorganized and integrated various forms of shooting that had been used up until then. High level experts in kyūdō may be referred to as , and some practitioners may refer to themselves as ''yumihiki'' (弓引き), or 'bow puller'. Kyūdō is practised by thousands of people worldwide. As of 2005, the International Kyudo Federation had 132,760 graded members. The bow they use is called a , and the most common one has an asymmetrical shape of more than , and is characterized by the archer holding the part of the bow below the center to shoot the arrow. History The beginning of archery in Japan is pre-historical. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirage Studios
Mirage Studios was an American comic book company founded in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in Dover, New Hampshire. The company was best known for the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') comic book series and the subsequent franchise it has spawned. History Mirage Studios was started back in 1983, in Dover, New Hampshire. The company was named "Mirage" because there was no actual company. Less than a year before TMNT #1 was published in May 1984, Eastman and Laird began experimenting with numerous series. Mirage then moved to Sharon, Connecticut, and stayed there for two years before ending up in Northampton. With the success of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Eastman and Laird hired a core group of artists to help with the increasing workload. The first addition to the studio roster was Eastman's high school friend Steve Lavigne, brought on in 1984 as a letterer. In 1985, Eastman and Laird hired artist Ryan Brown to assist them as an inker for the Turtles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karai (character)
Karai is a Fictional character, fictional supporting character appearing in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and related media. She is usually a high-rank member of the Foot Clan outlaw ninja organization. She was originally introduced in Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's comic book series ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' in 1992. Since then, she has appeared in several different ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comics, television series, films, and video games. She is depicted as Shredder's second-in-command or adopted daughter in most versions and shares a rivalry with Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo and is at times considered his love interest. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW Publishing), one version of the comics, she is the granddaughter of the immortal Shredder. In comics Mirage Studios The character was created by plotter Kevin Eastman, plotter-writer Peter Laird and writer-artist Jim Lawson (comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
