The series has garnered critical acclaim and won eight Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program, as well as six Annie Awards and an OIAF Award. Episodes were directed by Tartakovsky, often in collaboration with others.
The show was revived twelve years later for a darker, more mature fifth season that provides a conclusion to Jack's story it premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on March 11, 2017, and concluded with its final episode, which serves as the series finale, on May 20, 2017. Premiering on August 10, 2001, Samurai Jack originally ran for four seasons comprising thirteen episodes each until September 25, 2004, without concluding the overarching story. Jack's search for a way back to his own time period transcends Aku's control, but Jack's efforts are largely in vain due to the way back to his home ending up just out of his reach. Jack quests to travel back to his own time and defeat Aku before he can take over the world. In Jack's ensuing battle with Aku, just as Jack is about to deal the final strike, Aku sends the samurai forward in time to a dystopian future ruled by the tyrannical demon. He sets out to free his kingdom after it is taken over by an evil, shapeshifting demon known as Aku. The titular character, " Jack", is an unnamed Japanese samurai prince who wields a mystic katana capable of cutting through virtually anything.
Samurai Jack was inspired by Kung Fu, the 1972 televised drama starring David Carradine, and Tartakovsky's fascination with samurai culture.
Tartakovsky conceived Samurai Jack after finishing his work on his first Cartoon Network original series, Dexter's Laboratory, which premiered in 1996. Starring – Phil LaMarr, Mako Iwamatsu, Greg Baldwin, Sab Shimono, John DiMaggio, Tara Strong, Grey Griffin.Samurai Jack is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. Samurai Jack is a 2001 American action-adventure animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim. Music by Various Artists ( Tyler Bates, Joanne Higginbottom and Dieter Hartmann) Style: Original Soundtrack – The Complete Fifth Season Soundtrack Original Television Soundtrack (OST) from the series Samurai Jack Season 5 (2017).
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