Samurai Jack Wikipedia. Samurai Jack. Genreaction adventure comedy12Dystopiansci fi fantasy3Created by. Genndy Tartakovsky. Written by. Directed by. Voices of. Theme music composer. Opening themeSamurai Jack seasons 14Ending themeSamurai JackComposersJames L. Venableseasons 14Tyler Bates, Joanne Higginbottom, and Dieter Hartmann season 5Paul Dinletir additional music, seasons 14Country of origin. United States. Original languagesEnglish. I/51R71NX9XDL.jpg' alt='"Futurama" A Clone Of My Own Movie In Hd' title='"Futurama" A Clone Of My Own Movie In Hd' />No. No. Production. Executive producersGenndy Tartakovsky. ProducersGenndy Tartakovsky. Dana Ritchey associate producer, seasons 14Kelly Crews supervising producer, season 5Running time. Production companysDistributor. Warner Bros. Television Distribution. Release. Original network. Picture format. Original release. Seasons 14 August 1. September 2. 5, 2. Season 5 March 1. Download Kiss The Water Movies on this page. May 2. 0, 2. 01. 7External links. Websitewww. adultswim. Samurai Jack is an American action adventure animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. The series follows Jack, an unnamed samurai sent through time to a dystopian future ruled by the tyrannical shape shifting demon Aku. Jack quests to travel back in time and defeat Aku before he can take over the world. The series premiered on August 1. TV movie called The Premiere Movie, before ending in its fourth season on September 2. A revival was produced twelve years later, resulting in a fifth season that concluded the series. The fifth season premiered on Adult Swims Toonami block on March 1. May 2. 0, 2. 01. 7. Futurama-Season-2-Episode-17-War-Is-the-H-Word.jpg' alt='"Futurama" A Clone Of My Own Movie In Hd' title='"Futurama" A Clone Of My Own Movie In Hd' />A remastered version of The Premiere Movie is set to receive a special theatrical release on October 1. Samurai Jack The Complete Series being released on Blu ray and Digital HD on October 1. All episodes of Samurai Jack are directed by Tartakovsky, usually in collaboration with others. 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. PremiseeditLong ago in a distant land, I, Aku, the shape shifting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil But a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future, where my evil is law Now the fool seeks to return to the past, and undo the future that is Aku Aku, in the original opening title sequence. Samurai Jack tells the story of a young prince voiced by Phil La. Marr from feudal Japan, whose father Sab Shimono and Keone Young received a magic katana used to defeat and imprison the supernatural shape shifting demon Aku Mako Iwamatsu. Its cake versus ice cream for Splatoon 2s first Splatfest and were streaming all the fun live on our Twitch channel. Come and join the mayhem Probably one of the best games on PS1 and quite possibly one of my favorite of all time, Yasumi Matsunos Bordeauxinspired dungeoncrawler has some of the best. Eight years later,6 Aku escapes, and the Emperor sends away his son to travel the world and train so he can return and use the magic sword to defeat Aku. On his return, he faces and almost defeats Aku, but Aku creates a time portal that sends the prince turned samurai into the distant future, with anticipation that he would be able to deal with the samurai by that time. The samurai prince arrives in a dystopianretrofuturistic Earth ruled by Aku. The first people he encounters call him Jack as a form of slang, which he adopts as his name. His given name is never mentioned. Most episodes depict Jack overcoming various obstacles in his quest to travel back to his own time and defeat Aku. Each time Jack nears the end of his quest, his chance slips away, forcing him to continue his journey. SettingseditThe retro futuristic world is inhabited by robots, extraterrestrials, talking animals, monsters, magical creatures, and deities. Some areas have advanced technology like flying cars, while others resemble ancient times or industrial conditions. Whats more, Aku has brought aliens from other planets to inhabit Earth, while destroying the habitability of the alien planets. Criminals and fugitives take refuge on Akus Earth. Mythological and supernatural creatures make regular appearances, and coexist among the technologically advanced inhabitants. EpisodeseditProductioneditDevelopmenteditSamurai Jack was created by Genndy Tartakovsky as a follow up to his successful series Dexters Laboratory. He intended to develop a series that is cinematic in scope and that incorporates action, humor, and intricate artistry. Cartoon Network executive Mike Lazzo recalled Tartakovsky pitching him the series He said, Hey, remember David Carradine in Kung Fu Wasnt that cool and I was like, Yeah, thats really cool. That was literally the pitch. Influences and designeditThe basic premise of Samurai Jack comes from Tartakovskys childhood fascination with samurai culture and the bushido code,1. Earth with a samurai sword and travel the world fighting mutants with his crush. The show is meant to evoke 1. Hollywood films such as Ben Hur, Lawrence of Arabia1. Spartacus. 1. 5 Thematic and visual inspirations come from Frank Millers comic book series Ronin, including the premise of a master less samurai warrior thrown into a dystopic future in order to battle a shape shifting demon. Similarly, the episode Jack and the Spartans was specifically inspired by Millers graphic novel 3. Battle of Thermopylae. The Japanese comic Lone Wolf and Cub and films by Akira Kurosawa were also an inspiration. BroadcasteditThe network announced the series launch at a press conference on February 2. Weeks leading up to the series were accompanied by a sweepstakes giveaway sponsored by AOL in which the grand prize was a trip for four to Japan. The promotion also included sneak peeks of Samurai Jack, behind the scenes model sheets, as well as exclusive Cartoon Orbit c. Toons. 1. 8Samurai Jack officially debuted on Cartoon Network on August 1. The Beginning. 1. The premiere received high praise, including four award nominations, as well as was released as a standalone VHS and DVD on March 1. Cartoon Network ordered 5. Samurai Jack, which were aired as 4 seasons of 1. Cartoon Cartoon Fridays programming block. The final episode aired on September 2. Reruns had frequently been shown on Cartoon Networks sister channel, Boomerang, from August 3, 2. December 3, 2. 01. June 3, 2. 01. 2, until June 1, 2. Later, the series moved to Adult Swims Toonami block for reruns on February 1, 2. It was removed on Adult Swims block on January 2. Conclusion and revivaleditOriginal endingeditThe original series was left open ended after the conclusion of the fourth season. Tartakovsky said, coming close to the end of the fourth season, were like, are we gonna finish it And I didnt know. The network didnt know, they were going through a lot of transitions also. So I decided, you know, I dont want to rush and finish the whole story, and so we just left it like there is no conclusion and then the final episode is just like another episode. Art director Scott Wills added, We didnt have time to think about it, because we went right into Clone Wars. They even overlapped, I think. There was no time to even think about it. Planned filmeditA film intended to conclude the story of Samurai Jack had been in development at different times by four different studios. As early as 2. 00. Cartoon Network was producing a Samurai Jacklive action feature film,1 in association with New Line Cinema. Tartakovsky said in a 2. Samurai Jack was thankfully abandoned, and that we will finish the story, and there will be an animated film. Fred Seibert announced in 2. Frederator Films is developing a Samurai Jack movie,2. D2. 9 with a budget of 2. Seibert said in 2. J. J. Abrams Bad Robot Productions. Sony Pictures Entertainment expressed interest in developing a Samurai Jack film in 2. Genndy Tartakovsky said in an interview with IGN the Samurai Jack movie is in pre production Ive been trying so hard every year, and the one amazing thing about Jack is that I did it in 2. Theres something about it thats connected with people. Kotaku. Its cake versus ice cream for Splatoon 2s first Splatfest and were streaming all the fun live on our Twitch channel. Come and join the mayhem You can watch a saved recording of the stream below.