Samurai Jack

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The 1,287 users who count themselves as Samurai Jack fans have written a total of 128 reviews.

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Long ago, in a distant land, I, Aku, the shape shfiting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil. But a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forward 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... more »

Long ago, in a distant land, I, Aku, the shape shfiting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil. But a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forward 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!

This cartoon from Dexter's Labratory creator Genndy Tartakovsky tells the story of a great warrior displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

Samurai Jack is currently shown around the world on the following networks:

Cartoon Network in US, Australia, Hong Kong, Latin America (dubbed into Spanish) and Japan (dubbed into Japanese).
YTV in Canada
Toonami in UK
A total of 52 episodes have been ordered by Cartoon Network.
On DVD you can still get the opening Movie (first 3 episodes), and from 4th May 2004, the first 13 episodes will be released in a "Season One" box set. (All releases in Region 1(US/Canada) only)

There was a live action movie rumoured to be "in the works" but news of this has dried up, and we don't know its current status.less «

• ending

  Did this have a proper ending?

  Did this have a proper ending?less «

  superbuu3 Last online Jul 14, 2008
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• Best Episode????

  In your opinion, what are the best episodes?? name only 3-4

  In your opinion, what are the best episodes?? name only 3-4 less «

  veneriquen Last online Jul 30, 2007
  13 comments, last one Apr 16, 2009 + Add Comment

• Favorite Villain

  Who's Your favorite Samurai Jack Villain?

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  LilJay2 Last online Mar 18, 2009
  6 comments, last one Apr 5, 2009 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  The coolest Japan-relaited cartoon. ;) hide « show »

  Title: good.
  
  Theme song: not perfect, but not bad.
  
  Story: a samurai(japaneese warrior)sent to the future to kill a funny lookin demon guy.Original.
  
  Art: There are no words in my lithuanian-english dictinary which could say how awsome it is. In every episode the art varies a bit, but the backround stile is still the same- hand drawn.
  
  Humour: This show is mainly adventure-rated, yet it has some moments,too. There is one episode, where Jack has been stolen, and now, completely naked has to walk around a city. Man, I almost died laughin...
  
  Misc: "Jack" never reveals his true name. Well, that is the stupidest part of all cartoon, anyway...
  
  In conclusion: a marvelous show which I recomend to anyone. This show is so good drawn and has such an interesting plot, that once I found myself crying when I watched a sad episode where he fights with a currsed viking warrior. And,trust me, it's not easy to make me cry ;)

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  Jackasaurus Added May 4, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  A brave and honorable samurai must defeat the evil Aku and return back to his own time and undo the evil that is Aku! hide « show »

  Every episode brings something new. Some episodes are funny, some epic, some sad, some are almost works of art, but they are ALL good. Samurai Jack is the ultimate honorable hero and his nemesis, Aku, is a very unique villain in that he is despicable, yet hysterical at the same time - a difficult feat to accomplish! The animation is just beautiful - fight scenes flow well (I remember the fight scene in the episode where Jack battles a ninja - the interplay of white and black in that episode was stunning), the voice-acting is completely perfect, and the music is completely amazing, molding itself to every episode. Some episodes have such a different look and feel to them (for example, compare the "Aku's Tales" episode with "The Spartans") that you can hardly believe it comes from the same series! I adore this show and I miss high-quality cartoons like it. Cartoon Network's on its way down because it's too dumb to recognize top-notch shows like this. Bring JACK BACK!

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  SonicLawLess Added Oct 8, 2008 All my reviews
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  9.9 Superb

  For sure, one of the greatest shows of all time. hide « show »

  Samurai Jack is about a young samurai who lives in Japan. One horrid and feared day, an evil force Aku, breaks free of its imprisonment and attacks the town. Jack is saved, fortunately, and is trained in many different ways of fighting. One day, Jack returns to his village, and hunts down Aku. Jack is close to destroying the evil force but Aku sends Jack into the future through a time portal. There in the future, Jack must find a way to go back in time and destroy Aku to stop this horrid future from happening.
  
  In my opinion, this is definetely one of the greatest shows of all time. It mixes intelligence, humor and excitement into one big, unfortunately short lived adventure. My one complaint is that they ended the show in the very middle. They should bring it back or make a feature film to complete it. P-leeeaaasssseeee!!!!

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  DoctorSpud Added Aug 29, 2008 All my reviews
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  9.7 Superb

  Truly one of CN's greatest classic cartoons. hide « show »

  I remember seeing some episodes of this show too, and i loved them!!! Another great Action/adventure cartoon cN had back in it's glory days. It was an exciting show but also kind of daring as it also had some violence in it, but was still a greeat show nonetheless. Some poeple are into that kind of stuff too, which is fine in my opinion because it fits spectators tastes quite well. It gets more people to watch and like a fabulous and awesome show like this!:) Samurai Jack was cool, as he is a hero for trying to stop the evil wrath of Aku. Jack is a samurai! He must conquer the world Aku has taken over by restoring peace and tranquility from Aku's enemies and destructive powers. Sadly it doesn't even look like this show airs on CN anymore. This is another show where it at least deserves to be still on the air to catch more awesome reruns! It shouldn't have been taken off the air completely, well maybe once CN gets its glory days back, they will make some sort of sequel. Hope for the best everybody!

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  Toph_Girl250 Added Aug 8, 2008 All my reviews
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  9.6 Superb

  One of Cartoon Network's best. hide « show »

  This show follows the story of Samurai Jack as he was banished to the past by Aku, an evil superhuman monster. Jack tries to find ways to get stronger so he can find Aku and kill him. They have one last fight towards the end of the series and Jack wins but Aku doesn't die. There are only a few more episodes after that encounter. They are usually flasbacks of Jack's childhood. This was a good show that shouldn't have ended when it did. It could have had another 4 or 5 seasons on Toonami. It shows reruns on Toonami every saturday at 10:30.

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  DaReverend1 Added Jul 16, 2008 All my reviews