Samurai Jack 2001
“Death is failure.”
What is Samurai Jack?
Samurai Jack is an American animated science fantasy action-adventure television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky. The program originally aired on Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2004, with a later run on the Adult Swim programming block in 2017.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2001
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 60
- Runtime
- 24 minutes
- First aired
- Aug 10, 2001
- Last aired
- May 20, 2017
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- Cartoon Network, Adult Swim
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Animation
- Updated
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Overview
Samurai Jack is an American animated science fantasy action-adventure television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky. The program originally aired on Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2004, with a later run on the Adult Swim programming block in 2017. The series follows a great warrior who is displaced to the distant future by an evil shape-shifting wizard named Aku. In this bleak future, the world is segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by the wizard's robot warlords. The protagonist travels across this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that will allow him to return to his home time. His primary objective is to undo the future that Aku has created and save the world. The production is noted for its highly detailed, outline-free, and masking-based animation style. Voice talent for the series includes Phil LaMarr, Mako, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Grey DeLisle. The titular character is a samurai, a term historically used to denote members of the professional warrior class in pre-industrial Japan.
Should you watch it?
“A displaced warrior fights to return home and undo the evil reign of a shape-shifting wizard.”
- unique visual storytelling
- engaging quest narrative
- features a bleak setting
- contains frequent conflict
Watch it if you enjoy tales of lone warriors traversing strange, futuristic landscapes.
The series depicts a world under the rule of a villainous entity and includes stylized combat.
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Season 1 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 I Mytharc Aug 10, 2001
- E2 II Core Aug 10, 2001
- E3 III Core Aug 10, 2001
- E4 IV Core Aug 13, 2001
- E5 VII Core Aug 20, 2001
- E6 V Core Aug 27, 2001
- E7 IX Core Sep 3, 2001
- E8 X Core Oct 12, 2001
- E9 VIII Core Oct 15, 2001
- E10 XI Core Oct 29, 2001
- E11 VI Core Nov 19, 2001
- E12 XII Mytharc Nov 26, 2001
- E13 XIII Mytharc Dec 3, 2001
Season 2 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 XIV Mytharc Mar 1, 2002
- E2 XV Core Mar 8, 2002
- E3 XVI Core Mar 15, 2002
- E4 XVII Core Mar 22, 2002
- E5 XVIII Core Mar 29, 2002
- E6 XIX Core Apr 5, 2002
- E7 XX Core Apr 12, 2002
- E8 XXI Core Sep 6, 2002
- E9 XXII Core Sep 13, 2002
- E10 XXIII Core Sep 20, 2002
- E11 XXIV Core Sep 27, 2002
- E12 XXV Mytharc Oct 4, 2002
- E13 XXVI Mytharc Oct 11, 2002
Season 3 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 XXVII Mytharc Oct 18, 2002
- E2 XXX Core Oct 25, 2002
- E3 XXVIII Core Nov 1, 2002
- E4 XXIX Core Nov 8, 2002
- E5 XXXI Core Nov 15, 2002
- E6 XXXII Core Apr 26, 2003
- E7 XXXIII Core May 3, 2003
- E8 XXXIV Mytharc May 10, 2003
- E9 XXXV Core May 17, 2003
- E10 XXXVI Mytharc May 31, 2003
- E11 XXXIX Mytharc Jun 7, 2003
Season 4 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 XL Mytharc Jun 14, 2003
- E2 XLI - Robo/Mondo - Bot Core Jun 21, 2003
- E3 XLII Core Jun 28, 2003
- E4 Birth of Evil Core Aug 16, 2003
- E5 Scotsman Saves Jack Core Aug 23, 2003
- E6 XLIII Core Nov 5, 2003
- E7 XLIV Core Nov 12, 2003
- E8 XLVII Core Nov 19, 2003
- E9 XLVIII Core Nov 24, 2003
- E10 XLIX Core Sep 25, 2004
- E11 L Core Sep 25, 2004
- E12 LI Mytharc Sep 25, 2004
- E13 LII Mytharc Sep 25, 2004
Season 5 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →Frequently asked questions
Who is the main antagonist?
The main antagonist is an evil shape-shifting wizard named Aku.
What is the protagonist's goal?
The protagonist seeks a time portal to return to his home time.
What kind of world does the protagonist inhabit?
The protagonist inhabits a bleak future ruled by robot warlords.
Is the setting consistent throughout?
The world is segregated into various fantastic tribes under the rule of Aku.
What is the protagonist's background?
The protagonist is a warrior displaced from his original time.