I give two superb thumbs up to Samurai Jack. I enjoyed the hell out of it, along with the other CN shows on at the time such as “Billy and Mandy,” “KND,” and so on. Like many kids, I first watched Samurai Jack back when Toonami was a weekly programming block and Cartoon Cartoon Fridays was still a thing. While some episodes are slow, they still provide quality entertainment and help to offset the more high action stories that add to the overall story arc.
The show is famously know for several things it’s unique art style that blends hand-drawn backgrounds and vibrant settings that blend the high-tech futurism and the crumbling ruins of the past into a beautiful looking show the music with the intro done by will.i.am from the “Black Eyed Peas” that is memorable and the background soundtrack that adds chracter to the show and knows when to come in last and certainly not least are the characters.Each episode showcases unique, bizarre, and memorable characters besides Jack and Aku.Īs a first season goes, its great and provides a lot of entertainment. 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, opening narration before every episode (Samurai Jack, 2001).Ĭreated by Gennedy Tartakovsky, who created the previous Cartoon Network hit “Dexter’s Laborartory,” and the “Clone Wars” micro-series for “Star Wars” the show chronicles the journey of the titular samurai Jack as he is flung into the future by the shape shifting wizard Aku and journeys to find a way back to the past and finish him once and for all. “Long ago in a distant land, I, Aku, the shapeshifitng master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil! But a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me.