Long 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!


Samurai Jack is an American animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired on both Cartoon Network and Toonami from 2001 to 2004. It is noted for its highly detailed, outline-free, masking-based animation, as well as for its cinematic style and pacing. It was the first Cartoon Network original series aside from those who comprised the Cartoon Cartoons lineup at the time. It is shown on its sister network Boomerang.
The plots of individual episodes range from dark and epic to light-hearted and comic, but typically follow "Jack", a time-displaced samurai warrior, in his singular quest to find a method of traveling back in time. Many of the battle scenes in the series are reminiscent of samurai films, and since Jack's robotic enemies "bleed" oil or electricity and monsters and aliens bleed slime or goo, the series is able to exhibit the action of these films while avoiding censorship for violence.
Samurai Jack is no longer available to be viewed by American residents via the Toonami Jetstream website. Production on the show was halted in 2004, but it was never officially ended. In return, Tartakovsky has announced plans to direct a theatrical film, but whether or not it will resolve the series has yet to be announced.

I didn't know a film was planned for the show. That's so cool I remember this show being awesome. XD

As of September 2009, the film was said to be in the writing stage of pre-production, co-produced by J. J. Abrams Bad Robot Productions alongside Fred Seibert of Frederator Films and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Hopefully it concludes the series, I didn't like how they couldn't finish it because of the death of Aku's voice actor...

This show was the most badass cartoon.

Holy balls it's Samurai Jack

God damn. This was one of the greatest shows I watched as a kid. Even beside the fact he was a fucking samurai, everything about it was so damned cool. Every episode had some amazing quality to it that made it worth watching, even if it didn't really further the main plot.

I still remember that one episode with the spartans. That was fucking amazing, and it was much earlier than the movie 300.

I Loved this show along with power puff girls xD
I remember when I tried to be like him while watching the show and pretending to fight like him with my imaginary sword. Wow I was a crazy xD

>And then the Animation board became the Nostalgia board.

...Amazing. I still watch this show on boomerang at like 12am on saturdays. Brings me back.

I f***ing love this show it was my fav show

>>7

100% truth.
I'm still inwardly weeping as I'm comparing the old cartoons with the newer ones.

Samurai Jack was friggin' amazing. I will always love the opening theme.

i still watch this i've always loved it. woo-hoo.

I never saw if it actually ended, did he get back home, or was the series canceled mid swing?

>>13 Did you read anything I wrote in this thread?

>>14 yeah, I did *now* and it still didn't answer my question. They could have made a lil slap on, very temp cliff hanger type of ending, that wouldn't be seen as an ending. I think that there have been at least a couple of episodes when Aku tricked him in thinking that he was back, but I didn't live in the US at that time, so I mostly lost track of the series due to endless reruns of the first handful of episodes.
Why'd they stop making it tho? it was a very awesome show... Oil industry bought out the rights for the series? xP

They should have made a animated movie out of this...

ahh i watch that when i was little it was good

Holy crap, I love this show! I wished they continued it...

Why isn't this show on Adult Swim?!

Omg that show. Was. The. SHIT!!!!!!!!

A classic. Always try to watch it on Boomerang when I get the chance.

>>15 Kon, they stopped airing it because the VA for Aku died. I said it in post >>3
Also, to finish it, they are planning a movie... I said that in post >>1

How did I not answer your question?

A movie you say? Sounds cool! :D

>>22 ..Are you sure that's right? Mako died in 2006, which was two years after the series itself halted production. He died in the middle of the production of Avatar, which was well after Samurai Jack had finished.

But yes, looking forward to that film.

>>24 Maybe my facts are a little jumbled. In all honesty its possible that since Cartoon Network is filled with a very large amount of dumbasses, they could of just stopped funding it to make way for a new show. I mean...they've done that with so many other things in the past. But in any case, I'm psyched for the movie too... Its apparently supposed to be a theatrical release. If that's the case, then fuck yeah, going to see the hell out of that, it'll probably end up being in 3D lol...

I would like to have the series finish with a movie

I really miss this show. I remember when watching this whenever I could when it had been on. It really disappoints me that they just stopped it. At least I have hope that there will be a movie.

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This show was awesome, I was really disappointed that it did not finish.

Maa fav show!!