Long ago, in a distant land, I, Aku, the shapeshifting 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!
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In 2001, Genndy Tartakovsky, then creator of one of the first original hits of Cartoon Network, made a series called Samurai Jack. It was about a samurai (who is actually not named Jack; it's just a nickname) who was sent to the future by his opponent, Aku, a sort of evil demonic entity that took over the world in the intermittent time between Jack's departure and reappearance in the future. In the original series, the basic gist of the plot was Jack following leads on potential ways back to the past, where he could return home and destroy Aku before the world got fucked up. Of course, something would go wrong and Jack would have to find another way home next week. A basic plot, but the animation top-notch, with minimal dialogue that let the cinematic action scenes speak for themselves. It also helped that Aku provided much of the comic relief, giving a balance to the stoic and usually silent Jack. Yet, after four seasons, the series was ended without conclusion. Tartakovsky had been discussing a movie to provide the conclusion to the story, but after many years nothing ever came to fruition.
Until now.
Now, nearly 13 years after ending, Jack is back on Adult Swim. Season 5 is a small collection of 10 episodes intended to provide a conclusion to the story once and for all. The general premise is that 50 years have passed since Season 4, and Aku appears victorious, having destroyed all known portals back to the past. Despite the passage of time, Jack himself has not aged at all as some side-effect of Aku's initial time travel. Jack is now a shell of whom he was, suffering from guilt over his perceived failure as he hallucinates haunting images of his parents and all the people victimized by Aku's tyranny. Interestingly, Aku is also not the same as before, as his original plan to simply let nature kill Jack for him is no longer an option, and he has slumped into a deep depression as he tries to pretend that his arch-nemesis is no longer a threat.
The show hasn't skipped a beat since it left. The animation is as excellent as ever, and everything runs along with incredibly tight pacing. It also continues the time-honored tradition of Jack ending every fight in his underwear. The one major difference is that Adult Swim ups the show's rating, allowing for Jack to fight humans and that people will bleed and even die! The increased rating isn't that bad, outside of the violence, as nobody is cussing up a storm and Aku isn't making sex jokes. It's very much in the same tone as the original, with the exception that the violence is more realistic as opposed to ALL ROBOTS ALL THE TIME.
The shows airs every Saturday at 11pm EST on Adult Swim. Missed an episode? All the episodes appear here roughly 12 hours after airing on TV. You'll need to log in via your cable provider to watch them, however. So sit back, and enjoy the remaining seven episodes of Jack.
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In 2001, Genndy Tartakovsky, then creator of one of the first original hits of Cartoon Network, made a series called Samurai Jack. It was about a samurai (who is actually not named Jack; it's just a nickname) who was sent to the future by his opponent, Aku, a sort of evil demonic entity that took over the world in the intermittent time between Jack's departure and reappearance in the future. In the original series, the basic gist of the plot was Jack following leads on potential ways back to the past, where he could return home and destroy Aku before the world got fucked up. Of course, something would go wrong and Jack would have to find another way home next week. A basic plot, but the animation top-notch, with minimal dialogue that let the cinematic action scenes speak for themselves. It also helped that Aku provided much of the comic relief, giving a balance to the stoic and usually silent Jack. Yet, after four seasons, the series was ended without conclusion. Tartakovsky had been discussing a movie to provide the conclusion to the story, but after many years nothing ever came to fruition.
Until now.
Now, nearly 13 years after ending, Jack is back on Adult Swim. Season 5 is a small collection of 10 episodes intended to provide a conclusion to the story once and for all. The general premise is that 50 years have passed since Season 4, and Aku appears victorious, having destroyed all known portals back to the past. Despite the passage of time, Jack himself has not aged at all as some side-effect of Aku's initial time travel. Jack is now a shell of whom he was, suffering from guilt over his perceived failure as he hallucinates haunting images of his parents and all the people victimized by Aku's tyranny. Interestingly, Aku is also not the same as before, as his original plan to simply let nature kill Jack for him is no longer an option, and he has slumped into a deep depression as he tries to pretend that his arch-nemesis is no longer a threat.
The show hasn't skipped a beat since it left. The animation is as excellent as ever, and everything runs along with incredibly tight pacing. It also continues the time-honored tradition of Jack ending every fight in his underwear. The one major difference is that Adult Swim ups the show's rating, allowing for Jack to fight humans and that people will bleed and even die! The increased rating isn't that bad, outside of the violence, as nobody is cussing up a storm and Aku isn't making sex jokes. It's very much in the same tone as the original, with the exception that the violence is more realistic as opposed to ALL ROBOTS ALL THE TIME.
The shows airs every Saturday at 11pm EST on Adult Swim. Missed an episode? All the episodes appear here roughly 12 hours after airing on TV. You'll need to log in via your cable provider to watch them, however. So sit back, and enjoy the remaining seven episodes of Jack.
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