Samurai Jack

TV Series
2001–2017
TV-MA
23m

IMDb RATING

8.5/10

61K

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POPULARITY

1,520

Phil LaMarr and Mako in Samurai Jack (2001)

The samurai who travels through time returns for a fifth season.

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A samurai, sent through time, fights to return home and save the world.A samurai, sent through time, fights to return home and save the world.A samurai, sent through time, fights to return home and save the world.

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IMDb RATING

8.5/10

61K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,520

Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Top rated TV #205

Won 8 Primetime Emmys
- 20 wins & 13 nominations total

Episodes62

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Trivia
Creator Genndy Tartakovsky has acknowledged taking some of his inspiration from the Frank Miller graphic novel "Ronin", including the premise of a masterless samurai warrior thrown into a dystopic future ahead of our present.

Quotes
Aku: 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.

Crazy credits
Season 4 ended with Episode 52, and season 5 starts with Episode 92, leaving a gap of 39 episodes to emphasize how much time has passed.

Connections
Featured in 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005)

Soundtracks
Never Forget You
Performed by Zara Larsson and MNEK

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Review

Featured review

Amazing. Anyone who doesn't love it is blind

I love this show so much. Someone might complain that there isn't much of a plot for this show, but it's meant for people to watch one episode at a time. There's no need to watch the entire series. The art is AMAZING!!!!! (!) Genndy Tartakovsky changes the ratio of the screen for dramatic effects, how they tell the story is amazing. There is no over all plot that carries throughout the series, all the plot you'll ever need is in the episode itself. Even if you don't like the story, the art in itself is beautiful. Full of style and grace.