Samurai Jack is an American action-adventure animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. The series follows Jack, an unnamed samurai sent through time to a dystopian future ruled by the tyrannical shape-shifting demon Aku. Jack quests to travel back in time and defeat Aku before he can take over the world. The series premiered on August 10, 2001, with a TV movie called The Premiere Movie, before ending in its fourth season on September 25, 2004, without concluding the story. A revival was produced twelve years later, resulting in a fifth season that concluded the series. The fifth season premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on March 11, 2017, and the series finale aired on May 20.
Cast[]
- Phil LaMarr as Samurai Jack
- Greg Baldwin as Aku
- Sab Shimono
- John DiMaggio
- Kevin Michael Richardson
- Tom Kenny
- Tara Strong as Ashi
- Grey Griffin
Awards[]
- Annie Award
- Outstanding Character Design in a Animated Television Production (2002)
- Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production
- Production Design in an Animated Television Production
- Outstanding Stotyboarding in an Animated Television Production
- Outstanding Achievement in a Animated Television Production (2003)
- OIAF Award
- Best Television Series (2002)
- Annecy Official Selection
- Special Award for Television Series
- Primetime Emmy Award
- Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) (2002)
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (2003)
- Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) (2004)
- Outstanding Individual Achivement in Animation (2017)
- TCA Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming