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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
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