Samurai Jack (2001)

Death is failure.

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

Created by: Genndy Tartakovsky

Written by: David Krentz, Bryan Andrews, Genndy Tartakovsky

Starring: Phil LaMarr, Greg Baldwin, Tara Strong, Grey DeLisle

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Animation

Released: 2001-08-10

Seasons: 5

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Samurai Jack (2001): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

Fred Seibert announced in 2007 that the newly formed Frederator Films was developing a Samurai Jack movie, which was planned to be in stereoscopic 2D with a budget of $20 million.
Phil LaMarr reprises his role as Jack; Greg Baldwin provides the voice of Aku, as Mako, who voiced Aku in the show's first four seasons, had died ten years before the revival was produced.
Samurai Jack returned to television over twelve years after its fourth season concluded, with the first episode of its fifth season airing on Adult Swim on March 11, 2017.
The series was initially broadcast from August 10, 2001, to September 25, 2004, airing for four seasons comprising thirteen episodes each, without concluding its overarching story.
Samurai Jack was created by Genndy Tartakovsky as a follow-up to his successful series Dexter's Laboratory.
In 2004, British broadcaster Channel 4 ran a poll of the 100 greatest cartoons, in which Samurai Jack achieved the 42nd position.
IGN also ranked the show 43rd in its "Top 100 Animated Series" list in 2009, stating that its "simple and colorful art style lends itself well to the cinematic scope and frenetic action sequences that fill each episode."
Tartakovsky conceived Samurai Jack after finishing his work on his first Cartoon Network original series, Dexter's Laboratory, which premiered in 1996.

Source: Wikipedia

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