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A GrandFinale feature film was in DevelopmentHell in the decade following the show's cancelation before Creator/AdultSwim agreed to instead conclude the series with a ten-episode revival, with Tartakovsky and much of the main creative staff returning, in 2015. Set 50 years after Jack was flung into the future, this season officially brings Jack's tale to an end, while also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing]] some of the DarkerAndEdgier aspects of his never-ending journey. The final season aired between March 11th, 2017 and May 20th, 2017. And for bonus, ''Samurai Jack: The Complete Series'' was finally released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on October 17, 2017, complete with remastered versions of the first four seasons of the series! The entire series, including the revival season, is also available to stream on Creator/HBOMax.

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A GrandFinale feature film was in DevelopmentHell in the decade following the show's cancelation before Creator/AdultSwim agreed to instead conclude the series with a ten-episode revival, with Tartakovsky and much of the main creative staff returning, in 2015. Set 50 years after Jack was flung into the future, this season officially brings Jack's tale to an end, while also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing]] some of the DarkerAndEdgier aspects of his never-ending journey. The final season aired between March 11th, 2017 and May 20th, 2017. And for bonus, ''Samurai Jack: The Complete Series'' was finally released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on October 17, 2017, complete with remastered versions of the first four seasons of the series! The entire series, including the revival season, is also available to stream on Creator/HBOMax.
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Our story begins long ago, as the young prince of Japan (Creator/PhilLaMarr) witnesses the shapeshifting demon Aku (Creator/{{Mako}}) emerge into the world and lay waste to his home. With the help of his mother, the boy escapes and spends his life training rigorously with warriors from around the world. Once he comes of age, he returns to his homeland as a full-fledged samurai warrior to defeat Aku, armed with the only weapon that can harm the demon - a [[ArtifactOfHope magic sword]] passed down to him by his father. But, as the [[OpeningNarration opening monologue]] states, Aku flings him into the distant future, where Aku has conquered the entire world and beyond.

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Our story begins starts long ago, as the young prince of Japan (Creator/PhilLaMarr) witnesses the shapeshifting demon Aku (Creator/{{Mako}}) emerge into the world and lay waste to his home. With the help of his mother, the boy escapes and spends his life training rigorously with warriors from around the world. Once he comes of age, he returns to his homeland as a full-fledged samurai warrior to defeat Aku, armed with the only weapon that can harm the demon - a [[ArtifactOfHope magic sword]] passed down to him by his father. But, as the [[OpeningNarration opening monologue]] states, Aku flings him into the distant future, where Aku has conquered the entire world and beyond.
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[[NamedByDemocracy Inspired by some jive-talking locals]], the displaced samurai adopts the alias of "Jack" and travels the world once more, this time searching for a way back to his own time so he can defeat Aku for good and prevent this future from ever happening. Unfortunately, while Jack has the means to defeat Aku in more or less any one-on-one fight, the world has changed radically under its new overlord, becoming overrun with criminals, refugees, and hostile wildlife from across the universe. Thus, Jack has too many enemies to fight directly, and too many helpless victims to aid while still searching for a way home.

''Samurai Jack'' has been held in high regard for its outline-free art style, impressive action sequences, and long stretches of animation without any of the characters speaking. The show took numerous stylistic risks: it lacks the ThickLineAnimation typical of its contemporaries, most episodes had [[SilenceIsGolden minimal dialogue]], mature themes were often addressed for the sake of drama or laughs, and drastic art shifts were used to mark dreams, hauntings, and visits to alternate dimensions. Tellingly, it was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first original program not to be a part of the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons'' brand, presumably so as not to have viewers think that it was just another "funny" cartoon show.

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[[NamedByDemocracy Inspired by some jive-talking locals]], the displaced samurai adopts the alias of "Jack" and travels [[WalkTheEarth walks the world earth]] once more, this time searching for a way back to his own time so he can defeat Aku for good and prevent this future from ever happening. Unfortunately, while Jack has the means to defeat Aku in more or less any one-on-one fight, the world has changed radically under its new overlord, becoming overrun with criminals, refugees, and hostile wildlife from across the universe. Thus, Jack has too many enemies to fight directly, and too many helpless victims to aid while still searching for a way home.

''Samurai Jack'' has been held in high regard for its outline-free art style, impressive impressively stylized action sequences, and long stretches of animation without any of the characters speaking. The show took numerous stylistic risks: it lacks the ThickLineAnimation typical of its contemporaries, most episodes had [[SilenceIsGolden minimal dialogue]], mature themes were often addressed for the sake of drama or laughs, and drastic art shifts were used to mark dreams, hauntings, and visits to alternate dimensions. Tellingly, it was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first original program not to be a part of the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons'' brand, presumably so as not to have viewers think that it was just another "funny" cartoon show.
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Our story begins long ago, as the young prince of Japan witnesses the shapeshifting demon Aku emerge into the world and lay waste to his home. With the help of his mother, the boy escapes and spends his life training rigorously with warriors from around the world. Once he comes of age, he returns to his homeland as a full-fledged samurai warrior to defeat Aku, armed with the only weapon that can harm the demon - a [[ArtifactOfHope magic sword]] passed down to him by his father. But, as the [[OpeningNarration opening monologue]] states, Aku flings him into the distant future, where Aku has conquered the entire world and beyond.

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Our story begins long ago, as the young prince of Japan (Creator/PhilLaMarr) witnesses the shapeshifting demon Aku (Creator/{{Mako}}) emerge into the world and lay waste to his home. With the help of his mother, the boy escapes and spends his life training rigorously with warriors from around the world. Once he comes of age, he returns to his homeland as a full-fledged samurai warrior to defeat Aku, armed with the only weapon that can harm the demon - a [[ArtifactOfHope magic sword]] passed down to him by his father. But, as the [[OpeningNarration opening monologue]] states, Aku flings him into the distant future, where Aku has conquered the entire world and beyond.
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Our story begins long ago, as the young prince of Japan witnesses the shapeshifting demon Aku emerge into the world and lay waste to his home. With the help of his mother, the boy escapes and spends his life training rigorously with warriors from around the world. Once he comes of age, he returns to his homeland as a full-fledged samurai warrior to defeat Aku, armed with the only weapon that can harm the demon - a magic sword passed down to him by his father. But, as the [[OpeningNarration opening monologue]] states, Aku flings him into the distant future, where Aku has conquered the entire world and beyond.

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Our story begins long ago, as the young prince of Japan witnesses the shapeshifting demon Aku emerge into the world and lay waste to his home. With the help of his mother, the boy escapes and spends his life training rigorously with warriors from around the world. Once he comes of age, he returns to his homeland as a full-fledged samurai warrior to defeat Aku, armed with the only weapon that can harm the demon - a [[ArtifactOfHope magic sword sword]] passed down to him by his father. But, as the [[OpeningNarration opening monologue]] states, Aku flings him into the distant future, where Aku has conquered the entire world and beyond.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ThemeTune Gotta get back]], [[Music/{{WillIAm}} back to the past, Samurai Jack!]]'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ThemeTune Gotta get back]], [[Music/{{WillIAm}} back to the past, past]], [[TitleDrop Samurai Jack!]]'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ThemeTune Gotta get back, back to the past, Samurai Jack!]]'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ThemeTune Gotta get back, back]], [[Music/{{WillIAm}} back to the past, Samurai Jack!]]'']]
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A GrandFinale feature film was in DevelopmentHell in the decade following the show's cancelation before Creator/AdultSwim agreed to instead conclude the series with a ten-episode revival, with Tartakovsky and much of the main creative staff returning, in 2015. Set 50 years after Jack was flung into the future, this season officially brings Jack's tale to an end, while also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing]] some of the DarkerAndEdgier aspects of his never-ending journey. The final season aired between March 11th, 2017 and May 20th, 2017. And for bonus, ''Samurai Jack: The Complete Series'' was finally released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on October 17, 2017, complete with remastered versions of the first four seasons of the series!

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A GrandFinale feature film was in DevelopmentHell in the decade following the show's cancelation before Creator/AdultSwim agreed to instead conclude the series with a ten-episode revival, with Tartakovsky and much of the main creative staff returning, in 2015. Set 50 years after Jack was flung into the future, this season officially brings Jack's tale to an end, while also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing]] some of the DarkerAndEdgier aspects of his never-ending journey. The final season aired between March 11th, 2017 and May 20th, 2017. And for bonus, ''Samurai Jack: The Complete Series'' was finally released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on October 17, 2017, complete with remastered versions of the first four seasons of the series!
series! The entire series, including the revival season, is also available to stream on Creator/HBOMax.
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[[NamedByDemocracy Inspired by some jive-talking locals]], the displaced samurai adopts the alias of "Jack" and travels the world once more, this time searching for a way back to his own time so he can defeat Aku for good and [[SetRightWhatWentWrong prevent this future from ever happening]]. Unfortunately, while Jack has the means to defeat Aku in more or less any one-on-one fight, the world has changed radically under its new overlord, becoming overrun with criminals, refugees, and hostile wildlife from across the universe. Thus, Jack has too many enemies to fight directly, and too many helpless victims to aid while still searching for a way home.

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[[NamedByDemocracy Inspired by some jive-talking locals]], the displaced samurai adopts the alias of "Jack" and travels the world once more, this time searching for a way back to his own time so he can defeat Aku for good and [[SetRightWhatWentWrong and prevent this future from ever happening]].happening. Unfortunately, while Jack has the means to defeat Aku in more or less any one-on-one fight, the world has changed radically under its new overlord, becoming overrun with criminals, refugees, and hostile wildlife from across the universe. Thus, Jack has too many enemies to fight directly, and too many helpless victims to aid while still searching for a way home.
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[[NamedByDemocracy Inspired by some jive-talking locals]], the displaced samurai adopts the alias of "Jack" and travels the world once more, this time searching for a way back to his own time so he can defeat Aku for good and prevent this future from ever happening. Unfortunately, while Jack has the means to defeat Aku in more or less any one-on-one fight, the world has changed radically under its new overlord, becoming overrun with criminals, refugees, and hostile wildlife from across the universe. Thus, Jack has too many enemies to fight directly, and too many helpless victims to aid while still searching for a way home.

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[[NamedByDemocracy Inspired by some jive-talking locals]], the displaced samurai adopts the alias of "Jack" and travels the world once more, this time searching for a way back to his own time so he can defeat Aku for good and [[SetRightWhatWentWrong prevent this future from ever happening.happening]]. Unfortunately, while Jack has the means to defeat Aku in more or less any one-on-one fight, the world has changed radically under its new overlord, becoming overrun with criminals, refugees, and hostile wildlife from across the universe. Thus, Jack has too many enemies to fight directly, and too many helpless victims to aid while still searching for a way home.

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* [[SamuraiJack/TropesSeason1ToSeason4 Seasons 1-4]]
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''Samurai Jack'' has been held in high regard for its outline-free art style, impressive action sequences, and long stretches of animation without dialogue. The show took numerous stylistic risks: most episodes had [[SilenceIsGolden minimal dialogue]], mature themes were often addressed for the sake of drama or laughs, and drastic art shifts were used to mark dreams, hauntings, and visits to alternate dimensions. Tellingly, it was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first original program not to be a part of the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons'' brand, presumably so as not to have viewers think that it was just another "funny" cartoon show.

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''Samurai Jack'' has been held in high regard for its outline-free art style, impressive action sequences, and long stretches of animation without dialogue. any of the characters speaking. The show took numerous stylistic risks: it lacks the ThickLineAnimation typical of its contemporaries, most episodes had [[SilenceIsGolden minimal dialogue]], mature themes were often addressed for the sake of drama or laughs, and drastic art shifts were used to mark dreams, hauntings, and visits to alternate dimensions. Tellingly, it was Creator/CartoonNetwork's first original program not to be a part of the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons'' brand, presumably so as not to have viewers think that it was just another "funny" cartoon show.
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Shortly after the fifth season ended its run, IDW published a five-issue miniseries titled ''ComicBook/SamuraiJackQuantumJack'', which is an AlternateContinuity from the original cartoon and [=IDW=]'s previous comic adaptation. On August 21, 2020, a HackAndSlash video game titled ''[[VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time]]'' was released.

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Shortly after the fifth season ended its run, IDW published a five-issue miniseries titled ''ComicBook/SamuraiJackQuantumJack'', which is an AlternateContinuity from the original cartoon and [=IDW=]'s previous comic adaptation. On August 21, 2020, a HackAndSlash video game titled ''[[VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time]]'' ''VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime'' was released.
released, which is considered a canonical {{Interquel}} for the series.
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Shortly after the fifth season ended its run, IDW published a five-issue miniseries titled ''ComicBook/SamuraiJackQuantumJack'', which is an AlternateContinuity from the original cartoon and [=IDW=]'s previous comic adaptation. In 2020, an upcoming HackAndSlash video game titled ''[[VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time]]'' was announced for release later this year.

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Shortly after the fifth season ended its run, IDW published a five-issue miniseries titled ''ComicBook/SamuraiJackQuantumJack'', which is an AlternateContinuity from the original cartoon and [=IDW=]'s previous comic adaptation. In On August 21, 2020, an upcoming a HackAndSlash video game titled ''[[VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time]]'' was announced for release later this year.
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Our story begins long ago, as the young prince of Japan witnesses the shapeshifting demon Aku emerge into the world and lay waste to his home. The boy escapes with the help of his mother, and spends his life training rigorously with warriors from around the world. Once he comes of age, he returns to his homeland as a full-fledged samurai warrior to defeat Aku, armed with the only weapon that can harm the demon - a magic sword passed down to him by his father. But, as the [[OpeningNarration opening monologue]] states, Aku flings him into the distant future, where Aku has conquered the entire world and beyond.

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Our story begins long ago, as the young prince of Japan witnesses the shapeshifting demon Aku emerge into the world and lay waste to his home. The boy escapes with With the help of his mother, the boy escapes and spends his life training rigorously with warriors from around the world. Once he comes of age, he returns to his homeland as a full-fledged samurai warrior to defeat Aku, armed with the only weapon that can harm the demon - a magic sword passed down to him by his father. But, as the [[OpeningNarration opening monologue]] states, Aku flings him into the distant future, where Aku has conquered the entire world and beyond.
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Cartoon Network ended the show after four seasons and fifty-two episodes, with Jack still trying to find his way back to the past. However, Creator/{{Toonami}} aired reruns during the block's third, fourth and final CN-era incarnations (it was also the final show to air on their Toonami), and Creator/AdultSwim's version of the block starting in February 2014. A DVD re-release of the series began in the same year. IDW later had a 20 issue ComicBookAdaptation that ran from October 2013 to May 2015, with a last issue that had its own BolivianArmyEnding / DistantFinale to the series.[[note]](Jack and Aku also appeared in the IDW CrisisCrossover comic book event ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar'', released in June 2014.)[[/note]]

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Cartoon Network ended the show after four seasons and fifty-two episodes, with Jack still trying to find his way back to the past. However, Creator/{{Toonami}} aired reruns during the block's third, fourth and final CN-era incarnations (it was also the final show to air on the final broadcast of their Toonami), and Creator/AdultSwim's version of the block starting in February 2014. A DVD re-release of the series began in the same year. IDW later had a 20 issue ComicBookAdaptation that ran from October 2013 to May 2015, with a last issue that had its own BolivianArmyEnding / DistantFinale to the series.[[note]](Jack and Aku also appeared in the IDW CrisisCrossover comic book event ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar'', released in June 2014.)[[/note]]
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Cartoon Network ended the show after four seasons and fifty-two episodes, with Jack still trying to find his way back to the past. However, Creator/{{Toonami}} aired reruns during the block's third, fourth and final CN-era incarnations, and Creator/AdultSwim's version of the block starting in February 2014. A DVD re-release of the series began in the same year. IDW later had a 20 issue ComicBookAdaptation that ran from October 2013 to May 2015, with a last issue that had its own BolivianArmyEnding / DistantFinale to the series.[[note]](Jack and Aku also appeared in the IDW CrisisCrossover comic book event ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar'', released in June 2014.)[[/note]]

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Cartoon Network ended the show after four seasons and fifty-two episodes, with Jack still trying to find his way back to the past. However, Creator/{{Toonami}} aired reruns during the block's third, fourth and final CN-era incarnations, incarnations (it was also the final show to air on their Toonami), and Creator/AdultSwim's version of the block starting in February 2014. A DVD re-release of the series began in the same year. IDW later had a 20 issue ComicBookAdaptation that ran from October 2013 to May 2015, with a last issue that had its own BolivianArmyEnding / DistantFinale to the series.[[note]](Jack and Aku also appeared in the IDW CrisisCrossover comic book event ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar'', released in June 2014.)[[/note]]

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A GrandFinale feature film was in DevelopmentHell in the decade following the show's cancelation before Creator/AdultSwim agreed to instead conclude the series with a ten-episode revival, with Tartakovsky and much of the main creative staff returning, in 2015. Set 50 years after Jack was flung into the future, this season officially brings Jack's tale to an end, while also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing]] some of the DarkerAndEdgier aspects of his never-ending journey. The final season aired between March 11th, 2017 and May 20th, 2017.

And for bonus, ''Samurai Jack: The Complete Series'' was finally released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on October 17, 2017, complete with remastered versions of the first four seasons of the series!

Shortly after the fifth season ended its run, IDW published a five-issue miniseries titled ''ComicBook/SamuraiJackQuantumJack'', which is an AlternateContinuity from the original cartoon and [=IDW=]'s previous comic adaptation.

On Feburary 25th 2020, a 3-D hack and slash called ''Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time'' was announced.

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A GrandFinale feature film was in DevelopmentHell in the decade following the show's cancelation before Creator/AdultSwim agreed to instead conclude the series with a ten-episode revival, with Tartakovsky and much of the main creative staff returning, in 2015. Set 50 years after Jack was flung into the future, this season officially brings Jack's tale to an end, while also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing]] some of the DarkerAndEdgier aspects of his never-ending journey. The final season aired between March 11th, 2017 and May 20th, 2017.

2017. And for bonus, ''Samurai Jack: The Complete Series'' was finally released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on October 17, 2017, complete with remastered versions of the first four seasons of the series!

Shortly after the fifth season ended its run, IDW published a five-issue miniseries titled ''ComicBook/SamuraiJackQuantumJack'', which is an AlternateContinuity from the original cartoon and [=IDW=]'s previous comic adaptation.

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adaptation. In 2020, a 3-D hack and slash called ''Samurai an upcoming HackAndSlash video game titled ''[[VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time'' Time]]'' was announced.
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