19 Facts About Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack is an American animated action-adventure television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros.

Tartakovsky conceived Samurai Jack after finishing his work on his first Cartoon Network original series, Dexter's Laboratory, which premiered in 1996.

Samurai Jack was inspired by Kung Fu, the 1972 televised drama starring David Carradine, and Tartakovsky's fascination with samurai culture.

Premiering on August 10,2001, Samurai Jack originally ran for four seasons comprising thirteen episodes each until September 25,2004, without concluding the overarching story.

Samurai Jack tells the story of an unnamed young prince from a kingdom set in feudal Japan, whose father was given a magical katana from three gods — Ra, Rama, and Odin — that he could and had used to defeat and imprison the supernatural shapeshifting demon Aku.

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Samurai Jack prince arrives on Earth surrounded in dystopian retrofuturism ruled by Aku.

Samurai Jack only has his kimono, geta, and sword to his avail in his adventures.

Samurai Jack was created by Genndy Tartakovsky as a follow-up to his successful series Dexter's Laboratory.

Basic premise of Samurai Jack comes from Tartakovsky's childhood fascination with samurai culture and the bushido code, as well as a recurring dream where he wandered a post-apocalyptic Earth with a samurai sword and traveled the world fighting mutants with his crush.

Samurai Jack debuted on Cartoon Network on August 10,2001, with the three-part special "The Beginning".

In Canada, Samurai Jack previously aired on YTV, and currently airs on the Canadian version of Adult Swim.

In United Kingdom, Samurai Jack previously aired on Cartoon Network, and currently airs on streaming service All 4.

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.

In despair from the years of fighting Aku and from Aku's destruction of the remaining time portals, Samurai Jack—who has not aged as a side effect of the time travel—is haunted by warped visions of himself, of his family, and of an enigmatic, deathly warrior on horseback.

Samurai Jack received generally positive reviews from critics following its 2001 Cartoon Network debut.

Samurai Jack appeared in multiple issues of DC Comics' anthology comic series Cartoon Network Action Pack, which ran from July 2006 to April 2012.

Elements of the Samurai Jack concept were reused in other Cartoon Network video games.

The MMORPG FusionFall features Samurai Jack, the Scotsman, and Demongo as non-playable characters, while Aku is a Nano.

The brawler game Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion for Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 features Samurai Jack and the Scotsman as playable characters while Aku is an assist character, a boss, and a playable character.