The new season received further mention ahead of the network's 2016 upfront press release. Artwork used in the teaser derived from the cover of an issue from IDW Publishing's comic book adaptation of the series.
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The network released a short teaser in December 2015 after it green-lit the return of the series with Genndy Tartakovsky as executive producer and Cartoon Network Studios as the season's production company. Within two weeks of Tartakovsky's first communication with executive Mike Lazzo, a deal was reached for 10 more episodes of the series. Starting in 2014, reruns of Samurai Jack were aired on Toonami, an action-oriented programming block on Adult Swim. "Technology is different, we're using computers now,Ĭraig Kellman, character designer, Behind the Scenes featurette Tartakovsky previously expressed interest in a film adaptation of the series to provide a genuine conclusion, but the project never materialized. The series was left open-ended after the conclusion of the fourth season.
Jack seeks to find a portal back to his time but is constantly thwarted by the demon's forces. He adopts the name Jack and continues his fight in the dystopian future ruled by Aku. The series follows a young samurai (voiced by Phil LaMarr) who is cast into the future by the evil shape-shifting demon Aku (voiced originally by Mako, Greg Baldwin (fifth season)) mere moments before defeating the demon.
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The series ends with a grieving Jack smiling when he watches a ladybug land on his hand and then fly free in a grove of blossoming sakura trees.Ĭreated by Genndy Tartakovsky, Samurai Jack originally aired on Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2004, comprising four seasons. With peace restored, Ashi and Jack prepare to marry, but on her way to the altar, she suddenly collapses, as slaying Aku invalidates her existence, causing her to fade away. She returns the sword to Jack and uses demonic powers she inherited from Aku to time travel with Jack to the moment when Aku sent Jack to the future, whereupon Jack destroys the weakened Aku for good. Jack admits to Ashi he loves her, enabling her to regain control of herself. Aku takes Jack prisoner and prepares to kill him, but everyone Jack has helped throughout his journey rallies to his defense. Jack refuses to kill Ashi and lays down his sword in defeat.
However, Aku senses his essence within Ashi, and seizes control of her in order to attack Jack. Following a battle alongside each other, they become romantically involved.Īku eventually learns that Jack lost his sword and confronts him, not knowing Jack has recovered it in the interim. Deciding to accompany Jack, Ashi comes to see the truth of Jack's words, and helps him through his emotional and spiritual journey, preventing a suicide attempt and helping him reclaim his sword. In the bowels of a monster that swallows them both, Jack saves her from various dangers, attempting to convince her of Aku's evil. They find and overwhelm Jack, but he later kills all but one of them, Ashi, the eldest. Unknown to Aku, Jack has lost his sword, and is troubled by hallucinations of his deceased family, his former self, and Aku's numerous victims, almost to the point of suicide.Ī set of fraternal septuplet girls are born from Aku's essence to the high priestess of a cult of female Aku worshipers, the "Daughters of Aku", and raised as assassins with the sole purpose of killing Jack. Jack's heroic actions have inspired many to oppose Aku's tyranny, among them the now-elderly Scotsman, who unsuccessfully leads armies in a battle against Aku and is killed by him but returns as the spirit of his younger self. Aku has destroyed all existing time portals but is distressed over the prospect of battling Jack forever, so he has stopped pursuing him directly. The fifth season of the series takes place fifty years after the original four seasons, although Jack himself has stopped aging as a side effect of time travel.
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