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Created by | Genndy Tartakovsky |
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Opening theme | "Samurai Jack" (seasons 1–4) |
Ending theme | "Samurai Jack" |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 62 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
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Release | August 10, 2001 May 20, 2017 | –
Samurai Jack is an American animated science fiction series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for the Cartoon Network.
In Ancient Japan, an evil demon named Aku unleashed his evil. A young samurai prince with a magic katana stepped forward to fight him. Aku used his evil powers to send the prince a millennia into the future.
When the samurai prince arrives in the future, he discovers that Aku has taken over the entire universe. It is the samurai's mission to get back to the past and stop Aku from taking over the universe.
The show is mainly set in "the future" or "Aku's future", where the entire planet has been taken over by Aku. The scenery ranges from a massive metropolis with flying vehicles to settings from different historical time periods.
There are also different elements of technology in the future. There is a character from a Scottish clan, there are robots, a wizard and 20th century gangsters.