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Samurai Jack tells the story of an ancient warrior who is determined to overthrow the evil reign of the shape-shifting wizard Aku.
In the distant past, a young boy witnesses his society’s overthrow at the hands of an evil sorcerer. The boy’s father sends him away to study with the world’s foremost scholars and to be trained in the martial arts. With his mind and body sharply honed, he returns home to vanquish Aku and end his terrible reign.
As he is about to strike the coup de grace, the wizard thrusts the warrior through a time-portal. He lands in a strange and dark future, where he quickly receives a name: Samurai Jack. Jack’s only goal is to fins a time-portal so that he may return home and liberate his people. But the future is a very bleak place, lorded over by Aku’s treacherous soldiers.
While seeking a way to return to his home, Samurai Jack encounters many different civilisations, fantastic landscapes and unusual creatures. A man of few words, Jack relies on his training as a warrior, combining intellect, restraint and physical strength, to help him along the way.
Samurai Jack features elements of humour along with innovative action sequences, dazzling artistry and a riveting musical score.
“Stylisically, this is unlike any other animated show on television,” says creator Genndy Tartakovsky. “ We’ve used music, cinematic storytelling and very stylised backgrounds to create mood and atmosphere as Samurai Jack travels an exotic landscape. The environment will be a major character in each show.”
Samurai Jack was born and bred to be a warrior. He was raised in the Bujitsu code, the ancient rules of Samurai life handed down from one generation to the next. As a young man, an evil wizard named Aku conquered his land and Jack was sent away from his family to acquire the skills he would need to free his people.
He studied with Greek philosophers, Tibetan monks and Italian scholars to hone his mind while also learning horsemanship, the way of the sword and martial arts.
When Jack is banished to the bleak future, it is his mental and physical training that helps him survive in this strange new world. A man of very few words, Jack has expressive eyes that tells his story better that anything he could say.
Samurai Jack’s chief tormentor is a supernatural beast whose reign of evil has infected mankind into a realm of hate and darkness. Aku takes many forms, shifting shapes but creating a looming malevolent presence at all times.
Aku knows that Samurai Jack is the only force that can defeat him and interrupt his rule, so he is obsessed with doing everything he can to thwart the displaced warrior.
The wizard dispatches an army of minions, including insect-like robots, whose sole purpose is to find and defeat Samurai Jack.
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