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Art of Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack is an animation series created by

Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network in 2001.
Tartakovsky conceived Samurai Jack after
finishing his work on his first Cartoon Network
original series, Dexter's Laboratory, which
premiered in 1996. The series was inspired by
Tartakovsky's enjoyment of the Kung Fu televised
drama starring David Carradine as well as his
fascination with samurai culture. On August 10,
2001, Samurai Jack premiered with a three-part
made-for-TV movie called The Premiere Movie. It
ran for four seasons consisting of thirteen
episodes apiece until September 25, 2004,
without concluding the story. A revival was
produced twelve years later, resulting in a fifth
season that provided a conclusion to the
overarching story. The fifth season premiered on
Adult Swim's Toonami block on March 11, 2017,
and the final episode, which served as the series
finale, aired on May 20, 2017. The episodes are
directed by Tartakovsky, often in collaboration
with others. The series has garnered critical
acclaim, and won eight Primetime Emmy Awards,
including Outstanding Animated Program, as well
as six Annie Awards and an OIAF Award. The
pictures on this page are a collection of artworks
created for this series.

THE STORY

This is the story of a young prince from a feudal

Japan kingdom, 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 shape-shifting demon
Aku. After many years later, Aku escapes, takes
over the land and holds the Emperor hostage, but
not before the prince is sent away by his father to
travel the world and train, so he can return and
use the magic sword to defeat Aku. On his return,
the prince turned samurai faces and almost
defeats Aku, but before he can land a finishing
blow, Aku creates a time portal that sends him
into the distant future, with anticipation that he !
would be able to deal with the samurai by that
time. The samurai prince arrives in a dystopian
retro-futuristic Earth ruled by Aku…
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