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#SAMURAI JACK SEASON 4 EPISODE 12 EXPLANATION FULL#
This is the place to start with the series, covering Jack’s origin story, his childhood training and his banishment to the future.īut you can skip S1:E3, “The First Fight.” It opens with a very cute training montage full of talking dogs, but a huge chunk of the episode is devoted to a slow and repetitive fight between Jack and a horde of robotic beetle warriors.
#SAMURAI JACK SEASON 4 EPISODE 12 EXPLANATION SERIES#
Samurai Jack premiered on Cartoon Network in 2001 with a 90-minute spot, showing the first three episodes of the series - “The Beginning,” “The Samurai Called Jack” and “The First Fight” - back to back.
#SAMURAI JACK SEASON 4 EPISODE 12 EXPLANATION MOVIE#
Here’s what to watch and what to skip in Samurai JackĬartoon Network The Premiere Movie (S1:E1-E2) Samurai Jack had the sort of deliberately slow pacing, stylized design and highly choreographed action sequences rarely seen in Western action, Western animated action, or Western animated action television. It was in watching a team of animators push the boundaries of the show’s hand-painted backgrounds and minimalist design to glorious lengths. It was in watching a team of writers and story-boarders craft a perfect samurai movie, trippy magical interlude, noir detective story or epic historical battle in only 22 minutes of set up, payoff, and resolution - often with virtually no dialogue. The appeal of Samurai Jack was never in dense plotting or cliffhanger endings. Which makes it the perfect series for a Watch or Skip list - there’s no overarching narrative, just 40-some standalone stories, and it’s all available on Hulu. Episodes can be watched in practically any order, and there are no recurring characters other than Jack and Aku (with one single, memorable exception).
Jack never ends an episode closer to the end of his quest than he was when it started. That said, Samurai Jack doesn’t really have a continuity, per se. Jack travels the world searching for time portals and wishing gems, doing good wherever he is needed, while Aku’s minions and the evil wizard himself dog Jack’s every step. This push and pull between the show’s hero and villain fuel most of Samurai Jack’s 22-minute episodes (and a few two- and three-parters). Aku’s goals are to kill the samurai at all costs - and to destroy any means he might find of returning to the past.
Jack seeks to return to the past and undo Aku’s future, but his compassionate and righteous nature leads him to offer aid to any who need it, sometimes to the detriment of his larger mission.
When Jack stepped forth to oppose Aku in the past, Aku flung him into the future, counting on the fact that he would be all-powerful before he had to reckon with the samurai again. Jack wields his father’s magic katana, the only weapon capable of harming the shapeshifting master of darkness - and overlord of this future earth - Aku. The appeal of Samurai Jack was never in dense plotting or cliffhanger endings, but in watching animators push their boundaries