Aku” which were actually in Season 4) and several episodes where my brain went, “Wow. There are some breathtaking fight sequences (I especially liked “Samurai vs. They have the highest concentration of high-caliber story-telling and amazingly fluid movement. I especially liked the second and third seasons. It’s strange, wondrous, deadly and often hilarious. You are allowed, nay, invited to experience the world of the future that Jack finds himself in. The show prefers to show you rather than tell you what’s happening.
There are entire episodes where Jack speaks maybe one or two lines, or none at all. However, unlike a lot of other children shows, the characters don’t talk much. And, nine times out of ten, the characters annoy me.īut not only does the masking-based animation work well for Samurai Jack, it also has some good voices, namely the dearly departed Mako Iwamatsu as Aku and yummy-sounding Phil LaMarr as Jack. A lot of other kid shows use similar styles, like Fairly Odd Parents or SpongeBob, but I dislike them because they have annoying voices to go with choppy, blocky animation and far-fetched, often ridiculous episode plots. It fits in some odd way, and, now that I’m older, I can appreciate a lot of the artistry and skill involved. However, for some reason, with Samurai Jack, I not only didn’t mind the animation, I actually liked it. The animation style really isn’t my usual cup of tea. Samurai Jack is not something I would normally watch. I just finished the last episode on Monday. But, since they only had the first season and I still lived in the age of dial-up, I never got to see the second, third, and fourth seasons. I never saw it on television, but I did rent the first season from the library ages ago. Along the way Jack defeats many foes and makes some friends. Now Jack (the name he was given by the locals) must battle through an unfamiliar, alien-infested futuristic Earth in search of a portal back to the past so he can destroy Aku and undo this evil future. For those of you who might not know, Samurai Jack is the tale of a young samurai warrior who is sent into the distant future by an evil shape-shifting demon named Aku who destroyed his home. Or maybe, like me, you discovered it later in life and wondered how you managed to miss it. Sound familiar? Okay, maybe I took some liberties with the iconic opening, but I’m sure some of you watched Samurai Jack on Cartoon Network when you were younger. A kick-ass samurai warrior wielding a magic sword, stood forth and enchanted me.
Long ago in a distant land, I, Kat, the connoisseur of the odd and unusual, unleashed an unspeakable awesome into my life.
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