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Jack eventually moves to Greece and learns the art of wrestling, followed by a trip to England, where Robin Hood teaches him archery and how to hone his senses.

After reaching proficiency, he travels to Egypt, where he is educated by their best scholars. From there, he is brought to Africa, where he learns to fight with pole weapons from a tribe of bushmen. The ship takes Jack to Arabia, where a sheik teaches him to ride horses. Jack's mother leaves him on a Japanese ship, where the captain teaches him astronomy and how to navigate via the stars. As was planned by his parents should Aku ever return, Jack's mother sends him to train around the world, and goes into hiding. At the start of the series, when Jack is 8 years old, a solar eclipse breaks the seal, freeing Aku, who abducts Jack's father. Jack was born a prince to his father's empire, in an era greatly resembling Japan's Edo Period in appearance, albeit with culture closer to the Nara and Heian periods, shortly after Aku was sealed away by Jack's father.

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The Premiere Movie Part I: The Beginning Adopting a name for the first time, 'Jack', Jack fights the forces of Aku for the following fifty years, as he attempts to both destroy Aku in the future and find his way back to the past to destroy Aku there. Seconds before he can destroy Aku, the demon casts the samurai into the far future, in which Aku reigns supreme. After reuniting with his mother as an adult, he leaves to destroy Aku using his father's sword.

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Cartoon Network executive Mike Lazzo recalled Tartakovsky pitching him the series with Phil LaMarr as Jack as the main character: 'He said, 'Hey, remember David Carradine in Kung Fu? Wasn't that cool?' and I was like, 'Yeah, that's really cool.' That was literally the pitch.' Cartoon Network billed as a series 'that is cinematic in scope and that incorporates action, humor, and intricate artistry.' Storylines Īfter his father is captured and his homeland taken over by the demon lord Aku, the child who would become known as 'Samurai Jack' was trained to be the ultimate samurai by teachers from various cultures around the world in order to wield his family's sword against Aku. Similarly, the episode 'Jack and the Spartans' was specifically inspired by Miller's graphic novel 300 that retold the Battle of Thermopylae. Thematic and visual inspirations come from Frank Miller's comic book series Rōnin, including the premise of a master-less samurai warrior thrown into a dystopic future in order to battle a shape-shifting demon.

The show is meant to evoke 1970s cinematography, as well as classic Hollywood films such as Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia : 46:44 and Spartacus.

The basic premise of Samurai Jack comes from Tartakovsky's childhood fascination with samurai culture and the bushido code, : 42:56 as well as a recurring dream where he'd wander a post-apocalyptic Earth with a samurai sword and travel the world fighting mutants with his crush. Samurai Jack, as a character, was originally conceived by the series creator Genndy Tartakovsky. Adopting the alias 'Jack', the samurai makes it his mission to find a way back to his time and prevent Aku's post-apocalyptic dystopia.Ĭonception and character Samurai Jack is voiced by Phil LaMarr. Seconds before he can kill Aku, the demon sends him eons into the future, where Aku's future self rules all of Earth unopposed. The character is introduced as a Japanese prince raised since youth as a samurai warrior, who trains under numerous teachers in a variety of skills in order to destroy the demon Aku with his divinely crafted sword. He was created by Genndy Tartakovsky and is voiced by Phil LaMarr. Samurai Jack, sometimes addressed as The Samurai or simply Jack, is a sobriquet adopted by the titular protagonist of the Cartoon Network/ Adult Swim animated television series Samurai Jack (2001–2004 2017). Keith Ferguson ( Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion)Īshi (late fiancé ('CI'), wife ( Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time))ĭaughters of Aku (late sisters-in-law, alternate timeline)

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