Samurai Jack is an American science fantasy action-adventure animated television series. It was created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network and later its nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The titular character is an unnamed Japanese samurai prince who wields a mystic katana capable of cutting through virtually anything. He sets out to free his kingdom after it is taken over by an evil, shapeshifting demon lord known as Aku. Adopting the name "Jack" after being addressed as such by beings in this time period, he quests to travel back to his own time and defeat Aku before he can take over the world. The series was initially broadcast from August 10, 2001, to September 25, 2004, airing for
Samurai Jack tells the story of an unnamed young prince (voiced by Phil LaMarr) from a kingdom set in feudal Japan. The samurai prince arrives on Earth surrounded in dystopian retrofuturism ruled by Aku. The retro-futuristic world is inhabited by a variety of denizens such as robots, extraterrestrials, talking animals, monsters, magical beings, and deities.
