Samurai
Jack is a concoction of Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator
of Cartoon Network's star show Dexter's Laboratory.
The plot sounds a lot like Frank Miller's graphic novel Ronin,
which more or less depicts a samurai who travels into
the future to stop a shape shifting demon, but manages
to distinguish itself as its own distinct story and a
great cartoon.
Jack
(does anyone know why this ancient Japanese man is named
Jack?) was a boy when the evil, shape shifting demon Aku
killed his father and conquered Japan. Jack fled
Japan and grew up traveling the world. Along the
way he learned philosophies and fighting techniques that
shaped him into the ultimate warrior he is now. As
an adult, he reunited with his mother in a Chinese
temple where she gave him his father's magical sword
which is the only weapon that can destroy Aku.
Jack wasted no time in returning to Japan to defeat Aku
before he launches an assault on the rest of the
world. A defeated Aku, who realized that Jack was
about to lower a deathblow, opened a portal in time that
flung Jack and his mystical sword into the distant
future. Jack vacates the portal to find himself in
a wretched earth where Aku is the undisputed high lord
and master of the world. Now he must somehow
travel back in time to kill Aku and thus undo the past
that has created this wretched future.
The
show begins there and follows Jack's many adventures in
Aku's earth. The show takes on many different
feels and borrows a lot from famous films and pop
icons. It's like the love child of Mad Max and
Star Wars meets an old Kurosawa samurai film. The
show celebrates the battles between good and evil and
what it takes to be a hero. It is patterned after
anime in the sophistication of its story and the feel of
its animation. In many ways it bridges the gap
between modern American animation and Japanese
animation. I wasn't sure if it belongs on an anime
site, but I decided to go ahead and put it up
anyway. Jump on the forum and let me know how you
feel.
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