Aku (Samurai Jack)

Samurai Jack
Genre	action-adventure-comedy Dystopian sci-fi-fantasy
Created by	Genndy Tartakovsky
Written by	Genndy Tartakovsky Bryan Andrews Brian Larsen Chris Reccardi Darrick Bachman Charlie Bean Paul Rudish Aaron Springer Chris Mitchell Erik Wiese
Directed by	Genndy Tartakovsky Randy Myers Robert Alvarez Rob Renzetti Chris Savino
Voices of	Phil LaMarr Mako Iwamatsu (seasons 1–4) Greg Baldwin (season 5) Sab Shimono John DiMaggio Tara Strong Grey Griffin
Theme music composer	Will Adams George Pajon, Jr. Tyler Bates (season 5)
Opening theme	"Samurai Jack" (seasons 1–4)
Ending theme	"Samurai Jack"
Composer(s)	James L. Venable (seasons 1–4) Tyler Bates, Joanne Higginbottom, and Dieter Hartmann (season 5) Paul Dinletir (additional music, seasons 1–4)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	62 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Genndy Tartakovsky
Producer(s)	Genndy Tartakovsky Dana Ritchey (associate producer, seasons 1–4) Kelly Crews (supervising producer, season 5)
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Cartoon Network Studios Williams Street (season 5)
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network (2001–04) Adult Swim (2017)
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV) (2001–04) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2017)
Original release	Seasons 1–4: August 10, 2001 – September 25, 2004 Season 5: March 11, 2017 – May 20, 2017
External links
Website	www.adultswim.com/videos/samurai-jack

Samurai Jack is an American action-adventure animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. The series follows "Jack", an unnamed samurai sent through time to a dystopian future ruled by the tyrannical shape-shifting demon Aku. Jack quests to travel back in time and defeat Aku before he can take over the world. The series premiered on August 10, 2001, with a TV movie called The Premiere Movie, before ending in its fourth season on September 25, 2004, without concluding the story. A revival was produced twelve years later, resulting in a fifth season that concluded the series. The fifth season premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on March 11, 2017, and the series finale aired on May 20, 2017. A remastered version of The Premiere Movie is set to receive a special theatrical release on October 16, 2017; prior to Samurai Jack: The Complete Series being released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on October 17, 2017, contains remastered versions of the first four seasons of the series. It is also the first Cartoon Network original series to premiere during Jim Samples' tenure as he replaced Betty Cohen two months prior to the series premiere.

All episodes of Samurai Jack are directed by Tartakovsky, usually in collaboration with others. The series has garnered critical acclaim, and won eight Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program, as well as six Annie Awards and an OIAF Award.

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