Samurai Jack
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Samurai Jack is an acclaimed animated action-adventure television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky, following a time-displaced samurai’s quest to defeat the evil demon Aku.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samurai Jack canonical | 7 |
| Samurai Jack comic book series | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American television series
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action-adventure television series ⓘ animated television series ⓘ |
| awarded |
Annie Award
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surface form:
Annie Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program ⓘ
surface form:
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation ⓘ |
| characterType | time-displaced samurai ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Genndy Tartakovsky ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed for storytelling and art direction ⓘ |
| finalAired | 2017-05-20 ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2001-08-10 ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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adventure ⓘ samurai fiction ⓘ science fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
good versus evil
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honor and duty ⓘ isolation and perseverance ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
chanbara films
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comic books ⓘ samurai cinema ⓘ spaghetti westerns ⓘ |
| laterChannelBlock |
Toonami
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surface form:
Adult Swim Toonami
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| mainAntagonist | Aku ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jack ⓘ |
| musicBy | James L. Venable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cinematic visual style
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minimalist dialogue ⓘ stylized action sequences ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 62 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 5 ⓘ |
| openingNarrationBy | Mako Iwamatsu ⓘ |
| originalChannelBlock | Cartoon Network primetime ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
Adult Swim
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Cartoon Network ⓘ |
| originalRun | 2001–2004 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A samurai prince is sent to the future by the demon Aku and seeks to return to the past to defeat him. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cartoon Network Studios ⓘ |
| relatedFranchise |
Samurai Jack
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Samurai Jack comic book series
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| revivalRun | 2017 ⓘ |
| seasonCountDetail |
A fifth and final season aired in 2017 on Adult Swim.
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Four seasons aired from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. ⓘ |
| setting | distant dystopian future ruled by Aku ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| voiceActorOfCharacter |
Greg Baldwin voices Aku (season 5)
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Mako Iwamatsu voices Aku (original series) ⓘ Phil LaMarr voices Jack ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Samurai Jack comic book series