Samurai Jack

24min

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Action & Adventure

Animation

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

Production Companies

Cartoon Network Studios

Williams Street

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Episodes

Cast

I

1. I

24min

10th Aug 2001

When Aku is reborn to set forth his reign of terror, the Emperor's son is sent off to learn the ways of the samurai. That boy becomes a man and attempts to slay Aku with a mighty sword, but Aku banishes him to the future.

II

2. II

24min

10th Aug 2001

The Samurai lands in the future and is named Jack. He is enlisted by a race of dogs to destroy Aku.

III

3. III

24min

10th Aug 2001

Jack gets weapons and beats back Aku's army of beetles saving the canine race.

IV

4. IV

23min

13th Aug 2001

Jack helps free the Woolies from the tyrannical Chritchellites.

VII

5. VII

23min

20th Aug 2001

Jack must get past three blind archers to reach an all-powerful wishing well.

V

6. V

23min

27th Aug 2001

When Jack mistakenly destroys a group of scientists' chance to escape Aku, he and the scientists join forces to try and fix the problem, hopefully returning Jack home as well.

IX

7. IX

24min

3rd Sep 2001

Jack has an underwater adventure with a jelly-whale and sea monkeys while hunting foran ancient time portal.

X

8. X

22min

12th Oct 2001

Jack goes through a cave full of challenges only to find an old warrior longing to reach Valhalla.

VIII

9. VIII

23min

15th Oct 2001

Jack meets up with Mad Jack and must battle his darker self.

XI

10. XI

23min

29th Oct 2001

WhenJack and a Scotsman meet ona never-ending bridge, they end up shackled together and on the run from bounty hunters.

VI

11. VI

23min

19th Nov 2001

Jack and a mysterious woman goon a quest in an attempt to resolve their personal goals.

XII

12. XII

23min

26th Nov 2001

Jack hooks up with some Chicago gangsters to try and get close to Aku.

XIII

13. XIII

23min

3rd Dec 2001

Aku tells fairy tales to the children to try and win them over to his side instead of Jack's.

First air date

10th Aug 2001

Last air date

20th May 2017

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks