Samurai Jack/Episodes

Samurai Jack is an American animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky. The series premiered on August 10, 2001, on Cartoon Network and has since garnered high critical acclaim. The series ran for four seasons, totaling 52 episodes, and the final episode aired on October 29, 2004. The series won four Primetime Emmy Awards, six Annie Awards, an OIAF Award, and received eight additional nominations. Cultural influences on the series range from the 1970s TV series Kung Fu to the works of director Akira Kurosawa. Samurai Jack Also appeared sporadically on Cartoon Network's Toonami block, first appearing in a marathon on December 28, 2002 and last appearing as part of the final broadcast on September 20, 2008.

Episode plots range from dark and epic to lighthearted and comic, but often contain little dialogue. Stories instead rely on the series' highly detailed, outline-free, masking-based animation, as well as its cinematic style and pacing. Many battle scenes in the series are reminiscent of samurai films, and since Jack's robot enemies bleed out oil or electricity and his monster and alien foes bleed out slime or goo, the action can be exhibited while avoiding censorship for blood and violence.

All four seasons of Samurai Jack have since been released on DVD in the U.S. by Warner Home Video. The first three episodes were also released as a stand-alone movie titled Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie on March 19, 2002.