Samurai Jack - Season 1

Samurai Jack - Season 1
by Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Renzetti

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Actor: Jeff Bennett, Jess Harnell, Mako, Mark Hamill, Phil LaMarr
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Renzetti
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Genndy Tartakovsky
Writer: Amy Rogers
Writer: Bryan Andrews
Writer: Chris Reccardi
Writer: Erik Wiese
Writer: Paul Rudish
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 298 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Turner Home Ent

DVD Reviews of Samurai Jack - Season 1

DVD Review: Samurai Jack - Season 1
Summary: 5 Stars

We couldn't find this anywhere - we finally found it at Amazon where we can always find everything/anything. Expensive, but absolutely worth it. A total "Wow"!

DVD Review: Excellent series
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an excellent series. It is unfortunate that Cartoon Network decided to let it drop. My 10 year old son enjoys all 4 volumes.

DVD Review: My son loved this DVD!
Summary: 4 Stars

My son is a fan of the show, so I purchased it for him for his birthday, and he loved it. So I recommend it.

DVD Review: Samurai Jack: Classic Animation.
Summary: 5 Stars

This is probably my favorite cartoon/animation show of all time. The plot is pretty simple. But the stories themselves are really interesting. A-lot of action sequences, really cool slow motion scenes and widescreen/cinema feeling scenes as well. The art is amazing, especially how the art really flows together, and the backgrounds are epic. 2D animation at its best! Anyways, my favorite episodes are: Jack and The Scotsman, Part 1. Jack and the Lava Monster, Jack Versus Mad Jack. Those were really outstanding episodes, all of these are really good, but those were just WOW to me. I seriously recommend checking out this series. It's great, sure not alot talking, but Samurai jack doesn't really need it, it's way more interesting without it and more suspenseful. 5/5 Stars.

DVD Review: Great show!`
Summary: 5 Stars

Oh man I love this show and how it looks. Watched almost all of them twice and can't get enough of it. It is a must buy for all Samurai Jack fans.

Description of Samurai Jack - Season 1

From Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of Dexter's Laboratory, comes the tale of a young samurai cast far into the future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. Join Samurai Jack on his quest to return to the past and undo the destruction that Aku has wrought upon the land. With award-winning artwork and intricate, action-packed plots, the many journeys of Samurai Jack are a must for any fan's collection. DISC 1: Episode I - When Aku is reborn to set forth his reign of terror, a young samurai attempts to slay him with a mighty sword. But Aku banishes the warrior to the future. Episode II - After landing in the future, the samurai, now named Jack, begins his quest for Aku. Episode III - Jack attempts to beat back Aku's army and save a race of canine archaeologists. Episode IV - Jack helps free the Woolies from the tyrannical Chritchellites. Episode V - Jack and a group of scientists join forces to try and escape the wrath of Aku. Episode VI - A mysterious warrior woman joins Jack in his quest, but is she really an ally? Episode VII - Jack must get past three mysterious archers to reach an all-powerful wishing well. DISC 2 Episode VIII - Jack must do battle with his darker self, Mad Jack. Episode IX - Jack has an underwater adventure while hunting for an ancient time portal. Episode X - Jack survives a cave full of challenges before doing battle with a feared lava monster. Episode XI - When Jack and a Scotsman meet on a never-ending bridge, they end up shackled together and on the run from bounty hunters. Episode XII - Jack hooks up with some Chicago gangsters to try and get close to Aku. Episode XIII - Aku tells three fairy tales, with a decidedly skewed point of view, to the children in order to win them over to his side.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Documentaries
Interviews

When Samurai Jack burst onto the small screen in 2001, it introduced a boldly imaginative visual style to the often dreary realm of television animation. Other series have tried to imitate the flattened, angular graphics pioneered by the UPA studio during early '50s. Samurai Jack succeeds in recapturing the essence of the UPA shorts because creator Genndy Tartakovsky and his artists understand that these highly stylized visuals require equally stylized movements.

The ongoing battle between heroic Jack and the evil shape-shifter Aku simultaneously evokes and spoofs the conventions of anime and Western live-action film. Long ago, Jack nearly destroyed Aku in a duel; in desperation, the wizard hurled the samurai far into the future, where Aku's word is law. Jack fights robots, monsters, bounty hunters, etc. as he seeks to return to his own time, so he can prevent Aku's rise to supremacy.

The writing is sometimes uneven, but even when the material feels weak, the visual imagination never falters, from the flamboyant character designs to the use of split-screen. The filmmakers stage the quiet moments as skillfully as the action sequences, and Samurai Jack offers more exciting storytelling than many big-budget animated features. (Unrated: suitable for ages 10 and older: stylized violence, occasional profanity) --Charles Solomon

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