To Help You Get Ready For Season 5 We Brought You 6 Facts You Need To Know About Samurai Jack

As we grow old, one of our favorite activity was to watch cartoons. Since in a way they shaped us and gave us endless hours of entertaining.The development of the characters was one of the best of the best things. One of the coolest cartoons that have ever been on air was Samurai Jack.

The whole art of the series was incredible. Sadly the story wasn’t concluded at the time. But gladly the series will finally come to an end as it will be aired on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim on March 11. So, to get you in the mood for the premiere we’re going to give you 6 awesome facts about Samurai Jack.

6.Phil “Jack” Lamar.

The voice behind the epic Samurai that we all felt in love back in the day is Phil Lamar. Lamar is one of the original voices cast members of the 90s classic show Mad TV.

He used to voiced many of the characters, and now he has been involved in Star Wars Rebel as Bail Organa.

5.WILL.I.AM made the theme song.

The funky yet odd song that opened each episode of the epic cartoon was produced, composed, written and performed by the Black Eyed Peas’ member WILL.I.AM.

The odd electronic beats that have characterized WILL.I.AM’s music across the years and the theme song of the show really fits into to the worlds that Jack finds himself in.

4.12 years since Jack.

The cartoon was created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network, back in 2001 making its first TV screens appearance that year. The show was born out of Tartakovsky’s dissatisfaction with action cartoons. This made him put hands into action and taking truly this genre into a new direction.

Cartoon Network granted him a total of 52 episodes. The final episode of Samurai Jack to ever have been aired was on September 25, 2004. But finally, and thankfully, we would be seeing more of them this March.

3.Aku passed away.

Aku was one of the best villains we have ever seen. Besides he had that epic evil voice that only turned him into an even more threatening bad guy. Mako Iwamatsu was the wicked voice behind the character. He was known for his role as Po-Han in ‘The Sand Pebbles’.

Sadly Mako passed away back in 2006. Tartakovsky said that for the new edition of Samurai Jack he got a very good imitation of Mako’s evil voice for Aku, so we’ll see.

2.It won six Emmy nomination

During its original run of four years, the series was not only a hit loved among kids and teens. But it was also loved by the critics as it also granted the show six Primetime Emmy nominations along with other awards.

The show had so much attention by the critics that Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall, some of the most popular critics, praised the series after ten years and even nowadays.

1.The final episode of the series was supposed to be a movie

The reason behind all our suffering and waiting for Samurai Jack’s finale. Since Tartakovsky set his vision to bring the end of Jack’s story as a movie.

But due to the lack of success of the Powerpuff Girls Movie on 2002, Cartoon Network decided to dump the plan of funding Samurai Jack’s movie. Leaving us craving for a conclusion of the story for 12 years.