Category: Samurai Jack

From 2001 to 2004 Cartoon Network aired an adventurous animated series named Samurai Jack that quickly gained popularity for its exciting comic plot and interesting animation. Can you imagine the surprise of a young feudal Japanese samurai warrior being sent to post-apocalyptic future, which is reigned by an evil demonic deity?
Well, samurai Jack was really surprised. In fact, he is a prince from the feudal Japan who intends to take vengeance on the enemy that devastated his native country and enslaved all inhabitants including his father, the Emperor. When this boy was only eight years old, his father told him how he managed to defeat an evil powerful demon Aku that rose from the Pit of Hate to destroy the world. This demonic deity has been created from a black mass of energy making him a metamorphic entity with immense powers. Also, his name means “evil” in Japanese.
The Emperor unveiled that he had to deal with Aku in his youth using a special magical katana, a type of Japanese sword, to conquer and imprison that demon. This is a katana made by monks with supernatural abilities that will be a part his heritage in the future. The Emperor highlights that this demon is very cunning plus can change his form however he wants – one day he will escape from his prison. So the Emperor warns his son that one day this great evil can come back so he should be careful.
Soon after that conversation during the solar eclipse, Aku really manages to escape his prison seeking revenge. He is ruthless and enslaves all people in his country. The Emperor is also in his hands. But he had time to send his wife and son away on a ship. He handed his magical sword to Jack for the battle waiting ahead. After years of studies and training with different masters from different corners of the world, Lack comes back to free his father and people from exhausting labor in mines and undo all destructions caused by that demon. A tricky demon has created multiple copies of him to torture people.
Jack is able to set his father free from his captivity, and the Emperor reveals to his son that it is possible to murder Aku using the magical katana. Jack is eager to fulfill his mission, and a fight begins. He is a skillful warrior and manages to injure the demon several times. Every time Aku changes his form, from a gorilla to a bird, it gives him the chance to heal wounds and stay alive. When he feels that he can lose to Jack, Aku decides to get rid of him. He creates a special time portal and sends the samurai to distant future without a possibility to come back. Jack finds himself in the parallel reality that is corrupted and ruled by Aku for countless years. The evil of Aku is treated as the highest law.
The entire universe belongs to him – he besieged all planets in the galaxy plus is abusing this planet as his headquarters. Aku generated himself, numerous android minions, for instance, Scaramouch the Merciless – an evil samurai-android that performs the duties of an assassin. By the way, Jack is not the real name of the main character. He was called Jack by the first people he met there, and his real name is not mentioned at all. He meets a lot of allies, Like the Scotsman, who are tired of Aku’s reign and want to stop him. Jack now has to find a way home to kill Aku in his own time…