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Our childhood memories are merely a breeding ground for the next nostalgia-inducing reboot. Not one to let Hulu…
Oct 9 2019
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The works of animator Genndy Tartakovsky may vary wildly in tone—from cartoonish mania (Dexter’s Laboratory) to…
Oct 7 2019
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Everybody’s gotta eat—including animation hero Genndy Tartakovsky, who after years of working on beloved but cultish…
Oct 3 2019
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As animator Genndy Tartakovsky’s follow-up to Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack was a surprisingly mature and…
May 14 2019
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Adult Swim’s occasional revivals of older Cartoon Network shows aren’t always successful (that FLCL sequel sure was…
Jul 11 2018
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If you’ve watched any cartoons in the last twenty years, you’ve likely seen something done by Genndy Tartakovsky or,…
May 21 2017
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Was Samurai Jack a fundamentally different show in its final season than in its first four? It certainly seemed like…
May 7 2017
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Samurai Jack, a children’s show about a taciturn samurai living by a strict honor code, has produced a strong…
Apr 30 2017
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For a couple of episodes, the shape of the end of Samurai Jack has been relatively clear—Jack will overcome his…
Apr 23 2017
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“XCVII” is a pretty unusual episode of Samurai Jack, in that the samurai himself is barely featured. The only real…
Apr 16 2017
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Jack has done a lot of hiding thus far during the season—hiding from the Daughters Of Aku, hiding from robot…
Apr 9 2017
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Thus far, this season of Samurai Jack has been elliptical and suggestive, even more than the original run of the…
Mar 26 2017
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This season of Samurai Jack is the show’s first (and last) fully-serialized run—if there are any episodic conflicts,…
Mar 19 2017
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It looks like I spoke too soon last week when I said Aku wasn’t coming back any time soon—tonight’s episode starts…
Mar 12 2017
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At the beginning of this final season of Samurai Jack, everything seems like it‘s at its lowest point. This is a…
Feb 28 2017
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After 12 years, Genndy Tartakovsky’s cult hit cartoon Samurai Jack is finally returning on March 11 for a 10-episode…
Feb 24 2017
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Standards are important. They divide us from the animals, and they divide us from those animals’ orifices. Hence,…
Feb 6 2017
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Over the weekend, Adult Swim teased the return of Genndy Tartakovsky’s cult-classic animated series Samurai Jack…
Jun 21 2016
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Now that Genndy Tartakovsky has returned to his beloved animated series Samurai Jack for a revival on Adult Swim,…
Jun 29 2015
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Samurai Jack was a popular animated series on Cartoon Network created by Genndy Tartakovsky. Tartakovsky cut his…