Ring the bells and break out the champagne. I have fallen in love.
The new apple of my eye has everything a woman could want He’s strong, gentle, wise and sweet. He has a beautiful muscular physique, a strong chin, expressive eyes and perfect teeth. He is spiritual but has no religious dogma. He’s excruciatingly respectful of everyone he meets but stands his ground when he feels he is right. This athlete with the neck of a football player is a dream come true and so much more. (deep sigh)
Too bad he’s just a cartoon. (deeper sigh)
I’m talking about the one and only Samurai Jack.
Actually, Samurai Jack is more than just a cartoon: it has won 4 Emmys, 3 Annies (animation) and an award from the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Although this cartoon was done in anime style and was at least done partially in Korea, the Cartoon Network studio is in Atlanta Georgia. The creator, Genndy Tartakovsky, who also created Dexter’s Laboratory, lives right here in the good old USA and graduated from Cal Arts.
The beautifully stylized characters and scenery are partnered with deceptively simple story lines. To keep the blood at a minimum most of Jack’s adversaries turn out to be robots. Otherwise all the slicing and dicing would be much too gory. Even the music on this cartoon is way cool.
Phil LaMarr provides the perfect voice for this strong and serious Samurai warrior from the past. He is countered by Aku: (voiced by Mako Iwamatsu) a sometimes hilarious demon from the dark pit of wherever. Jack’s most memorable friend is a Scotsman (voice of John DiMaggio) with a tongue so sharp he would send Shrek running back to his swamp.
Just like Superman, Samurai Jack’s character has a slumped posture and almost no shoulders when he is robed and at rest. But like a lot of heroes he finds an excuse in several episodes to rip off his shirt. Of course this only happens after his topknot is released and his hair has tumbled down across his shoulders and into his eyes. Did I mention I was in love?
I just spent every night for the past two weeks watching every episode of this series, originally shown on Cartoon Network. I had just discovered the series in reruns just before they stopped showing it. Last night I got to see the final episode.
I hope my neighbors didn’t hear me laughing out loud at some of the antics. I understand there is to be a final final episode in the form of a movie. If this is true they will have to find another voice for Aku since Mako died in 2006.
As soon as I finish writing this I am going back and watching the episodes again. I have a feeling I will be studying Samurai Jack reruns for a good while: frame by frame.
Why are the good ones unavailable?
Ring the bells and break out the champagne. I have fallen in love.
The new apple of my eye has everything a woman could want He’s strong, gentle, wise and sweet. He has a beautiful muscular physique, a strong chin, expressive eyes and perfect teeth. He is spiritual but has no religious dogma. He’s excruciatingly respectful of everyone he meets but stands his ground when he feels he is right. This athlete with the neck of a football player is a dream come true and so much more. (deep sigh)
Too bad he’s just a cartoon. (deeper sigh)
I’m talking about the one and only Samurai Jack.
Actually, Samurai Jack is more than just a cartoon: it has won 4 Emmys, 3 Annies (animation) and an award from the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Although this cartoon was done in anime style and was at least done partially in Korea, the Cartoon Network studio is in Atlanta Georgia. The creator, Genndy Tartakovsky, who also created Dexter’s Laboratory, lives right here in the good old USA and graduated from Cal Arts.
The beautifully stylized characters and scenery are partnered with deceptively simple story lines. To keep the blood at a minimum most of Jack’s adversaries turn out to be robots. Otherwise all the slicing and dicing would be much too gory. Even the music on this cartoon is way cool.
Phil LaMarr provides the perfect voice for this strong and serious Samurai warrior from the past. He is countered by Aku: (voiced by Mako Iwamatsu) a sometimes hilarious demon from the dark pit of wherever. Jack’s most memorable friend is a Scotsman (voice of John DiMaggio) with a tongue so sharp he would send Shrek running back to his swamp.
Just like Superman, Samurai Jack’s character has a slumped posture and almost no shoulders when he is robed and at rest. But like a lot of heroes he finds an excuse in several episodes to rip off his shirt. Of course this only happens after his topknot is released and his hair has tumbled down across his shoulders and into his eyes. Did I mention I was in love?
I just spent every night for the past two weeks watching every episode of this series, originally shown on Cartoon Network. I had just discovered the series in reruns just before they stopped showing it. Last night I got to see the final episode.
I hope my neighbors didn’t hear me laughing out loud at some of the antics. I understand there is to be a final final episode in the form of a movie. If this is true they will have to find another voice for Aku since Mako died in 2006.
As soon as I finish writing this I am going back and watching the episodes again. I have a feeling I will be studying Samurai Jack reruns for a good while: frame by frame.