The mastery of tone, composition, and design in every shot was through the roof. Tartakovsky and his animation team improved on what was already a stellar formula, making every single frame a work of art worth hanging in a gallery. The level of artistry and craft on display throughout this final season was beyond imagination. The passing of the legendary Mako Iwamatsu left an Aku-sized hole in our hearts, and while Greg Baldwin’s take on the character was a bit jarring at first, he really came into his own by the time the finale came around. The voice actors brought their A-game to Season 5, with Phil LaMarr doing a lot with his sparse dialogue (most notably the scenes where Jack argues with himself) and Tara Strong giving Ashi both fierce intensity and warm humanity. Evil and deliver sick action scenes while still making you bust a gut. It truly speaks to the appeal of Samurai Jack that it can create an epic story of Good vs. Jack and Ashi’s, ahem, courtship episode also earned some hearty laughs all the way up to its explosive, sticky conclusion. He also earned the season’s biggest guffaw with his that’s-what-we-were-thinking penis joke. The Sammy Davis Jr.-inspired Scaramouche proved to be a twisted delight with his deadly sonic blade and zany antics. With such a stoic samurai at the show’s center, the world around him made for a nice counter-balance with its quirky characters and strange creatures. Yet despite all this heavy material, Samurai Jack never lost its sense of humor. And the introduction of Ashi gave Jack his first true romance, and for as complicated as it was with her being the daughter-assassin of Aku, their love became the crux of the show’s emotionally devastating finale. Wandering the land, immortal and unable to defeat Aku, Jack suffered intense PTSD that haunted him in the form of his younger self given a demonic makeover. Instead of hacking away at lifeless robots, Jack now spilt the blood of his enemies and suffered nasty, grievous injuries himself. Jack took his first human life in the season’s biggest gut-punch moment, making him confront the morality of killing in battle. Adult themes were explored in a way that broke new ground for the show.
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It made for what many fans consider the best episode in the entire series, seeing how it outshines every other episode on IMDB.Moving to Adult Swim gave Genndy Tartakovsky and his gifted team the license to take Samurai Jack in a more mature direction, and aging up the content to better align with the tastes of its now-adult audience proved to be a master stroke.
While Samurai Jack had shown violence before, this was a much darker use of it. Jack kills one of the daughters and is sabbed by her, showing both characters bleeding. It is here we get to see how the Show has matured after years of cancelation. Meanwhile, The High Priestess sends the Daughters of Aku after Jack.
It all makes for a great reminder of why fans love this dastardly villain. It makes for some great comedy, and while fans will forever miss Mako as Aku, Greg Baldwin(who replaced Mako as Iroh in Avatar) makes for a worthy replacement. He's become bored with Jack and consults with his therapist(himself) on what to do. The intro quickly reminds us that, unlike a lot of villains, Aku is one that isn't afraid to be silly. In it, we're re-introduced to Aku, ruler of the world.
After a blazing start, the second episode is the installment of the final season that fans remember the most.
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