Why You Should Watch Samurai Jack 

I'd say that a good indicator of success for a children's cartoon is when, years later, the children who watched the show are now adults who still want to watch it.

How to describe Samurai Jack in one sentence. What if Berserk was made for kids?

Japan makes a story about a quiet, stoic, yet somehow charming and utmost interesting man, forged since childhood by the fire of war, facing the loss of his loved ones, alone in a strange world he doesnt know anything about, against everything and everyone. A simple mortal man, with only his sword, skills and wits against a God that molded the world to his own image. All this based on western culture. His creator called this Berserk. America makes a story about a quiet, stoic, yet somehow charming and utmost interesting man, forged since childhood by the fire of war, facing the loss of his loved ones, alone in a strange world he doesnt know anything about, against everything and everyone. A simple mortal man, with only his sword, skills and wits against a God that molded the world to his own image. All this based on Japanese culture. His creator called this Samurai Jack.

Samurai Jack is a masterpiece in pretty much every respect. It's technically a children's cartoon but you can watch it if you're a 100, it doesn't matter.

Now that I look at this as an adult... That artstyle is incredible for its time

Isn’t crazy how Aku is voiced by uncle Iroh

"You can FLY!?" "No. JUMP GOOD." God, I love this show.

I remember watching it and wanting to be like Jack. Disciplined, fearless, fighter, etc. I had huge respect for character and many times in school or in play grounds, I would imagine myself with a sword. He is still alive in my imagination. He was the best cartoon! the real HERO!

Seeing Teen Titans in that slideshow of cancelled shows in the beginning really hurts me.

JACK IS BACK BITCHES!!!

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE VIDEO! Loved this!

“Jacks cancellation-“ Season 5: I’m ‘bout to end this mans whole career

He forgot to mention about the gore in this show, the blood is usually gasoline oil or whatever fluids. But in the next new season there will be gore and blood.

Samurai Jack is the show which kindled my love for world building. I was a rather apathetic kid (and still kind of am), I'd studied various subjects and tried a load of sports as a kid but nothing ever excited me all that much. Then one day I was watching this show and Jack was trying to find a way to cross the ocean when he found a Map. The infinite possibilities this map represented just blew me away. Everything so far had been just a small portion of the world and I longed to know what was beyond that horizon, I wanted to explore. Sadly I'm too late for earth and too early for space so I needed to create my own frontier! Sadly I forgot this as i grew but thankfully TTGL came along and reminded me when i hit 20. Now I am one year from graduation in my Digital Animation course and starting on building world lore and level design for my very own final year game project. I can track it all back to that one scene in that one show. Words cannot express how glad i am Jack's story is finally going to have some closure. Thanks for covering this absolute Gem Eyepatch! TLDR: I Cried.

I remember watching an episode of Samurai Jack in a hospital in 2002. I had almost died and I was recovering in in bed. I don't recall watching any other episodes until I watched the entire series before Season 5 started. It's a good show at age 7 and at age 21.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the episode four seasons of death. For nearly the entire thing there's no dialogue and it's an absolute work of art. You get 4 self contained stories that feel unique but also fit into the theme of the episode.

DnD has a comic where it ended, was requested by the fans and published by the creators, wasn't animated but happened, the end is out there.

I didn't catch with anything with Samurai Jack but yet the only episode I saw was 'the princess and the bounty Hunter'. I don't need to know the content text of the show. I don't need to the background and effort of the production team. The episode had spoken for itself. I want to see more Samurai Jack.

"Even clawed his way through the cancellation of the show" got me misty. I stayed right on the heels of every episode season 5, finishing it the day the final episode aired. What a fantastic analysis of the show, I'll use your video to convince friends who are hesitant.

"Jack is back" still brings tears to my eyes and I've already seen the final season.

B-BUT THIS ISN'T ANIMAY?!

Still remember how the movie that started it off won an award, beating South Park, and Matt Stone and Trey Parker were in an interview some time later complaining "what the fuck is Samurai Jack?!"

Fun fact, same people who animated samurai jack, animated the star wars clone wars animation, and that show is on level witht the action and brutality of how Samurai Jack is presented.

Jack's encounter with the magma golem is still one of the most touching moments on TV ever.

I Would Personally Love A "Why You Should Watch Avatar The Last Airbender" Video, That Would Be A Dream Come True.

*Gotta get back...* *Back to the past...* *WATCHOUT !!!* *JACK'S BACK* *SAMURAI JACK - MARCH 11 2017*

Seven years ago when I was twelve years old and on holidays to visit my family in turkey. Unfortunately I don't speak turkish and back then there were no smartphones to go through the boredom so I watched turkish TV one night. In the middle of an episode I saw an odd fight scene involving a chicken. I was so amazed by the amazing animation, cinematography and fight choreography albeit not understanding the few lines of dialogue that I can still feel the excitement of watching it seven years later. Now I found out it's from Samurai Jack and I will start watching the show looking forward to more awesome momemts like the chicken fights I saw back then.

Samurai Jack: The Black Swordsman Arc

Why i should watch samurai jack? Simple. Sword. Monsters. Explosions. Aku.

Samurai Jack is a masterpiece. I will show my kids this show. It's clever in keeping comedy and seriousness, it has amazing fights, the best and most colourful characters. Seriously, even Aku is hilarious. Infact, Aku is my favourite alongside the Scotsman and the Black Guy Samurai.

"Just as The Guardian is about to finish Jack off", well, Jack could have waited for him to do that before trying to go through the portal

I know the episodes you list at the end are very stylized, but for people reading this, there's one more episode you should check out: Season 2 Ep 1: Jack Learns to Jump Good I think this is the quintessential Samurai Jack episode in terms of giving a feel for the show, the story, and our main characters. You see different sides of Jack, more of his world and, even in a dystopian future, how he positively impacts so many who meet him. If you for some reason can only watch 1 episode before season 5, consider this one.

I heard killer 7 music in the background, therefore, you must talk about it. For the love of God please talk about that game.

I remember watching a review of this where the reviewer (Blockbuster Buster) gave this series perhaps the greatest praise it could ever receive. "You can learn more about telling a story in a visual media from watching one episode of Samurai Jack than an entire semester of film school." And I don't think he was far off. One thing this show did better than perhaps any other show has ever done before or since, is tell a story with visuals. "Show don't tell" is constantly said, but how often does anyone follow through?

Wow, in retrospective Samurai Jack is a very dark/deep/mature show. But definitely the action sequences and the landscapes where entertaining enough to call my 8 year old attention. Excellent video by the way!

Well it's over now it was a hell of a journey

The one thing Jack said that made me begin to love him like a dignified friend was when he was in that sunken city and they sat down to dinner and he said, "Sushi!" I related to him in that moment because it was like you've been lost and scared somewhere and as welcoming as some strangers may appear, you can't really feel at ease. But once a familiar - or even favourite - food is put in front of you you sudden;y feel so much better. And also, food is a great way to make a character relatable. Not often enough do we see heroes and heroines eating. Just eating. So yeah, that's my hot take.

Would you do a "Why you Should Watch Megas XLR" too?

The Hype is so fucking high...

Jack didn't kill any of the Bounty Hunters. Gennedy said so The entire battle took ONLY A SECOND!

Fun Fact: in my country, they had to change Aku's name to Abu because his original name sounded like "Cú" which means ass over here. Not kidding.

"Noone has been able to stand up to Jack in direct combat." Laughing Minions of Set. Who had to be beaten by RA HIMSELF coming down and lasering them. Other than that, this video is exactly why this show was so great.

Samurai Jack and Megas XLR are my favourite CN shows from the early 2000s. Thanks for the video, this show really deserves more attention.

In one of the Baldur's Gate games, they implied that the heroes from Dungeons and Dragons were eaten by Tiamat.

the hype is growing stronger and stronger the more i hear of this series continuing-

This is a show that makes you realize that cartoons/anime is an art form. The stunning visuals and also the amazing use of cinematography is unmatched in any show I've personally watched.

Excellent analysis! My personal favorites are Jack vs the Hunters and Jack in Wonderland (AKA Jack is Naked). I think those two embody the humor and beauty that can also be found in the series along with the tragedy and magic overall. I can wait for these final 10 episodes and hopefully these will provide answers and closure that the fans have been waiting for.

i will go through 1000 episodes just to hear someday scotsman's roasts again jack wick is coming guic

That last bit about the show being back almost made me tear up a bit from the passion you narrated it with, Wolf.

who else got hype AF near the end of the video 😂 '' Jack is back ''

Legend has it, the show never got cancelled. It just being teleported into the future

dude this is the first video i am seeing i had this in my recomended for a long time but i thought it would just be another dude saying watch samurai jack but you man...how you expressed the whole show the amazing quality of your video i loved it. it is very hard to tell others to watch this show because from the outside it seems boring and long but you explained it perfectly the soundtrack you used was perfect your narration was perfect and the choice of episode to breakdown was perfect as they enclose the amazing quality of the show and man o man how you ended it on the new season that was great you didn't use a single frame from the new season before just for that moment. if i find someone who hasn't watched the show trust in the fact that i would share your video to them

Can you do a video about gintama? Show people how much of a masterpiece it is

Hi super eye patch wolf

Did anyone noticed that Samurai Jack was actually a Ronin.

So happy they were able to come back and finish this story!

always wanted to watch it but as far as i know the only time it was here on german television was on cartoon network which is a pay tv channel. but now with a new season and the power of the internet i definitely gonna watch it

lol is there any reason you and Glass Reflection happened to upload a "Why you should watch...." Videos three minutes apart from each other?

U got me at that <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1178">19:38</a> Plot Twist. Thanks for that. The synthwave was a perfect touch.

I loved Jack as a kid, but it's videos like these and rewatching my favorite episodes that really make me appreciate just what a work of art this show is. Just brilliantly done.

*Why you should watch Shinsenkai Yori (From the New World)!* Put out by the same people behind Sword Art Online but actually really good! It's a fantastic series with deep themes and complex characters that slipped WAY under the radar and definitely worth watching!

Very well done video I'm so excited for the new season. You clearly put lots of time and effort in, keep it up

Most relatable thing about Jack is he’s lost in the world he doesn’t understand we can all relate to that difference is,we were born here.

haha i've known of the return of samurai jack since it was announced and yet when you said "jack is back" i still got goosebumps

just a heads up - at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="852">14:12</a> the style is based of Australian Aboriginal art, not african. otherwise I loved the video!

thx for the video, always top quality 👍

Eyepatch Wolf has that buttery Irish accent that makes his videos therapeutic and easy to understand ❤

Many anime and shows that are very long running often get called 'the best' based purely on the length of their resume and their decades-spanning "legacy" But as cool and sprawling as a Dragon Ball/DBZ/Super, Naruto, or One Piece may be.....they are insanely lengthy, have serious ups and downs in quality....and seemed designed in the inherently flawed 'soap opera' style of having never-ending storytelling. All of the truly great stories have fantastic conclusions.....and it doesn't seem like any of those properties will ever truly have fitting conclusions. Samurai Jack is the definition of quality over quantity. Of minimalism over excess. It is 62 episodes of PURE GOLD. Pure visual artistry that touches almost every genre and art-style you can imagine. All the while the entire thing is kept very simple and very pure, making it truly universal in its appeal. The show succeeds at being both an episodic, one-off series of loosely connected episodes...as well as being something that, upon the conclusion, feels almost completely cohesive and united as a single epic journey. The final season increased the maturity and scope of the series as a whole, and did a lot of work towards linking the entire series together and bringing it all full circle. It was the perfect epilogue and conclusion to the original run. It was heart-breaking that the show was canned without a conclusion, but in the long run it was all worth it. Had it continued indefinitely, eventually the quality would have suffered and the through-line of the central plot would have felt dragged on too long without resolution. It was nixed while it was still peaking in quality, and brought back better than ever for just long enough to bring the entire thing to a satisfying and epic conclusion. For my money, it is the greatest animated series ever created.

My only hope is that the Scotsman (or his grand kids, it has been 50 years) are in the show

One of your best pieces so far! Loved it! Proud, happy subscriber! :)

man, this guy's analyses are on point. I'm getting back into old shows after watching these videos :D

phenomenal video! the analysis was excellent and showed a passion and appreciation for the work put into the show

"Stories that will never be concluded:" *immediately shows Teen Titans* Fuck man... why you gotta hurt me like this?

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1100">18:20</a> needed to be rephrased

i always keep at least 5 videos of eye patch wolf on hand in my phone to listen to on repeat, this is #1 on that list out of my rotation of 5 and gets its own permanent spot in my phone. without fail if i ever change phones (which i went through 3 so far) before i even put my micro SD card in i have this downloaded before i even put the latest phone update in it. it never gets tiring listening to eyepatch wolf's work. and samurai jack is top 3 on my most favorite things to watch ever.

2nd of your videos I've seen now and think I may have found my newest binge-watch channel. Well done

That F bomb gave me chills. Thank you for this

Samurai jack: aka Berserk for kids

Hey eye patch wolf Your videos have unfolded a world of anime and cartoons for me which have provided hours of entertainment that I can enjoy from my own room. when I don't feel like facing the world, you've connected me to a world that keeps me going,until I'm pumped up from One punch Man enough to run 10 km a day and try 100 push ups. Thanks for your work man !

Well I was late to the party with this but binged the lot and love it thanks man. Now am waiting on the last couple episodes. Must be great to finally have some closure to this show for the long time fans.

Just because I didn't see it in the piles of comments, but there is an ending to the D&D cartoon, sort of. They scripted a season ending episode that could infer that they finally got home, or that they remained (if they got another season,) but it was never animated. The script is read in the extras of the Deluxe box set of the series.

just 3 days until season 5 I'm so excited

Super vid, with great editing. :) Looking forwards to Jack!

Dude, as always, your editing and structure... AMAZING! I had fucking CHILLS when you said Jack was back, and I was just watching this video for shits and giggles! I'll definitely check out the whole show!

I always felt bad for the princess, especially when you consider that Jack would have helped if she asked. I mean most stories about him are about him freeing people from Aku, yet she only wants the money his death would supply so wth? As far as the series as a whole, it is just a beautiful production and I'm so glad it is coming back after so long to finally finish his fight with Aku.

this show blew away my expectations.. SOOO GOOOOOD !!

Very well put and on top of it all, my favourite episode (Jack and the time travelling creatures) is thoroughly elaborated. Well done!

Your narration is masterpiece

Not African art inspired, Australian Aboriginal.

He made it back... ... back to the past... ... Samurai Jack

Every time I think about an episode or a series you make an episode about said episode. It's baffling how you read my mind. Great work

you've given me a whole new appreciation for one of my fave shows ever! good job bro

is the final season really going to have only 10 EPISODES???? I mean if each episodes are 45 minutes long then its ok for me.

I would like to see how you approach Fairy Tale and its shortcomings

Beautifully done man

Your Channel is way underrated man , please just keep doing what you doing

You missed the fact that Princess and the Bounty Hunters is also based on a story from Lone Wolf and Cub, just changed in included the different places that people came from. A brilliant idea.

So, was there any reason Aku hasn't just flung Jack into the future again? Why doesn't Aku just make it a tradition, every few thousand years "WEEIIIIIIIIIII" and Jack's in the further future again.

This was a great video, especially when you announced the new Season!

Thank you for getting me back into the series after so many years