Product Details

• Actors: Phil LaMarr, Mako, Joe Alaskey, Clyde Kusatsu, Kevin Michael Richardson
• Directors: Genndy Tartakovsky, Randy Myers, Robert Alvarez, Robert Renzetti
• Writers: Amy Keating Rogers, Bryan Andrews, Carey Yost, Charlie Bean
• Format: Animated, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: May 4, 2004
• Run Time: 298 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001HAI0E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,963 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Samurai Jack - Season 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: 05/30/2006 Run time: 299 minutes Rating: Nr

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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time to Rejoice!, February 19, 2004

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E. Hornaday (Lawrenceville, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samurai Jack - Season 1 (DVD)

The announced release of the first season of the brilliant animated series, Samurai Jack, is a genuine cause to rejoice! Finally, a studio understands the value of an animated series in a timely manner. One can only hope that other studios will get the message that animated properties can and are just as popular as live-action series and movies.

Samurai Jack was created by the multi-talented and truly gifted Genndy Tartakovsky, who also created the fantastic Dexter's Laboratory. Samurai Jack combines innovative and imaginative storytelling with a captivating animated style that is at once simple and evocative. The series tells the story of a Japanese samurai who has embarked on an epic mission to fight evil and save his world.

In the distant past, the samurai, who calls himself "Jack," is the son of an emperor captured by the evil Aku, a shape-shifting wizard. The young Jack is sent away not only to survive but to train his mind and body in all forms of martial arts so that he will eventually be capable of vanquishing Aku.

Jack returns as an adult and reunites with his mother who gives him the sacred sword of the samurai to defeat Aku and rescue his father.

Armed with the sword, Jack is on the verge of a final confrontation with Aku when Jack is literally ripped from his own time by the evil wizard and hurtled thousands of years into the future -- a future where Aku has already become the all-powerful evil lord who controls the world and all living beings.

Jack begins anew, working not only to right the wrongs Aku has visited on the population of this future world, but ultimately to return to his own time and stop Aku before the nightmarish future he has seen can even be realized.

Mature themes including the true meaning of courage, morality, responsibility, faith, despair, good and evil are explored as Jack struggles, and risks his life time and again to overcome what at first appears to be a force that is all-powerful and unstoppable. However, through Jack's insights and pure heart, viewers come to realize there is hope, not just for Jack, but for any society in which just one individual risks it all against tyranny and evil.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stylish Quality, May 25, 2004

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Keith Doyle (Panama City, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samurai Jack - Season 1 (DVD)

I absolutely love this show. Samurai Jack explodes with a level of style rarely seen. The action, animation and stories are all fantastic. This is an extremely well done TV series.

The character of Jack is an immensely charismatic hero. His courage, resourcefulness and ethical code serves as a breath of fresh air in today's sea of common, immoral TV characters. This samurai actually inspires me to better myself in the real world. Not many shows have that effect and even fewer cartoons do!

The only special features in this set I liked was getting to see what some of the voice actors looked like.

The chance to own the whole first season must not be missed by Samurai Jack fans. I await the next season on DVD eagerly. Highly recommended to anyone who is interested in the following: samurais, clever plots, style.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT SHOW, June 18, 2004

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MMAfan (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samurai Jack - Season 1 (DVD)

SAMURAI JACK-Season 1
2 DVD's-300 minutes

Samurai Jack is a very cool show and I'm glad it was released on DVD. It's a two-disc collector set with special features and 13 season 1 episodes. Anyone that's a fan of Cartoon Network cartoons will like this. It's definitely worth $20.

THE EPISODES IN THIS SEASON 1 SET:
I (The Beginning)
II (The Samurai called Jack)
III (The First Fight)
IV (Jack, the Woolies, and the Chritchellites)
VII (Jack and the Three Blind Archers)
V (Jack in Space)
IX (Jack Under the Sea)
VIII (Jack vs. Mad Jack)
XI (Jack and the Scotsman)
X (Jack and the Lava Monster)
VI (Jack and the Warrior Woman)
XII (Jack and the Gangsters)
XIII (Aku's Fairy Tales)

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Making of Samurai Jack
Original Artwork
Never Before Seen Footage
Creator Commentary