Samurai Jack: Season 5

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Cartoon Network | Adult Swim | Season Premiere Date: March 11, 2017

Starring: Phil LaMarr, Greg Baldwin

Summary: Genndy Tartakovsky’s animated series returns with a new season on Adult Swim set more than 50 years in the future where Samurai Jack (Phil LaMarr) has stopped aging.

Genre(s): Animation, Action & Adventure, Fantasy

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Season 5 Episodes

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S5:E29. XIX
Air Date: June 28, 2019
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S5:E28. Xviii
Air Date: June 27, 2019
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S5:E27. Xvii
Air Date: June 26, 2019

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Robert Lloyd

Mar 10, 2017

Everything glows. One hopes for a happy ending, of course, but what matters most is shape and color, the abstraction of rain on stone, the sun through the trees. It makes Samurai Jack endlessly rewatchable: Every picture tells a story. Read full review

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Mar 6, 2017

It’s hard to tell if this tighter approach to episodic storytelling will reach a satisfying end, since Tartakovsky excels more at bringing us into the heat of the moment than exploring a bigger picture. But he’s off to a promising start. Jack may not be back from the past just yet, but Genndy Tartakovsky has certainly returned to form. Read full review

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Matt Zoller Seitz

Mar 9, 2017

Genndy Tartakovsky is the world’s greatest living action filmmaker, and Samurai Jack, which starts its fifth and final season on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim March 11, is the most aesthetically daring series on TV. Amazingly, both statements were true back in 2004, the last time Samurai Jack aired new episodes. Read full review

Joseph Falcone

Mar 6, 2017

Samurai Jack is animated storytelling of the highest caliber and it hasn’t skipped a beat. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Mar 8, 2017

I’m happy to report that this cartoon created by Genndy Tartakovsky is as exciting, beautiful, and multilayered as it ever was. Read full review

UPROXX Alan Sepinwall

Mar 9, 2017

Samurai Jack wasn’t a property I’d been dreaming of ever seeing again, but it’s emerged from its trip through time and space far better than most of the recent TV revivals. Read full review

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JTJSGamer

Mar 11, 2017

JACK IS BACK, and he is more amazing then ever. It was worth waiting over a decade to see this, that is how amazing it is. The more violent and mature theme of this show, just works well.

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shepard86

Jun 19, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Heartbreaking ending. Tara Strong as Ashi does stellar voice acting. I could not hold back my tears in the end. Thus samurai Jacks adventure was concluded and they've done justice to the series at long last.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

naivedom1

Apr 18, 2017

The samurai we all know and love has returned and is a lot better than it use to be! The soundtrack, animation, and action has been kicked up to max and this show is just fantastic! The art style is thankfully the same and the story is a lot deeper than it used to be! This is a season toThe samurai we all know and love has returned and is a lot better than it use to be! The soundtrack, animation, and action has been kicked up to max and this show is just fantastic! The art style is thankfully the same and the story is a lot deeper than it used to be! This is a season to remember! Lets hope jack gets a good ending!… Expand

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Hoxton

Mar 11, 2017

The show is back in all it's glory, same amazing art style and action sequences, just with a more mature (original viewers) audience in mind. Genndy Tartakovsky proves once again why he is the best.

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RobertTheGreat

Jun 23, 2017

This Season Of This Show, Truly Is One Of The Best Seasons Of All, It Has Updated Graphs, A Highly Intense And Mature Tone,I Give It A 9 Because Of The Long Awaited Return Of Jack

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ahand

Aug 24, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first half of Samurai Jack's belated final season was simply brilliant. Having it on Adult Swim allowed the show to take a darker and bleaker approach to its story and titular character. After fifty years, Jack is a more cynical, damaged and troubled man. That's great development, and we see Jack struggling to adapt a more positive attitude when he tries to make Ashi understand the discrepancies between her worldview and the reality.

In its second half, however, we lose all of this development and changes. The complexity of Jack and Ashi's relationship was reduced to a typical romantic relationship. Jack simply reverts back to the same person that he was before this season started. Its nuanced themes are similarly reduced to a black-and-white linear tale of a righteous man trying to take down a great evil.

Finally, the finale. The resolution of the story had Jack return to his own time after he vanquished Aku and prevented the future. Again, very disappointingly vanilla. Instead of having a story and character who move on, the series decided to revert everything back to what it used to be.

Despite its disappointing story, Samurai Jack boasts strong animation throughout. I wish we had gotten a more complicated story.… Expand

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ilogic450

Aug 22, 2017

Amazing!........... I was excited to watch episode ... Jack is back to make this show amazing one. I decided to watch this season ...........................
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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

94
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: March 11, 2017
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  S5:E29. XIX
  Air Date: June 28, 2019
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  S5:E28. Xviii
  Air Date: June 27, 2019
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  S5:E27. Xvii
  Air Date: June 26, 2019
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  S5:E26. Xvi
  Air Date: June 25, 2019
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  S5:E25. Xv
  Air Date: June 22, 2019
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  S5:E24. Xiv
  Air Date: June 21, 2019
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  S5:E23. Lii
  Air Date: May 29, 2019
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  S5:E22. Li
  Air Date: May 28, 2019
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  S5:E21. Xlix
  Air Date: May 26, 2019
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  S5:E20. Xlviii
  Air Date: May 23, 2019
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  S5:E19. Xlvii
  Air Date: May 22, 2019
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  S5:E18. Xliv
  Air Date: May 19, 2019
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  S5:E17. Xlvi
  Air Date: March 13, 2019
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  S5:E16. Xlv
  Air Date: March 1, 2019
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  S5:E15. Xli
  Air Date: February 25, 2019
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  S5:E14. Xxxviii
  Air Date: February 20, 2019
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  S5:E13. Xxxvii
  Air Date: February 19, 2019
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  S5:E12. XXII
  Air Date: January 29, 2019
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  S5:E11. xiii
  Air Date: December 16, 2018
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  S5:E10. CI
  Air Date: May 20, 2017
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  S5:E9. C
  Air Date: May 13, 2017
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  S5:E8. XCIX
  Air Date: April 29, 2017
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  S5:E7. XCVIII
  Air Date: April 22, 2017
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  S5:E6. XCVII
  Air Date: April 15, 2017
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  S5:E5. XCVI
  Air Date: April 8, 2017
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  S5:E4. XCV
  Air Date: April 6, 2017
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  S5:E3. XCIV
  Air Date: March 25, 2017
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  S5:E2. XCIII
  Air Date: March 18, 2017
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  S5:E1. XCII
  Air Date: March 11, 2017
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 25, 2004
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 18, 2002
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 1, 2002
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 10, 2001