Oldtaku no Radio #006.5 – Samurai Jack (Part 2)

In 2001, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Samurai Jack stunned audiences with
ambitious and beautiful visual storytelling, a mostly stoic hero,
and perhaps the world’s best (if not most lovable) villain.
Samurai Jack ran for four seasons (52 episodes) but was cut down
in its prime. This Emmy-winning cartoon, which had a largely
episodic structure (save Jack’s building frustration), sadly
never got to finish the tale of the samurai. Films were teased
and planned, but sadly nothing panned out … until recently.
Samurai Jack returned to us as of March 11, 2017, and we at
Oldtaku no Radio could not be more ecstatic. In celebration, we
take a break from analyzing Japanese cartoons to analyze an
American one … that just so happens to draw inspiration
from/references, among other things, Japanese film directors,
animation, and culture.


For the second half of our Samurai Jack episode, special guest
Kate (Narutaki) of the Reverse Thieves blog/podcast joins us in
squeeing over and wringing the most we possibly can out of a
fantastic cartoon from the early aughts. This installment covers
our favorites and flubs for Seasons 3 & 4 as well as what
we’re hoping for in Season 5. As the creators grew in competence
throughout the series, so our analysis grew not only in insight
but silliness. (Hey, this was a 3+ hour podcast.) Listen and
comment. But most importantly, watch Samurai Jack!


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Runtime: 1 hr, 19 min
Show Notes Opening Song: “Through the Glass” by Kaz
Mirblouk 01:20 – Season 3 Favorites and flubs. 20:30 – Season 4
Favorites and flubs. 48:50 – Season 5 hopes and dreams. 54:45 – An
Oldtaku no Radio first! 62:50 – Twitter questions!!! Ending
Song: “Money 1973” by NO FUTURE Twitter: Ani-Gamers,
Oldtaku no Radio, Ink, Jared Kate is one half of the
formidable blogging and podcasting duo known as the Reverse
Thieves. Ink also writes for Otaku USA Magazine and The
Fandom Post. Jared also writes for The Electrum Edition and
Wave Motion Cannon.