Oldtaku no Radio #006 – Samurai Jack

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 returns today (March 11, 2017), and we at
Oldtaku no Radio could not be more ecstatic. In celebration,
we’re taking 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 this episode, which will be published in two parts, 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. The first
installment covers general impressions as well as our favorites
and flubs for Seasons 1 & 2, while the second half
covers our favorites and flubs of Seasons 3 & 4 as well as
thoughts on what Season 5 might bring.


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Runtime: 1 hr, 27 min
Show Notes Opening Song: “Through the Glass” by Kaz
Mirblouk 1:07 – Introductions and summary. 3:21
– Personal reactions to the rewatch itself and favorite
aspects of the show. 25:33 – Jared is wrong. 50:43 – We start
talking Season 1 episode favorites and flubs. 1:03:10 – We start
talking Season 2 episode favorites and flubs. 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.