Besides Season 5 of samurai Jack And Season 3 and 4 of young Justice which Cartoon network show deserves a adult swim revival?

Ashi is childcoded and thats why I'm not a huge fan of Jashi. I know that Ashi is technichally 18, but her writing makes her seem like she's, like, 15. I think her and Jack is just a weird relationship dynamic.

2 minor characters that I really liked were x-49 and the gentleman. X-49 of course is tragic, dude never even wanted to fight and had a whole personality unlike other robots, but I also like the gentleman’s atheistic, calm and fancy but also very deadly.

So after rewatching the series a few times in the last couple years, I developed a sort of headcanon around Jack's sword, mainly being that on top of its unique ability to destroy Aku and its inability to harm an innocent ( which sort of breaks down in season 5 but more on that later), the sword seems to function like King Arthur's Excalibur in that it essentially guarantees victory to a worthy wielder if their cause is just. I used a picture from Episode 5 because here is where one of the scientists as sort of a throw away comment remarks on how unlikely it is that one man with a sword could defeat so many bugbots with modern weaponry. And yeah, it got me thinking, regardless of one's martial skill, guns and missiles beats sword 99.999% of the time. So is this just more than just Jack's extreme skill at work, but also the sword's power protecting him? Does that explain how a 12th century samurai with a sword is supposed to repeatedly survive encounters where he's hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned? What made me think this is even more the case is that the only time Jack objectively loses in the series is when he's misusing the sword's power: 1.He fights the Scotsman to a draw when he meets him but can't really beat him because their fight is a matter of personal pride and not a justifiable use of the sword's power. The fact that they're fighting on a bridge is a direct ripoff from the Arthur vs Lancelot fight in the Arthurian legend. 2. He loses to the Guardian largely out of arrogance and lack of humility. It's revealed to the Guardian that Jack is worthy, just not yet 3. In season 5 he kills the sheep ( a continuity retcon unless the sword can hurt an innocent if Jack himself demands it, but someone as evil as Aku cannot get the sword's power to work at all.) So what do you all think? Personally I think it's not an explicitly spelled out ability because then it ruins the tension of the action sequences the first time you watch it, but it is the sort of thing you can notice and appreciate upon rewatching it. Did anybody else think this and have this as a sort of headcanon?

Intro: Talking with another user on this post about Lulu [ https://www.reddit.com/r/samuraijack/s/ThSgLZFfuB ] encouraged me to share something that has been on my mind when it comes to how Aku might see animals.

I mention multiple episodes in this post so if you haven't seen the following, read at your discretion: ◇ S4 E11: L ◇ S1 E6: VI ◇ S3 E11: XXXVII ◇ S3 E8: XXXIV ◇ S4 E4: XLIII ◇

(S4 E11: L) I want to start by saying that Lulu sitting with Aku was too cute. I know he abducted her and all, but my immediate thought was that he might secretly enjoy having a cute dog as a pet despite being all big and spooky. In my mind, Aku never intended to get rid of Lulu but if his hitman failed he would secretly keep her for himself. It just makes sense to me because he changes his mind on occasion and has a knack for tricking people. The look on his face in that scene where he was holding her could have been him enjoying being his evil self, but I think he was genuinely content. The fact that Lulu was also perfectly content just being with him gave me reason to believe that he was keeping her comfortable during her stay in his castle.

There are so many other instances too that suggest he really loves animals.

1. (S1 E6: VI) In the episode where he transformed himself into a woman, he looked at the Ooklas with a warm fondness, commenting, "Adorable, aren't they."
2. In the same episode, when sitting around a fire with Jack, he seemed to know a lot about a small rodent that appeared, stating to Jack, "Don't worry, they're harmless." Then he got really upset when the creature refused to eat food out of his hand.
3. (S3 E11: XXXVII) Also, notice how in "The Birth of Evil" episodes he only knocked riders from their horses (likely impaling them), but didn't harm the horses at all.

Counterexamples to Consider: 1. There were the dinosaurs and that one dog in the same Aku backstory episodes, but you could tell that they got themselves in the position of being swallowed by the ocean that was Aku. Also, I doubt he had little control over this happening even if he wanted to do something because he was trapped in that form until Jack's father got involved. He literally thanks the man for freeing him. 2. (S3 E8: XXXIV) There was that pterodactyl that he also bonked in the swamp episode, but I think it makes sense he had to keep it under control because, unfortunately, some animals really don't like him. For example, there was the rodent I previously mentioned above for starters. (S4 E4: XLIII) We can also see this in the episode where Jack catches a cold from Aku's evil and as he passes by a dog, the poor thing looses it's mind because it's picking up on Aku's influence.

I also haven't noticed any instances where Aku deliberately tries to kill an animal. He only seems to do this with humanoid things exclusively. (Not too related but I wanted to mention I think Jack has mad respect for animals, but he's on the run all of the time and he has to eat whatever is available so hunting them can't be avoided.)

Anyways, that is my breakdown on why I firmly believe Aku truly loves animals. If not love, it could be fascination, respect, or enjoying their company as well. But, I digress. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

just finished the show and I thought I predicted the ending because I was like “jack is gonna go back to the past and live happily ever after with ashi because she has no family in the future that’s worth staying for” and I thought I was right until they pulled that shit and now I don’t think I’ll ever recover. I really want to play the game but it’s not available anymore unless you pay insane prices on ebay. so I might try to mod my PS4 when it’s available. also wish they just gave jack a happier ending because he deserved it after all the suffering he went through.

Aku made some calls.

I just wanted to share my fanart of Lulu. I am a bit rusty when it comes to sketching but I hope you all enjoy.

Just a quick observation: Aku demonstrates just as much plot armor as Jack. There are several times that Jack has Aku dead-to-right, just completely saws the dude in half multiple times but then gets up and runs away as a frog or whatever. I think they balance each other out in terms of fairness lol

Gawd dayum

Aku is supposedly ruling over a post apocalyptic dystopia but there are scenes which indicate that daily life and society are proceeding more or less normally.

Like Jack once found himself in an underground rave club. And Scaramouche smuggled himself into an elaborate hairdo of what looked like a rich girl boarding a luxury cruise.

Guys, could anyone please recommend me another cartoon/anime like samurai jack? I was used to watch it every day or any time I could and it was always a wholesome and chill moment for me, with, of course, action and all.

Now that I've finished the entire series, it's like there's an empty space in my heart. Could someone, please, help me get into a new or another show like SJ?

I’ve never watched this series before so I don’t have the enough nostalgia to watch every ep, is there any list with the important ones?

I have two episodes of the show left (pacing myself because I don’t want it to be over) and without knowing about battle through times existence I search “samurai jack” on the playstation store thinking “there probably won’t be anything since all the games are so old and sonys backwards compatibility isn’t crazy” and I’m not surprised when I don’t see anything. Then later I look up samurai jack games on my computer so I can emulate the old games and find a website linking to samurai jack: battle through time and I’m like wtf is this after seeing it was on PS4 and so after a few minutes of searching around I find out that it was delisted for a tax write off and I could not be more pissed off right now. The game looks beautiful and I needed something to fill the emptiness I’m gonna feel after finishing the show. Sorry for the long rant. Hopefully this game comes back someday. Gotta get back to the past to play samurai jack…

samurai jack is the best show i’ve ever seen! he’s so wholesome and i remember when i genuinely cried when he freed the woolies in s1. although he partook in their feast… he still made the right decision. i love watching him at breakfast time!!! i also ate aku so my tummy is feeling quite peculiar at the moment.

spoilers for the final season The entire show is him wandering by himself, treating his quest like it’s his and his alone to solve. Meanwhile there are capable, trustworthy people in this world who would be more than willing to help Jack along, maybe plan something to either kill Aku or distract him long enough. Notice how when he does get a consistent partner in the final season, they basically become an unstoppable force, with a ton of people from his travels also coming to his aid. So could it be said that his own pride got in the way of beating Aku sooner? Or maybe he just got so caught up in the idea that it is ultimately his burden alone to bare, even after receive occasional help from others.