Samurai Jack: Season 5 (DVD)

Incredible story of a Drifter finding their way. Perfect cinematography

Among Western animation, one particular series stands tall. "Samurai Jack" was a four-season show focused on a Samurai warrior whose quest to destroy the evil of Aku, an evil shape-shifting overlord, thrusts him into the far future filled with strange creatures, technology, peoples, and minions of Aku, leading Jack to search the future for a way back to his time and destroy Aku before his evil can take over the world.The style of sound design, cinematography, and pacing appears to be inspired by classic Japanese cinema (such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Yasujiro Ozu) where the slow build up of quietly showcasing the environment, and setting up tension and stakes explodes into heart-pounding action. However, fitting the flexible style of the show, episodes showcased different genres and art styles, leading to a wide range of stories the show was able to tell. Despite solid ratings and critical praise, Samurai Jack was never able to finish up the story that the series so desperately deserved, and this fifth season gives the show a fitting conclusion to such a stellar series.As the fifth season begins, Jack has been in the future for over 50 years. Due to his initial time-traveling, Jack has now become ageless, although not immortal. Aku has destroyed all the time portals in existence and has decided to withdraw himself behind the walls of his stronghold with the hope of merely outliving Jack. At the same time, Jack has lost his sword (although this is unknown to Aku) which was the one item that could destroy Aku. Jack can't die of old age and Aku can't be killed, so the two have a stalemate with both parties becoming increasingly despondent and depressed that their battle is without end. Jack has begun seeing hallucinations of himself and has begun straying from the path of the righteous as his hopelessness starts becoming stronger. At the same time, a cult that worships Aku has raised and trained seven female assassins to kill Jack to please Aku, led by the dedicated Ashi; all of this is going on while Jack's allies and friends over the many years have begun marshaling their forces for a final confrontation against Aku. The psychological toll taken on Jack really takes center stage as a more mature and darker version of the story from where it began. However, don't that let description lead to believe that it isn't a continuation from the original series. Outside of the stylistic, tonal, and narrative continuity, the show also brings back old favorite characters and locations for a last hurrah for a season that looked like it may never come.The fifth season maintains the show's tradition of colorful characters and locals, striking visual presentation, terrific voice acting, balanced mash up between sci-fi and fantasy, intense combat, and side-splitting comedy. This season also showcases how far creator Gendy Tartakovsky and the excellent production team have come since the original. Make no mistake, the Samurai Jack production has always had a high bar for utilizing effective visual techniques (such as split-screen, aspect ratio changes, match-on action editing, etc), but this season makes all of the stylistic flourishes even more subtle and layered than even the original series could muster, which establishes a new high bar for a high bar series.The only small gripes I have would be a desire to see at least two or three more episodes for this season. I also admit that I'm not sure if this is coming from a personal desire to see more of the world of Samurai Jack and I'm just placing that want of more as 'critical analysis', or if I genuinely think that the show's story would have benefitted with a bit more build-up. I would have loved to have seen more exploration into what happened to the Guardian, the stranger in the shadows who aided Ashi in finding Jack, and other minor characters who I would have loved to have seen return even for a moment, but that's a minor inconvenience at best. What is perhaps the most notable in terms of differences between this new season and the old is that many moments of visual storytelling are left for the audience to convey meaning, even if their effects are obvious; it's hard to describe without the visual themselves, but things such as Jack remembering his father's words or even the last shot of the of show have a level of storytelling ambiguity that leaves the audience to connect the moment to meaning for a character that is not explicitly conveyed, another mark of great storytelling from the creative team behind the series.Make no mistake, Samurai Jack belongs among not only some of the greatest animated series of all time, but among some of the best TV shows ever created. It's bold in experimentation, stunning in terms of visual storytelling, vast in creative depth, and emotionally resonant, Samurai Jack remains a high staple-mark of western television and what I can only hope to be a first salvo for the maturation of Western animation into action and drama. Gendy, you've given your magnum opus a fitting end, and I salute you on it.

Final season to one of the greatest animated series ever brought to television. Was happy to get this final season and now own all of it from start to finish.

Gotta Get Back To The Past Jack That's The Headline For This Review Samurai Jack Is The 5Th And Last Season Of Samurai Jack We Catch Up With Jack 50 Years Into The Future Where Jack Hasn't Age At All Due To The Effects Of Time Travel His Past Haunts Him Deeply And Now He Roams The Land Like A Vigilante And What's More Is That He Kills Evil Humans But Even That Haunts Him Even More And What's Worse Is That There Is Cult Of Assassins Dedicated To Kill Jack For Aku Glory Now That Aku Has Destroyed All The Time Portals And More To The Point Is Jack Is Haunted By The Fact That He Has Failed To Prevent Aku From Destroying Past Present And The Future. If Jack Wants To Get Back To The Past He Must See The Light And Realize That He Is Not Alone In His Battle Of Good Vs Evil In The Last Episode Of Samurai Jack We Discover Those People That Jack Has Helped Over The Past 50 Years Including Ashi Who Is The Daughter Of Aku Who Also Saw The Light After Meeting Those People That Jack Has Helped Over The Past 50 Years There Is a Spoiler That Has Been Revealed At Wikipedia This Is That Scene Where Jack Does Get Back To The Past And Take Down Aku Once And For All And Restores Peace To The Entire World And Plans To Marry Ashi. Ashi Tells Jack That Without Aku She Would Not Have Existed And Sadly Ashi Fades Away And As Jack Looks Up The Sky Of The Earth In The Past Present And The Future As A Ladybug Flies Away. This Such Great Stuff This Is What Samurai Jack Was Meant To Be But This Season Of Samurai Jack Is Not For Kids Let Me Say That Again Samurai Jack Season 5 Is Not For Kids No This Final Season Of Samurai Jack Is For 18 Years Old And Up This For Those Who Grew Up With Samurai Jack Season 1 Through 4 And Want To See This Through To The Finale And Watch Aku Get What' Coming To Him Samurai Jack Was Produced And Directed By Genndy Tartakovsky And Yes I Do Have Samurai Jack Seasons 1 Through 4 On Dvd And Now I Have Samurai Jack Season 5 On Blu.Ray Disc Plus I Do Have Samurai Jack The Premiere Movie And Samurai Jack And Friends On Dvd Plus The Cartoon Network 4 Kids Favorites Vol 2 On Dvd Which Includes Samurai Jack Season 1 Disc 1 Dvd This What Samurai Jack Fans Have Been Waiting For And Now Its Here All 5 Seasons Of Samurai Jack On Dvd And Blu.Ray Disc This Is Great Entertainment And Genndy Tartakovsky Has Done A Great Work Thumbs Way Up For You Genndy Tartakovsky This What We're Looking For Get All 5 Seasons Of Samurai Jack On Dvd Or On Blu.Ray Disc A Great Ending To A Great Series Final Rating 5.5 Stars

Me has gustado y viene bien , buen precio pero falta estás en español o castellano, nos tienen marginados

Better than what I expected. The fifth season is the best of all .

サムライジャックに出会った時。私はまだ子供でした。「サムライをテーマにした変わった外国アニメ」初めはそんな印象でした。しかしこのアニメに含まれるテーマ、芸術性、物語、切なさ、想いが、一話完結するごとにゆっくりと染み込んで来ました。いつの間にか、このアニメのファンになっていました。当時のカートゥーンで唯一真面目に見ていた作品でした。唯一、記憶に残っている作品でもあります。それから何年も経ち、シーズン4が終わり、再放送が繰り返され、何度も何度もジャックが過去に戻された時。私は絶望を感じていました。こんなにも素晴らしい物語が完結しないのかと。ジャックに幸せな未来はこないのかと。十数年が経ち。私はそれでも、サムライジャックを忘れていませんでした。とっくの昔に大人になり、たくさんの作品を知りました。そんなある時。私にとっては奇跡でした。サムライジャックのシーズン5が作られている。日本ではそれを知るすべはほぼありませんでした。誰も宣伝などしてくれない。自ら取りに行くしかありませんでした。それに気づけたことこそが、奇跡でした。興奮しました。焦りました。いま買わなければ永久に見られなくなる。そう思い、慌てて購入しました。もう日本語の吹き替えも字幕もないとか、再生できないかもしれないとか、そんなことはどうでもよかった。シーズン5が見られる。完結編が見られる。それだけで、喜びが胸を貫きました。……これがその、シーズン5、Blu-rayディスクです。内容はネタバレにならない程度で言います。せつない。ただひたすらに、せつない。でも、それがサムライジャックらしい。私の胸は、いっぱいになっていました。それだけです。願わくば、多くの日本人に完結編を見てほしい。でも、外国の方にはよく知られている。それで、いいのかもしれません。

Awesome product!

I loved it. The story is finished and really well done too.