Samurai Jack premiered back in 2001, and proved itself to be one of Genndy Tartakovsky's
most visually stunning animated television shows skewed towards a younger audience.
More than a decade later, Genndy and Cartoon Network is breathing life back into the series
for a 5th and final season on Toonami, which is set to be more mature and have a much more
cohesive story.
This revival of Samurai Jack is something that has much hype surrounding it.
Much more than one of Genndy's first animated shows he co-produced on Cartoon Network, Power
Puff Girls – which saw a reboot back in 2016.
The reason for the hype is due to the significance of Cartoon Network taking a look at its past
shows, rediscovering what made them successful, and revamping them for a newer audience – still
taking into consideration the audience of yesteryear, tapping into both the new and
old viewers of their programming block.
As of recent years, it seems as though Cartoon Network has been taking retrospective looks
at their past shows to find ways of bringing certain successes back into the fray.
We've seen this with a handful of their early to mid 2000 shows:
Teen Titans, Go, Ben 10, even the upcoming sequel to Fooly Cooly.
It seems as though Cartoon Network is banking on borrowing from the past to bring forth
success in the present.
As a revamp that appears to take a juristic turn from the previous series in mood and
tone, Samurai Jack and its success in its fifth and final season is all the more important
– why you might ask?
Simple.
The success of Samurai Jack in its new iteration, catering more so to a mature audience, could
lead to the return of some of Toonami's most successful and inspired animated shows.
Imagine seeing Megas XLR return to Toonami as a more gritty take on the mecha robot parody
franchise.
In fact, there were talks of bringing this particular Titmouse masterpiece back from
the dead, but unfortunately, as stated in a 2014 interview by co-creator George Krstic,
"Megas was written off as a tax loss and as such can not be exploited, at least domestically,
in any way, or the network will get into some sort of tax/legal trouble."
There goes that pipedream of resurgence.
So Cartoon Network shot themselves in the foot with that particular franchise, but their
animation library is vast and plentiful.
Cartoon Network has proven itself as of late to be a program channel willing to take risks
based on previous successes.
For Samurai Jack to have been out of play and off-air for close to 14 years, it's
vital for the show to quickly find its audience early to prove that it was indeed a viable,
bankable choice for Cartoon Network to make.
Genndy has a strong history of creating animated shows that resonate with a young audience
through his work on Dexter's Lab, Power Puff Girls, even 2 Stupid Dogs.
Though it is risky bringing back a franchise with the amount of years it has being out
of sight and mind, with the play of making it a more moody, more gritty piece Samurai
Jack could prove to resonate more with a current audience's more refined viewing palate.
There's also the nostalgia factor it has going for it.
As an old school viewer of Cartoon Network, Toonami and Adult Swim, I'll be watching
Samurai Jack – hoping for it to do exceptionally well and usher in a new era of animated programming
for Cartoon Network – one that sees them taking cues from the past and placing them
into the present.
Previous animated shows such as Dexter's Lab have had comic books produced by D.C.
Comics well into the present, continuing to chronicle the character's exploits – so
it wouldn't be a far reach that a resurgence of an animated revamp to be far behind.
Taking a character from a previous popular animated franchise and placing them into their
own comic book series does two things – keeps the spirit alive of the television series,
as well as gage the current interest in said character and franchise.
Samurai Jack, we're all depending on you – make us proud.
Thanks for watching, more importantly watch Samurai Jack.
We need it to do well, because it could open the door to so many of our favorite shows
from the early to mid 2000s'.
Hopefully you share this video with other likeminded cartoon enthusiasts out there.
Until next time, I will see you in the next one.
Peace.
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