Samurai Jack (2001)

Name: Samurai Jack
Released: 2001
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Phil LaMarr, Greg Baldwin, Tara Strong, Grey DeLisle

TV-14 24m 7.3/10 IMDb

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Animation

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

Creator: Genndy Tartakovsky

Cast: Phil LaMarr, Greg Baldwin, Tara Strong, Grey DeLisle

Content Warnings

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a parent Grief / bereavement (major focus) Suicide (discussed or ideation)

Other

Genocide / ethnic cleansing Kidnapping / abduction

Phobias & Sensory

Body horror Confined spaces (claustrophobia) Jump scares Spiders / insects

Violence & Physical Harm

Child abuse / harm to children Gore / graphic violence Gun violence Self-harm / suicide (depicted) Slavery / forced labor Torture

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Does It Get Worse?

Gets Worse Content intensity increases in later seasons.

8 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 5 warnings

Avg severity:(1.8)

Kidnapping / abductionBody horrorSpiders / insectsGore / graphic violenceSlavery / forced labor

Season 2 5 warnings

Avg severity:(2.0)

Kidnapping / abductionBody horrorConfined spaces (claustrophobia)Gore / graphic violenceSlavery / forced labor

Season 3 5 warnings

Avg severity:(2.0)

Grief / bereavement (major focus)Body horrorSpiders / insectsGore / graphic violenceSlavery / forced labor

Season 4 5 warnings

Avg severity:(2.0)

Grief / bereavement (major focus)Body horrorChild abuse / harm to childrenGore / graphic violenceSlavery / forced labor

Season 5 8 warnings

Avg severity:(3.4)

Death of a parentGrief / bereavement (major focus)Suicide (discussed or ideation)Kidnapping / abductionBody horrorChild abuse / harm to childrenGore / graphic violenceSelf-harm / suicide (depicted)