Samurai Jack - Season 1 Online

There are cartoons you watch because you’re bored. Then there are cartoons that feel like a meditation. Samurai Jack - Season 1 falls squarely into the latter category.

In less than three minutes, we understand the weight on Jack’s shoulders. He has lost his home, his family, and his era. He cannot return unless he finds a way back to the past. Season 1 is the story of a man trying to do the right thing in a world that has already lost. If you remove the sound from Season 1, you would still understand every emotion. Samurai Jack - Season 1

We meet a noble prince, trained from birth to defeat the shape-shifting demon Aku. Just as victory is in his grasp, Aku tears a hole in the fabric of time. The samurai is hurled into a "distant, dystopian future" where Aku is already the dictator of Earth. There are cartoons you watch because you’re bored

Here is why Season 1 is not just a great cartoon, but a genuine work of art. Most shows spend a season building their lore. Samurai Jack burns through it in the opening montage. In less than three minutes, we understand the

Have you watched Season 1 recently? Did the Scotsman steal the show for you, or the blind archers? Let me know in the comments.

Essential viewing. 10/10. It is not just a cartoon. It is a myth.