This is Genndy Tartakovsky's legacy. This is his magnum opus. Long after he's gone he will continue to be remembered and praised for this show. Many aspiring animators, cartoonists, comic book artists, and artists of other sorts will be inspired by this for years to come.
A Better Tomorrow I took a student led course on the Graphic Narrative and Minority Representation last year, and the project I presented was actually Samurai Jack. At the end I had the promo pic of Samurai Jack coming back. So to be able to analyze one of its comic elements for a college class and then to see the continuation in my last year of college really makes me happy.
Eadamb I need this track playing during any game of hide and seek I ever play. unfortunately the tune would give up my position because it would be playing so loudly.
Sonic Alert don't question it don't speak of it don't do anything... just watch and let it happen.. for to long we have jinxed all our favorite series...... don't let another one go
The fact that they had the original core team working on the show, said that it was in good hands. The fact that they wanted to add the gritty edge that it always deserved is everything everyone always hoped for. If you think about this show ever since the beginning with how sad it actually is, and that every time someone should have been cut or died they either evaporated or apparently they were a machine, even the aliens. The only time someone may have died they barely showed it left it to us to guess (bounty hunters).
I'm pretty sure it wasn't the firefly actually. There was no light escaping the tomb and as soon as Jack adjusted his grip one of the sisters turned her head. That was all Jack but it was a monumental moment that held so much meaning
I love how much of an art form Samurai Jack is. Story wise that firefly revealed Jack's position, but art wise... using Jack's pleading eyes.. it was as if that firefly was the light of Jack's hope... and when that light finally dimmed... the time for hope was gone... replaced by the need to survive. This episode was amazing and one of the best if not the best Samurai Jack episode so far (yes I am including the original 4 seasons). Right up there with greats like the X9 episode (so sad!!), Jack and the Monks, Jack and the Scottsman, etc.
This show is a masterwork of "Show don't tell" This scene and The Wolf Scenes told so much more about the story in 20 minutes than most other shows could.
The build up in this episode alone was god-like. All that time when the sisters are looking for him and then they finally get him pinned... and we get this music to hold our suspense even more. Samurai Jack is art in animated form, never should have been canceled.
Kay2Jay i'm actually glad it was cancelled, in a sense. if this show was still on cartoon network, we wouldnt have glorious episodes like these two new ones.
I'm glad apparently Genndy Tartakovsky is a fucking demigod who will persist until the project gets done. Think of how many hacks or people who have worn down in time there are on Kickstarter alone much less mainstream television. 5 Dead human bounty hunters outta 6.
I do not know the full story, but the amount of effort put into Samurai Jack was enormous. After four seasons the team was exhausted, I do not know if it was the network or the team was just done, but they did Star Wars after this. Mako ended working on Avatar: The Last Airbender (Iroh). Sadly he died in 2006. Source: Interview with Genndy
+cease_fire !! I agree; I feel like had it not been for the 13 year hiatus, Samurai Jack wouldn't have gained such a legendary status as an animated show. Don't get me wrong, it'll always be known as one of the best animated shows Cartoon Network ever produced, and arguably one of the most stylish and visually spectacular animated shows PERIOD, but thanks to the hiatus, I feel like the show just kept building up for the eventual finale- it HAD to be finished at some point. And from the looks of it, we're getting one hell of a finale.
Can we all say that this is 2D digital animation at its true potential? Man the animation...Those Slo-mo's those epic run cycles...Everything bleeds awesomeness!
Too bad, most of the shows are made for profit rather than quality. Samurai Jack is a perfect example for quality and I really hope it'll win some awards. ~Joe
People always praise Japan for their 2D animation skills, but I find it strange. in the west, you have to experiment with different styles and approaches to have your show air on TV, but there? Most studios stick with a single style of animation and never experiment. Recently I've seen some changes to that such as Nobunaga Concerto, Mob Psycho 100, Thunderbolt Fantasy, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and to a lesser extent Konosuba, but they're the exceptions as still most of the popular shows are still in the sameface anime style
No doubt older anime experimented much more and now they are mostly stuck in a rut, in terms of style and story! Also, It's annoying to me that America treats animation like its for toddlers all while almost trying to phase out 2D and give it an 'inferior' image, and I know they makes more money but come on people, take a chance! That's why works like these REALLY need to get more attention and get the expansion of this great medium off the ground! Rewatching the episodes and wondering if it would be as interesting, I NEVER expected it would come back as strong as it did! Other revivals were already messed up the past few years, so writers take note!
It deserves everything it can be possibly nominated for. Sound, Backdrops, show, editing (THOSE TRANSITIONS). If they do not resolve the show by the end of these ten episodes, I am willing to wait another 1-5 years just for another season, it has been so good so far.
Yah I'm all for them not ending it and getting another season as epic as this! Being gone 16 or so years and just having 10 episodes to end it (no matter how good) just is not enough!
Totally deserves it. Season 5 is far above my expectations and I expected a lot from it. It's just something that I didn't see for long years. It's stunning in every ways. An artistic masterpiece, wonderful animation, beautiful art style, breathtaking action, amazing soundtrack and sound effects. Extremely atmospheric. It's nothing but a MASTERPIECE! Thank you Genndy TartaGODsky! ~Joe
This is where Jack was completely out of his zone. He didnt had his sword with him, this was his toughest fight which unlike other fights he had, many times he'd win but this was one fight he couldnt win and had to hide in a coffin to save himself. Knowing he was running out of time as the daughters of Aku would eventually find him. One part you can see into Jack's eyes as he was looking at the torchbug light gets dimmer, he knows the daughters were closing in as the bug turns off the light when threatened... But on the other hand as the bug gets darker, blackness shrouds the coffin as Jack is consealed in a tight space hiding and fighting for his life. That was when he discovered what fear really was...
I actually felt like Jack was gonna die here. Honestly, this was the first time in the series where HE was the under powered one. Where HE was the one getting his ass kicked, where losing the battle meant losing his life. Good shit
Social Account Technically he was over-whelmed twice in the past. The guardian - as everyone probably remembers and a less known one when he was hunted by the Pack - those lion-like creatures who actually defeated him, but refused to give him to Aku or kill him because he gave them the best time of their life being so freakin' hard to capture.
@@ArtekGeneral hey, i know im late, but don't forget he was having a hard time with the minions of set, his only way to win was to summon the God Ra...
This had to be the best part of the episode. Jack's on the run, he might die and he's become so desperate to survive, but he's about to hit his breaking point from being in the future for over 50 years and deep down, wants to end it all. He has given up hope of ever going back to the past. All that's on his mind now is survival no matter what the cost.
I know this is a bit out of nowhere but the entire episode of jack fighting off the daughters of Aku reminded me or Berserk where Gutts fought 100 men especially since when you get Jacks inner monologue you realize he's always fighting just to survive and the same happened to gutts where instead of thinking about why he's fighting 100 men he just has to focus and swinging his sword until he's the last one standing. Overall a really chilling scene on both shows because I genuinely felt afraid for the character because they felt the most human in their respective instances.
I'm glad this episode literally won 2 Emmy awards - for Outstanding Individual in Animation - storyboard artist and production design. It was a masterpiece.
The sisters were almost as strong and skilled as Jack, and that's each of them, together they'd take him down, and almost did, Jack only had a chance of survival when it was at most 3v1, and won in 1v1, but 7v1? Nah, Jack ran
one of the best pieces of tension building music ever, hands down. There's also a soft reference in the daughters of aku going tomb by tomb to find Jack much like Tuco running through the graveyard.
@Eaxl Hey, at least it gave a decent ending for a show that was canceled a decade ago. Honestly, with the way the show ended off at, this reboot did a pretty good job all things considered, to the point where I honestly feel the show was finally completed in such a way that it could be put aside without too many lingering questions.
Season 5 of Samurai Jack is the true way to continue, or at least finish off a series. There is no possible way that you can make something better than this at its current state. I'm so happy that Cartoon Network didn't keep it on their base programming, because every sense of story telling would be ruined by stupid bullshit.
I don't believe Cartoon Network didn't see Samurai Jack as a Cash Cow, no merch, No way to sell to children today. Which is why they immediately went to PPG, they saw easy money instantly and nothing more.
Drender...I hate to say it...but your right... Could also work for 2014 when they find the MUTO eggs, or in 2016 right at the end for Shin Godzilla's tail reveal.
This might be blasphemy, but I enjoy this even more than the song it's originally based off of. There's just so much dread, sorrow, and melancholy beauty all wrapped up in this beautiful and terrifying scene.
Just by listening to this, it was like the whole season just flashed before my eyes; from Ashi and her sisters hunting Jack, to Jack accepting defeat to save Ashi.... this song hits home... intense feels.... the feels..... the feels.....
Samurai Jack has not become just a series. It has come to represent an idea, a torch that will be passed on throughout time and after our own. Simply put, it's beautiful.
I absolutely love the fact that this is ripped out of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly's where Tuco runs around the graves to find the gold as the camera spins and spins while Ennio Morricone's masterful "ecstasy of gold" blares in the background. This scenes starts with same shots and even similar musical cues but it totally flips the script to make it a tense survival horror. Bravo Genndy, Bravo!
The music, the storytelling, the animation, the intensity, the colors, the lighting, the characters, the blood, the action...this show is the purest form of art.
this is the best reboot of a cartoon ive watched where so many have failed to capture the feel of the original this one "strikes you in the heart" also the music is so beautiful to listen to this is really a work of art and music keep it up Samurai :)
What a beautiful soundtrack. Second episode and we're miles above what the original could ever do. This could actually be one of those rare times when something actually *surpasses* the hype that it´s been given.
This scene, coupled with this absolutely amazing soundtrack made the experience second to none, you can tell how much the creators really wanted to make something amazing here
This soundtrack is amazing I fell in love with it on first listen and Samurai Jack is a really strong man and this animation is totally great art. Incredibly unbelievable !!
Pinnacle of visual story telling, similar yet more mature and not patronizing, desperate yet hopeful. Brutal yet contained. Amazing screen composition, lighting, coloring, sound design, and style. It really answers to fandom with everything they got.
Circular cemetery and the piano riff is very close to Morricone's score from the graveyard scene in "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". Could be a sort of homage to Leone's movie...but I could be wrong.
I'll never forget you, Samurai. You never gave up and returned to the past. You deserved it. It will be very sad that children born a few years from now grow up without Samurai.
i thought it was amazing how scared he was of Ashi and her sisters in this episode, and by the end he's ready to marry her. this season was an intense roller coaster ride and i loved it.
I went to the theater to see the one night showing of the first three episodes of Samurai Jack as promotion for the Digital Remaster bundle, and before the show started, they played the tomb scene in the theater as promotion for the soundtrack/single. Let me tell you, listening to this track and watching what's honestly my favorite moment in Season 5 in a movie theater was a damn wet dream.
ThePotatoKing I know the feeling. I was glad everyone stayed silent in total admiration. Seeing it in HD in the theater also made me notice little awesome details in the animation that I missed when the episode first aired. An experience truly to be never forgotten!
ok, this scene was really unbelievable. I think from all the "new" jack episodes the scenes that became memorable are - Jack talks to his imaginary self while hiding under the shields, ending "They are just nuts and bolts" - Jack vs sisters in the Tomb. Hiding in the coffin is almost allegory to Jack dying - Jacks fight against the sisters - Ashi seeing Jack pick up the ladybird and having a change of heart/realization - Ashi vs mother - Ashi vs army - Aku having a therapist - Akus demise - Jack losing Ashi to time paradox and being alone, but at home. It was very unsatisfying ending, yet the most real. It did not feel like a fairy tale, it felt like a real story.
Couldn't ask for a better soundtrack to fit with scene. The track just greatly amplified how Jack felt in the scene with him hiding for his life along with the expressions of his face. Idk why but I constantly watch that scene and listen to the track. Overall these new episodes bring me such thrill in such many ways. THANK YOU CREATORS AND TEAM.
This is nothing of beautiful and stunning. Everything we hoped of the sound track for the bring back as well as everything we hoped for the show as we never imagined the grace in the season 5 Stunning job on the sound track and we're only 6 episodes in I can't wait for more and the greatness that awaits us all
This scene and this music gives me chills. Absolutely haunting. Shows like this and the Last Airbender/ Legend of Korra prove animation is not just a tool for children's shows, but a viable medium for anything.
Ecstasy of Gold is from The Good the Bad and the Ugly movie. The protagonist from that movie is thought be the same one from A Fist Full of Dollars and A Few Dollars More. Those two movies were based off of Japanese films Sanjuro and Yojimbo which were about a Samurai ronin. Makes you think.
My heart was pounding throughout the majority of this episode, it's one of those episodes where the main goal is literally have you at the edge of your seat and I love it!!
It depends. It depends on what you believe. Those who believe in an omni-benevolent creator deity would say 'Yes. Because [God] loves you'. Those who believe only in random chance would say 'Yes. Because the thousand monkeys at their thousand typewriters found the right combination'. Those who believe in the potential of men would say 'Yes, it can, because humans are just that great'. For myself? Yes. I believe it is because the people who worked on the project cared about what they were doing, and were given both the resources and freedom to make it.
The association of Genndy and Tyler Bates (300 soundtrack) definitely put the show to a whole new level, i am glad to have waited this long to live epic scene like in this video!
The Ecstasy of Steel
And it takes place at a cemetery with graves placed in a circle.
"You dig".
NewWakfuFan Hopefully the last episode features The Demise of Ashi and the Return of Jack
all these squares make a circle...
the pecking order?
NewWakfuFan gold.
In the future we'll be showing Samurai Jack episodes like these in college courses for animation/illustration. What an absolute master-class.
This is Genndy Tartakovsky's legacy. This is his magnum opus. Long after he's gone he will continue to be remembered and praised for this show. Many aspiring animators, cartoonists, comic book artists, and artists of other sorts will be inspired by this for years to come.
God bless that madman. :')
I've always felt that the only way to describe Samurai Jack in one word was "ART"
History Art isn't one word.
A Better Tomorrow I took a student led course on the Graphic Narrative and Minority Representation last year, and the project I presented was actually Samurai Jack. At the end I had the promo pic of Samurai Jack coming back. So to be able to analyze one of its comic elements for a college class and then to see the continuation in my last year of college really makes me happy.
Only on the second episode and we already get a god-tier track like this.
Sly922 Makes me wonder what the soundtrack is going to be like when Jack confronts Aku.
I bet it will just be silence. Would be pretty cool.
WOW COOPER, IT WAS MY FAVOURITE GAME BACK TO PS2 DAYS :'(
God-tier mwahahahaha. Samurai Jack must've died on his quest bed and came back!
I feel an ecstasy, like I would get from gold.
That was the most intense game of hide and seek I ever seen.
Eadamb
I need this track playing during any game of hide and seek I ever play.
unfortunately the tune would give up my position because it would be playing so loudly.
thunderpantz This and Jack vs The Minions of Set both.
thunderpantz Luke Skywalker is still the ultimate champion though.....30 years....30 years
HWNDU was a pretty fun game of hide and seek too, i can't wait for season five of HWNDU
thunderpantz Hunger Games 3
Don't. Breathe.
Not to be a grammar Nazi but its... *Breathe
İ didnt breathe through the scene(tomb scene)
It's crazy how over 10 years later the show comes back and it's better than it's ever been
Like it never even stopped.
Sonic Alert don't question it don't speak of it don't do anything... just watch and let it happen.. for to long we have jinxed all our favorite series...... don't let another one go
@@robinchwan well said
Slicing throat and blood comes out.... it's not just nuts and bolts....
This music leading to that moment hits me real hard
I was hoping that they wouldn't ruin Samurai Jack by soft rebooting it
This new season was everything I could've hoped for.
The new season is next level shit.
Yea man its so cool
The fact that they had the original core team working on the show, said that it was in good hands. The fact that they wanted to add the gritty edge that it always deserved is everything everyone always hoped for.
If you think about this show ever since the beginning with how sad it actually is, and that every time someone should have been cut or died they either evaporated or apparently they were a machine, even the aliens. The only time someone may have died they barely showed it left it to us to guess (bounty hunters).
it is so good
what if.. what if they made movie about samurai jack. that would be awesome
When you're playing hide and seek and you're the last one left hiding from the seekers.
Nocturus And those seekers are trying to kill you
And the damn cricket is giving away your position. -_-
If was a firefly actually
that fire fly also help to tell the seekers was close when it naturally unlit themselves when it senses possible danger
I'm pretty sure it wasn't the firefly actually. There was no light escaping the tomb and as soon as Jack adjusted his grip one of the sisters turned her head. That was all Jack but it was a monumental moment that held so much meaning
this scene was dope even jack was afraid
Collins Ongaya The bug probably was revealing him
I love how much of an art form Samurai Jack is. Story wise that firefly revealed Jack's position, but art wise... using Jack's pleading eyes.. it was as if that firefly was the light of Jack's hope... and when that light finally dimmed... the time for hope was gone... replaced by the need to survive. This episode was amazing and one of the best if not the best Samurai Jack episode so far (yes I am including the original 4 seasons). Right up there with greats like the X9 episode (so sad!!), Jack and the Monks, Jack and the Scottsman, etc.
Damned fireflies.
This show is a masterwork of "Show don't tell" This scene and The Wolf Scenes told so much more about the story in 20 minutes than most other shows could.
The Birth of Evil will always be a chilling favourite!
The build up in this episode alone was god-like. All that time when the sisters are looking for him and then they finally get him pinned... and we get this music to hold our suspense even more. Samurai Jack is art in animated form, never should have been canceled.
Kay2Jay i'm actually glad it was cancelled, in a sense.
if this show was still on cartoon network, we wouldnt have glorious episodes like these two new ones.
I thought they stopped because Mako died.
I'm glad apparently Genndy Tartakovsky is a fucking demigod who will persist until the project gets done. Think of how many hacks or people who have worn down in time there are on Kickstarter alone much less mainstream television.
5 Dead human bounty hunters outta 6.
I do not know the full story, but the amount of effort put into Samurai Jack was enormous. After four seasons the team was exhausted, I do not know if it was the network or the team was just done, but they did Star Wars after this. Mako ended working on Avatar: The Last Airbender (Iroh). Sadly he died in 2006.
Source: Interview with Genndy
+cease_fire !! I agree; I feel like had it not been for the 13 year hiatus, Samurai Jack wouldn't have gained such a legendary status as an animated show. Don't get me wrong, it'll always be known as one of the best animated shows Cartoon Network ever produced, and arguably one of the most stylish and visually spectacular animated shows PERIOD, but thanks to the hiatus, I feel like the show just kept building up for the eventual finale- it HAD to be finished at some point. And from the looks of it, we're getting one hell of a finale.
Can we all say that this is 2D digital animation at its true potential? Man the animation...Those Slo-mo's those epic run cycles...Everything bleeds awesomeness!
Yeah man it was fucking beautiful. I hope some day 2D animation makes a true comeback in the west. It has too much potential not to.
Too bad, most of the shows are made for profit rather than quality. Samurai Jack is a perfect example for quality and I really hope it'll win some awards.
~Joe
People always praise Japan for their 2D animation skills, but I find it strange. in the west, you have to experiment with different styles and approaches to have your show air on TV, but there? Most studios stick with a single style of animation and never experiment. Recently I've seen some changes to that such as Nobunaga Concerto, Mob Psycho 100, Thunderbolt Fantasy, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and to a lesser extent Konosuba, but they're the exceptions as still most of the popular shows are still in the sameface anime style
No doubt older anime experimented much more and now they are mostly stuck in a rut, in terms of style and story! Also, It's annoying to me that America treats animation like its for toddlers all while almost trying to phase out 2D and give it an 'inferior' image, and I know they makes more money but come on people, take a chance! That's why works like these REALLY need to get more attention and get the expansion of this great medium off the ground! Rewatching the episodes and wondering if it would be as interesting, I NEVER expected it would come back as strong as it did! Other revivals were already messed up the past few years, so writers take note!
Spirit Orb 1616 anime is still good in a way samurai Jack is mostly inspired by anime the same as avatar
this is art in its truest form
Justin Turdhopper This is a remix thought
I smell EMMY
It deserves everything it can be possibly nominated for. Sound, Backdrops, show, editing (THOSE TRANSITIONS). If they do not resolve the show by the end of these ten episodes, I am willing to wait another 1-5 years just for another season, it has been so good so far.
Emmy or not, we've already got masterpiece in our hands for sure.
Yah I'm all for them not ending it and getting another season as epic as this! Being gone 16 or so years and just having 10 episodes to end it (no matter how good) just is not enough!
Totally deserves it. Season 5 is far above my expectations and I expected a lot from it. It's just something that I didn't see for long years. It's stunning in every ways. An artistic masterpiece, wonderful animation, beautiful art style, breathtaking action, amazing soundtrack and sound effects. Extremely atmospheric.
It's nothing but a MASTERPIECE!
Thank you Genndy TartaGODsky!
~Joe
I smell...Oscar.
This is where Jack was completely out of his zone. He didnt had his sword with him, this was his toughest fight which unlike other fights he had, many times he'd win but this was one fight he couldnt win and had to hide in a coffin to save himself. Knowing he was running out of time as the daughters of Aku would eventually find him. One part you can see into Jack's eyes as he was looking at the torchbug light gets dimmer, he knows the daughters were closing in as the bug turns off the light when threatened... But on the other hand as the bug gets darker, blackness shrouds the coffin as Jack is consealed in a tight space hiding and fighting for his life. That was when he discovered what fear really was...
I actually felt like Jack was gonna die here. Honestly, this was the first time in the series where HE was the under powered one. Where HE was the one getting his ass kicked, where losing the battle meant losing his life.
Good shit
Social Account Technically he was over-whelmed twice in the past. The guardian - as everyone probably remembers and a less known one when he was hunted by the Pack - those lion-like creatures who actually defeated him, but refused to give him to Aku or kill him because he gave them the best time of their life being so freakin' hard to capture.
@@ArtekGeneral hey, i know im late, but don't forget he was having a hard time with the minions of set, his only way to win was to summon the God Ra...
@@kidu5537 Let's not forget that he's also never canonically beaten the Scotsman. It's always a draw.
Then there are the ultrabots which he couldn't cut through without the gauntlet
@@adimib And the demon robots he fought with the scotsman when getting scotsman's wife back.
This had to be the best part of the episode. Jack's on the run, he might die and he's become so desperate to survive, but he's about to hit his breaking point from being in the future for over 50 years and deep down, wants to end it all. He has given up hope of ever going back to the past. All that's on his mind now is survival no matter what the cost.
Storm Bringer777 Jack story is just tragic. Raised for a single purpose but failed to fulfill it.
For Now
+Sole Ronux Oh shit. Just realised. Both Jack and the daughters of Aku are similar. Raised for be a weapon against a legendary being.
I know this is a bit out of nowhere but the entire episode of jack fighting off the daughters of Aku reminded me or Berserk where Gutts fought 100 men especially since when you get Jacks inner monologue you realize he's always fighting just to survive and the same happened to gutts where instead of thinking about why he's fighting 100 men he just has to focus and swinging his sword until he's the last one standing. Overall a really chilling scene on both shows because I genuinely felt afraid for the character because they felt the most human in their respective instances.
Sole Ronux the new season is so dark so my guess he'll have to sacrifice himself to defeat Aku and won't get to the past.
Storm Bringer777 Thanks for that. Considerate.
I'm glad this episode literally won 2 Emmy awards - for Outstanding Individual in Animation - storyboard artist and production design.
It was a masterpiece.
There are two kind of people. One who has a katana and the other one, who dig. You dig.
I get it!
Donklopfen i don't! Explain America *EXPLAIN*
I got that reference
Mizuki Koneko-chan
Your first hunt in the trail:
Search “Ecstacy of Gold”
I was hoping the dead king's ax would hold up better than it did.
omni consumer The sisters were just straight up OP when they destroyed the ax.
But the axe was very old tho
The sisters were almost as strong and skilled as Jack, and that's each of them, together they'd take him down, and almost did, Jack only had a chance of survival when it was at most 3v1, and won in 1v1, but 7v1? Nah, Jack ran
I hoped it was magical or something.
And I hoped the king himself would get up.
This is absolutely the best cartoon scene ever made because of the music and the story context.
This score is heavily based off a score in the good, the bad, and the ugly where Tuco arrives at the graveyard at looks at all the graves.
Oh you think it eluded that real blood was going to be shed this time?
Cool to know
one of the best pieces of tension building music ever, hands down. There's also a soft reference in the daughters of aku going tomb by tomb to find Jack much like Tuco running through the graveyard.
my heart was pounding when this came on i was like i hope they don't find him as they got closer i was like ooooh fuck
I'm a bit sad that the whole season was not as climatic as first 3 episodes.
@Eaxl Hey, at least it gave a decent ending for a show that was canceled a decade ago. Honestly, with the way the show ended off at, this reboot did a pretty good job all things considered, to the point where I honestly feel the show was finally completed in such a way that it could be put aside without too many lingering questions.
Well they tried to go back to its roots, the original samurai jack was a lot of jack exploring open areas to soft music.
Season 5 of Samurai Jack is the true way to continue, or at least finish off a series. There is no possible way that you can make something better than this at its current state. I'm so happy that Cartoon Network didn't keep it on their base programming, because every sense of story telling would be ruined by stupid bullshit.
I don't believe Cartoon Network didn't see Samurai Jack as a Cash Cow, no merch, No way to sell to children today.
Which is why they immediately went to PPG, they saw easy money instantly and nothing more.
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uuuu.... wonder from what cartoon/anime/animation that is
This season was more than I could've hoped for, I was at the edge of my seat watching this
amazing scene. sounds like a mix of Ecstasy of gold and the 28 Weeks Later theme song.
Holy shit it sounds exactly like that.
adrian noble Wow it does!!Both were life and death situations too
you mean "in the house - in a heartbeat" ?
yeah that one....the John Murphy song.
I legit thought Jack was gonna die in this scene because of the build up of music and how hard it was for him to kill these assassins.
This scene really reminded me of "Alien" (1979) when they found the room of eggs
It reminded me of the end of the good the bad and the ugly.
I mean the scene where they investigate the tombs does, and yes, I know its based off the scene from the movie
I'm going to regret saying this but this works with the Godzila 1998 film where all the eggs are seen.
Drender...I hate to say it...but your right...
Could also work for 2014 when they find the MUTO eggs, or in 2016 right at the end for Shin Godzilla's tail reveal.
It's certainly what they were going for, especially by quoting the repeating riff from "The Ecstacy of Gold"
The Daughters are Tuco and Jack is the gold
This might be blasphemy, but I enjoy this even more than the song it's originally based off of. There's just so much dread, sorrow, and melancholy beauty all wrapped up in this beautiful and terrifying scene.
Crazy to this this aired almost 6 years ago, I remember watching the OG series as it was airing growing up.
This was one of the most stressful moments in animation history. I'm not easily impressed, and yet this scene had me literally on the edge of my seat.
You can definitely tell there was some inspiration from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly for this scene.
Just by listening to this, it was like the whole season just flashed before my eyes; from Ashi and her sisters hunting Jack, to Jack accepting defeat to save Ashi.... this song hits home... intense feels.... the feels..... the feels.....
Jack had so many dangerous encounters, but this was the first time I can remember him looking legitimately terrified
Samurai Jack has not become just a series. It has come to represent an idea, a torch that will be passed on throughout time and after our own. Simply put, it's beautiful.
I absolutely love the fact that this is ripped out of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly's where Tuco runs around the graves to find the gold as the camera spins and spins while Ennio Morricone's masterful "ecstasy of gold" blares in the background. This scenes starts with same shots and even similar musical cues but it totally flips the script to make it a tense survival horror. Bravo Genndy, Bravo!
The music, the storytelling, the animation, the intensity, the colors, the lighting, the characters, the blood, the action...this show is the purest form of art.
I will never forget this show.
I hope this song can be replayed in some next episodes
I hope they play different new songs of the same caliber.
They will never reuse something unless it really fits the mood. Using sound and dialogue is something they only use if it will benefit the scene.
i hope they will make more epic tracks for the last few episodes too
the best remix of Ecstacy of Gold ive ever heard
this is the best reboot of a cartoon ive watched where so many have failed to capture the feel of the original this one "strikes you in the heart" also the music is so beautiful to listen to this is really a work of art and music keep it up Samurai :)
This was a continuation, not a reboot.
Jack never expected to see red on his sword. Ever.
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7 Dislke coming from Daughters of Aku
2 Dislike Coming from New Aku and Aku's Therapist
1 Dislike coming from Old Aku
LMAO😂
This is true. :D
LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆
You're a fucking G for getting this up
Sheer beauty genndy. Thanks for coming back and giving jack its proper send off.
You just can't argue, best scene in season 5.
One of the best moments in the entire series.
What a beautiful soundtrack. Second episode and we're miles above what the original could ever do.
This could actually be one of those rare times when something actually *surpasses* the hype that it´s been given.
freaking love this season. 😎👌
Same
"So, what were you staring at?"
"Nothing. But I keep hearing a sound like 'dead.'
This scene, coupled with this absolutely amazing soundtrack made the experience second to none, you can tell how much the creators really wanted to make something amazing here
This soundtrack is amazing I fell in love with it on first listen and Samurai Jack is a really strong man and this animation is totally great art. Incredibly unbelievable !!
Me: what kind of place is this?
Jack: a lost kingdom, forgotten by history.
The Good: Samurai Jack
The Bad: The Daughters of Aku
The Ugly: Aku
Are the fireflies the souls of the warriors ?
welp , now that you mention it
It’s symbolism
Oh my God, this scene was absolutely incredible.
that desc "I own nothing"
me irl
Man this is a good show. Wish there were more episodes
I smell.....................2 gold statues saying best soundtrack and great animation
This scene was honestly INCREDIBLE!
best use of the ecstasy of gold sample
This scene is a masterpiece of animation
Samurai Jack will go down is one of my favorite series of all time. Season 5 soundtrack alone with the build-up was just nothing short of amazing
This scene and soundtrack are a work of art
Pinnacle of visual story telling, similar yet more mature and not patronizing, desperate yet hopeful. Brutal yet contained. Amazing screen composition, lighting, coloring, sound design, and style. It really answers to fandom with everything they got.
This was my favorite soundtrack for this season
Circular cemetery and the piano riff is very close to Morricone's score from the graveyard scene in "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". Could be a sort of homage to Leone's movie...but I could be wrong.
I'll never forget you, Samurai. You never gave up and returned to the past. You deserved it.
It will be very sad that children born a few years from now grow up without Samurai.
Thank You for creating the original so this could exist Mr. Morricone.
i thought it was amazing how scared he was of Ashi and her sisters in this episode, and by the end he's ready to marry her. this season was an intense roller coaster ride and i loved it.
Who comes here after watching the season finale?
3 episodes in and it's already the best show on it's network.
If not on television.
-this was the 2nd episode-
fucking samurai jack, thats when his fight or flight instincts kicked in, survival at it's finest.
This season started out SOOOOO freakin' strong!!!
Somehow this is even more tense than the music that plays when Jack fights the Shinobi.
thnx for making this extended version!
I went to the theater to see the one night showing of the first three episodes of Samurai Jack as promotion for the Digital Remaster bundle, and before the show started, they played the tomb scene in the theater as promotion for the soundtrack/single. Let me tell you, listening to this track and watching what's honestly my favorite moment in Season 5 in a movie theater was a damn wet dream.
ThePotatoKing I know the feeling. I was glad everyone stayed silent in total admiration. Seeing it in HD in the theater also made me notice little awesome details in the animation that I missed when the episode first aired.
An experience truly to be never forgotten!
ok, this scene was really unbelievable.
I think from all the "new" jack episodes the scenes that became memorable are
- Jack talks to his imaginary self while hiding under the shields, ending "They are just nuts and bolts"
- Jack vs sisters in the Tomb. Hiding in the coffin is almost allegory to Jack dying
- Jacks fight against the sisters
- Ashi seeing Jack pick up the ladybird and having a change of heart/realization
- Ashi vs mother
- Ashi vs army
- Aku having a therapist
- Akus demise
- Jack losing Ashi to time paradox and being alone, but at home.
It was very unsatisfying ending, yet the most real. It did not feel like a fairy tale, it felt like a real story.
Couldn't ask for a better soundtrack to fit with scene. The track just greatly amplified how Jack felt in the scene with him hiding for his life along with the expressions of his face. Idk why but I constantly watch that scene and listen to the track. Overall these new episodes bring me such thrill in such many ways. THANK YOU CREATORS AND TEAM.
This is nothing of beautiful and stunning. Everything we hoped of the sound track for the bring back as well as everything we hoped for the show as we never imagined the grace in the season 5
Stunning job on the sound track and we're only 6 episodes in I can't wait for more and the greatness that awaits us all
this scene almost made me cry
Season 5 episode 2 was for me the best Samurai Jack episode to date. Absolutely stunning.
that was one of the best parts ever!
This scene and this music gives me chills. Absolutely haunting. Shows like this and the Last Airbender/ Legend of Korra prove animation is not just a tool for children's shows, but a viable medium for anything.
the music for this season was really top notch
So intense and epic. This scene in the show was as intense as a game of thrones decisive battle moment.
Thanks for the extended music.
Ecstasy of Gold is from The Good the Bad and the Ugly movie. The protagonist from that movie is thought be the same one from A Fist Full of Dollars and A Few Dollars More. Those two movies were based off of Japanese films Sanjuro and Yojimbo which were about a Samurai ronin. Makes you think.
God bless you i was looking for this!!!
My heart was pounding throughout the majority of this episode, it's one of those episodes where the main goal is literally have you at the edge of your seat and I love it!!
Can a show this good exist?!?!?!
It depends. It depends on what you believe.
Those who believe in an omni-benevolent creator deity would say 'Yes. Because [God] loves you'.
Those who believe only in random chance would say 'Yes. Because the thousand monkeys at their thousand typewriters found the right combination'.
Those who believe in the potential of men would say 'Yes, it can, because humans are just that great'.
For myself? Yes. I believe it is because the people who worked on the project cared about what they were doing, and were given both the resources and freedom to make it.
you are awesome man thx for the sountrack
You can feel it. Jack is broken inside. He lost his determination and also he doesnt want to die. The only option left to him is to hide. Its so sad
this show is a masterpiece. Who ever says cartoons are for kids is dumb. Cartoons are art as well
This Scene was basically what happens when you Invade someone in Dark souls 3...
The association of Genndy and Tyler Bates (300 soundtrack) definitely put the show to a whole new level, i am glad to have waited this long to live epic scene like in this video!
You see in this world there's two kinds of people my friend...
Those with sheated blades, and those who dig... You dig...
I wish that the rest of the season would of not been rushed