


Taking inspiration in part from ancient samurai culture and bushido code, the classic sweeping adventure cinema of the 1970s, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and comic books like writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima's "Lone Wolf and Cub" and Frank Miller's "300", the series also featured Tartakovsky's particular brand of quirky-and occasionally dark-humor as his samurai traversed the unexpected wasteland of the far-flung future. As different as you could get from the pint-sized boy genius, the new project centered on a simply-drawn samurai who wielded a magical sword and embarked on seemingly endless quest to destroy darkness, as embodied by a powerful demon. In 2001, Cartoon Network debuted the follow-up from Dexter's Laboratory creator/director/artist, Genndy Tartakovsky. Spoilers ahead for anyone who isn't caught up with the Samurai Jack series finale.
