May 10, 2012

Samurai Jack: Season Two


Samurai Jack: Season Two (13 episodes), 2002. An ancient samurai wanders the Earth in the distant future.

Created by Genndy Tartakovsky. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (13 episodes), Randy Myers (7), Robert Renzetti (4) & Robert Alvarez (4). Written by Bryan Andrews (4), Brian Larsen (4), Chris Mitchell (2), Erik Wiese (2), Mike Manley (2), Charlie Bean (2), Aaron Springer (2), Genndy Tartakovsky (1), Paul Rudish (1), ? (1). Starring Phil LaMarr.

Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 3/4 (Good)
Characters: 3/4 (Good)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 4/4 (Great)
Cinematography: 4/4 (Great)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great)
Acting: 3/4 (Good)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 10/10 (Favorite of my favorites, 4/4 5/4). More of the same, mostly. It's a little better than season one, though, which is an impressive feat.
Objective Rating (Average): 3.5/4 (Very good) 3.6/4 (Great)

1 comment:

  1. Season II sure had some interesting stories, too bad we didn't get to see his final battle with Aku, we know he won somewhere in the distant future, but sure would like to see him same the world....

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