Adult Swim’s Toonami have announced plans to bring back popular animated series Samurai Jack in 2016. Creator and executive producer Genndy Tartakovsky continues the epic story with a new season currently in production in Los Angeles at Cartoon Network Studios.
Samurai Jack is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. The series follows Jack, a time-displaced samurai, in his singular quest to travel back in time and defeat the tyrannical demon Aku. The series is known for its cinematic atmosphere, masking-based animation style, and battle scenes which pay homage to samurai films.
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Toonami is an animated programming block on Cartoon Network and is now a late night animation block on Adult Swim geared toward action-oriented programming, primarily consisting of American animation and Japanese anime. It was created by Jason DeMarco and Sean Akins and produced by Williams Street. The name is a portmanteau of the words “cartoon” and “tsunami”, suggesting a “tidal wave” of animated shows.
Toonami initially ran on Cartoon Network from 1997 to 2008. In its original run, the block was famous for showcasing action anime that became widely popular with American audiences; including Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo!, Outlaw Star, Yu Yu Hakusho, The Big O, IGPX, One Piece and Naruto. It was also recognized for its distinctive space-themed backdrop, anime music videos, drum and bass-flavored soundtrack, and host (a robot named T.O.M., short for Toonami Operations Module).
In 2012, Adult Swim relaunched Toonami as an adult-oriented animated block, which continues as a Saturday night action block. Shows from the older lineup have occasionally returned, along with newer shows such as Bleach, Soul Eater, Space Dandy, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Attack on Titan, Naruto Shippuden, Kill La Kill, Sword Art Online, Akame ga Kill!, and Parasyte -the maxim-.
Source: SwimToonami
