The Artistry of Samurai Jack

When I watch an animated series, the first thing that I ask myself is if it makes sense to it be an animation. Not everything does. And some stories are just animated for no reason. 
This is one of those series in which the animation is one of the main story components. it would be nearly impossible to make such bold contrasting scenarios, and touch the humor on it so smoothly with scenes full on drama.
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The design, the scenery, this entire world makes sense visually and is not that easy to achieve.

When I was little I didn't liked Samurai Jack. mainly because it was impossible to me to follow the story and even more the way cartoon network transmited the episodes.

It was 3 years ago, when I got an interest to becoming part of the animation industry that I started looking for what was this animation thing about and  I started admiring the backgrounds mostly. I saaw this video and thought that it would be useful to see the series since the bg composition was so nice.
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I made a mental note to sit down and watch the series, just because the backgrounds where painted in gouache and other techniques and to be honest, I remember Aku was kind of hilarious.

Little I knew that when I watched the series at the end of 2015 I would have fall in love with one of the best narratives I could find.

Now they have a new season and so far I can tell that it wont be disappointing.

This is a series based in composition and strong sense of action. Atmospheric with this glimpses of humor even in darkness treating serious moments as heavy and full of emotion. A series that also has the main character wear heels without being degrading. 

This one is in my top 10 series of all time. And I am going to keep studying it for its humor, storytelling, composition and design.

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