Tag: Samurai Jack
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The Best Animated Western Borrows From a Beloved John Ford Classic
Since the medium of animation has been primarily dominated by family comedies, fairy tale fantasies, and poppy musicals for most of its history, animated Westerns have been few and far between, especially in recent years. While films like Disney’s Home on the Range, DreamWorks’ Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Steven Spielberg’s An American Tail:…
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Genndy Tartakovsky Never Had An Ending In Mind For The Original Samurai Jack
When making a show that feels as timeless as “Samurai Jack,” a conclusion is not something you have in mind when writing episodes. Genndy Tartakovsky was not allowed to follow a serialized format, with the story of one episode having almost nothing to do with another. Unfortunately, that leads to problems in creating a cohesive…
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Studios Wrongly Thought Genndy Tartakovsky’s Fixed Would Need To Be X-Rated
Animator Genndy Tartakovsky began his professional career as an assistant animator on the seminal ’90s cartoon “Tiny Toon Adventures,” right when the medium was evolving into a new animal. Thanks to the late-’80s and early ’90s success of creator-based cartoons like “Beavis and Butt-Head” and “The Ren & Stimpy Show” animators like Tartakovsky suddenly found…
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Genndy Tartakovsky Didn’t Take Recasting Samurai Jack’s Aku Lightly
“Samurai Jack” has widely been lauded as one of Genndy Tartakovsky’s most significant works, with the Cartoon Network show delivering a fun five-season run filled with incredible animation. Not only that, but the show managed to provide a satisfying conclusion even after ending its original run in 2004. The show would return in 2017 for…
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Samurai Jack’s Initial Run Was Saddled With A Major Story Limitation
Genndy Tartakovsky has been a champion of animation for nearly 30 years, pushing conventional storytelling’s boundaries. Not only has Tartakovsky helped establish animation as a medium for telling compelling stories, but he’s also helped to move it forward in style, production value, and overall class. From his early work in “Dexter’s Laboratory” to his visceral…
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‘Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal’ Wins Best Animated Series at the 2021 Emmy Awards
“Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” won the 2021 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Series during Sunday afternoon’s Creative Arts Emmy ceremony. This is the Adult Swim program’s first nomination for Best Animated Series and its first win.Tartakovsky, an animation veteran, last won the Best Animated Series Emmy in 2005 for “Star Wars: Clone Wars,” which also won…
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Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Popeye’ Movie is Back in Development
“From a young child, I was already destined to make one movie,” director Genndy Tartakovsky once said. “And that movie was Popeye.” Unfortunately, that project has yet to materialize – but that might be about to change. The filmmaker, who is behind things like the Hotel Transylvania trilogy, Samurai Jack, Dexter’s Laboratory, and The Powerpuff…
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‘Primal’ Clip: Genndy Tartakovsky’s New Animated Series Looks Pretty, Bloody, Cool
Genndy Tartakovsky is coming home. The master animator behind Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack and the original Star Wars: The Clone Wars is returning to Cartoon Network with Primal, a miniseries about a caveman and the dinosaur he hunts with. While that premise may sound like something for a younger audience, consider putting the kids to…
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‘Primal’ Clip: Genndy Tartakovsky Delivers Violent Dinosaur Action
Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky has spent the past several years making Hotel Transylvania movies: goofy, breezy films that are largely designed for kids and families. But longtime fans know that Tartakovsy’s a man with varied interests – and one of those interests happens to be seeing a dinosaur rip another dinosaur’s face off. That’s…
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Adult Swim Orders ‘Primal’ Animated Series From Creator of ‘Samurai Jack’
Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator behind acclaimed Cartoon Network shows like Samurai Jack and Dexter’s Laboratory, is returning to his old stomping grounds — with a bit of an upgrade. Adult Swim, the adult-targeted TV block on Cartoon Network that aired the final season of Samurai Jack, has picked up Tartakovsky’s latest project: an animated series…