Tartakovsky confirms “there’s more darkness” in season 5 compared to past seasons in the above video, but he also indicates that this tonal shift reflects how, with its new season, Samurai Jack is changing from a more family-friendly programming block on Cartoon Network to Adult Swim – a programming block that caters to an older demographic with much of its animated programming.
Samurai Jack season 5 is expected to air on Adult Swim as part of the 2016-2017 TV season.
The first Samurai Jack season 5 artwork released online shows Jack with a thick beard, covered in blood and looking angrier-than-usual – leading fans to speculate that season 5 is going to be more adult than seasons past.
At the same time, Samurai Jack isn’t expect to be so much darker in season 5 that it feels like a completely different series, compared to seasons past.
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