What A Cartoon! - Samurai Jack "The Princess And The Bounty Hunters"
Added 2018-05-14 06:00:00 +0000 UTCOur premium patron David Whittington returns for his second pick, the Cartoon Network cult classic Samurai Jack! We dig into the Spaghetti Western-style episode that barely even features the title character. It's one of the most interesting episodes in the series history and we dig into all five of the bounty hunters all trying to find the best way to capture Jack. Learn all about Genndy Tartakovsky's high watermark in American animation with us in this brand new podcast!
Comments
The great sequence in this episode where we see everyone's plans and how they fail makes me think of Rashomon, even if it's imagination rather than differing memories
Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag
2018-05-18 04:52:44 +0000 UTCThe style of the show was very influenced by the 1963 Toei Douga film Wanpaku Oji no Orochi Taiji, also known as The Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvL-75lziBI)," rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvL-75lziBI</a> ) especially in the solid color, no-outline character design. The film was also a major influence on The Wind Waker. All the '50s-60s Toei Douga films are interesting in just how much they don't look like what most people now think of as anime. Plus, they're all just really good movies.
Sadie Carter
2018-05-17 06:05:34 +0000 UTC
