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Arrogant, temperamental, callous, and sadistic by default, Aku ruled the Earth for thousands of years and did not take kindly to disobedience. Cruel and domineering to all that he met, it was obey or be obliterated with Aku. In Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, Aku made a last ditch attempt effort to save his existence and secure his rule in the future.Īku was Evil Incarnate he embodied the very essence of an evil overlord. The kanji can also be pronounced as 'Waru'. While he's usually presented as a serious and threatening foe, Aku was also a source of comedy in the show, due to his outrageous design and sometimes wise-guy behavior, that was supported by Mako's over the top voice-acting.Īku means 'Evil' in Japanese. Aku had the most focus in the narrative besides Jack.

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Aku could have been considered the Deuteragonist of the series as a whole (albeit a rare, villainous one), as while Ashi became that in Season 5. Aku was entirely aware of his inability to defeat Jack and even lamp-shaded that in ' Episode XLVIII: Jack versus Aku', which eventually discouraged him from fighting Jack further. Prior to Ashi sending Jack back in time to vanquish Aku's past self, the two seem doomed never to defeat each other, and while Jack had beaten Aku on numerous occasions, Aku merely transformed into a creature, retreated, and usually called out a taunt over his shoulder. Throughout seasons 1-4, Aku was voiced by Mako, but due to his death in 2006, Aku was voiced by Greg Baldwin in Season 5.Īku constantly antagonized Samurai Jack: he often attacked him when he was weak, and other times defended himself from Jack's own gambits. Born from The Black Mass of Darkness, Aku was an evil, shape-shifting demon who took over the world and ruled it for countless eons, the arch-nemesis of Samurai Jack and the biological father of Ashi and her septuplet sisters. Aku, Original Intro for Samurai Jack and Episode CIĪku is the main antagonist of the series Samurai Jack. Now the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is Aku.

Long ago in a distant land, I, Aku, the Shapeshifting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil.īut a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me.īefore the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time, and flung him into the future where my evil is law.

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