'Samurai Jack' Revival: Twitter Reacts Phil LaMarr, Mako Cartoon Network's Adult Swim Return!

Season 5 of Samurai Jack has been announced to return in 2016 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Twitter had lots to say about the revival of their favorite animated program starring the voice work of Phil LaMarr (Jack) and Mako (Aku).

For four seasons, Jack (LaMarr) was a time-displaced samurai, who only had one thing on his mind. He would stop at nothing to return to own timeline and defeat the tyrannical demon known as Aku (Mako). Samurai Jack continued his adventures as a short-lived comic book series from IDW Publishing.

Announced on Toonami's official Tumblr blog, "Adult Swim is excited to announce that JACK IS BACK. Creator and executive producer Genndy Tartakovsky continues the epic story of Samurai Jack with a new season of episodes that will premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami block in 2016."

According to TV Line, Cartoon Network announced that the animated series will return with brand-new episodes in 2016. This time around, it will be listed as a Toonami affair. Toonami is Cartoon Network/Adult Swim's action programming block, which is largely devoted to Japanese animation. The Toonami lineup includes One Piece, Kill LA Kill, and Naruto: Shippuden.

The new fifth season is currently in production in Los Angeles at Cartoon Network Studios. Passing away in July 21, 2006, Mako Iwamatsu was the voice actor of Aku, the main antagonist on the animated show. No word yet Aku will be voiced by someone else or if Mako's previous recordings will be reused.

Check out what Twitter had to say:

@trudicastle tweets, "Omg I can't believe they're bringing back Samurai Jack!!! Loved that show, those backgrounds!"

@MrWilliams098 writes, "@adultswim You better not crush my dreams all over again with this. I'm trusting you. #JackisBack #SamuraiJack"

@acocgnuy adds, "I feel like the whole world should be happy that Samurai Jack is coming back"

@panderson1988 notes, "Samurai Jack is trending! It shows how popular this show was, and how sad it was it ended abruptly! #Toonami"

 @KingJames90__  mentions, "My inner child wants to watch these new Samurai Jack episodes so I'll be watching in 2016"

@CatsGoMyao states, "I'm going to one day re watch binge the entire Samurai Jack series just so I can enjoy the new episodes on Adult Swim and cry in joy :'3"

Samurai Jack will return for its fifth season in 2016.