casts the samurai into the far future, in which Aku reigns supreme. Adopting a name for the first time, "Jack", Jack fights the forces of Aku for the following fifty years, as he attempts to both destroy Aku in the future and find his way back to the past to destroy Aku there. The Premiere Movie Part I: The Beginning Jack was born a prince to his father's empire, in an era greatly resembling Japan's Edo Period in appearance, albeit with culture closer to the Nara and Heian periods, shortly after Aku was sealed away by Jack's father. At the start of the series, when Jack is 8 years old, a solar eclipse breaks the seal, freeing Aku, who abducts Jack's father. As was planned by his parents should Aku ever return, Jack's mother sends him to train around the world, and goes into hiding. Jack's mother leaves him on a Japanese ship, where the captain teaches him astronomy and how to navigate via the stars. The ship takes Jack to Arabia, where a sheik teaches him to ride horses. From there, he is brought to Africa, where he learns to fight with pole weapons from a tribe of bushmen. After reaching proficiency, he travels to Egypt, where he is educated by their best scholars. Jack eventually moves to Greece and learns the art of wrestling, followed by a trip to England, where Robin Hood teaches him archery and how to hone his senses. He then travels on a Viking longboat working as a member of the crew. In Russia, he studies the art of axe-throwing from a boyar and later goes to Mongolia to learn combat on horseback. His final training takes him to a Shaolin monk temple, where he learns their discipline and Chinese martial arts. After years of training with some of the greatest warriors of the time, Jack returns to the temple his mother is hiding in and is given the sword his father used to seal Aku along with his signature robe (referred to as a gi in-universe, although it more closely resembles a kimono and hakama combination traditionally worn by samurai). Jack travels to Aku's castle, finding his now-old father enslaved and very weak. He warns Jack that it is too early for him to fight Aku, but Jack ignores this warning and sets out to fight the demon. Jack severely wounds Aku, but