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    <periodOfReport>2016-06-09</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001009829</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>JAKKS PACIFIC INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JAKK</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001189020</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SOON-SHIONG PATRICK</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>9922 JEFFERSON BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CULVER CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90232</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001560407</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>California Capital Z, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>9922 JEFFERSON BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CULVER CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90232</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>239622</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-06-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>50309</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.871</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2860402</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Through California Capital Z</value>
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                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-06-10</value>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>38297</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.844</value>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2822105</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Through California Capital Z</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Warrant</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>16.2823</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2012-09-12</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2017-09-12</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1500000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1500000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Through NantWorks LLC</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares of common stock were sold on the open market. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price per share. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $7.770 to $8.015, inclusive. Each of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and California Capital Z, LLC (&quot;California Capital Z&quot;) undertakes to provide to JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), any securityholder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the price at which these shares were sold.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is the sole member of California Capital Z.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These shares of common stock were sold on the open market. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price per share. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $7.810 to $7.890, inclusive. Each of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and California Capital Z undertakes to provide to the Company, any securityholder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the price at which these shares were sold.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">California Capital Equity, LLC is the sole member of NantWorks LLC. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is the sole member of California Capital Equity, LLC.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Patrick Soon-Shiong</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Charles Kenworthy, Manager of California Capital Z, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
