Rick and Morty followers are used to seeing the present’s portal-hopping characters go to weird worlds that under no circumstances resemble our personal; they’re additionally acquainted with seeing Rick, Morty, and the remainder of the gang rendered in anime type, thanks to 5 previously released short films. Now, nonetheless, the long-teased Rick and Morty: The Anime full series is almost upon us, with a primary trailer as proof.
That is the one recent Rick and Morty content material arriving this yr, since season eight of the mainline present won’t drop until 2025. Happily, the anime seems like plenty of enjoyable and really a lot within the spirit of the unique! Try the trailer:
Rick and Morty: The Anime comes from director Takashi Sano (Tower of God), who additionally wrote and directed two of the sooner shorts. In a press launch, Grownup Swim president Michael Ouweleen mentioned that Sano is a “big” fan of the unique sequence, making him “the right particular person to present us all this alternate model of this superb present.” It would run 10 episodes, and albeit that is extra plot description than Rick and Morty followers are used to getting: “Rick relaxes in a pseudo-world between multiverses, Summer season helps House Beth struggle the evil Galactic Federation, and Morty falls in love with a mysterious lady who occurs to be an atemporal being.”
The solid contains each Japanese and English voice actors: Youhei Tadano and Joe Daniels as Rick; Keisuke Chiba and Gabriel Regojo as Morty; Akiha Matsui and Donna Bella Litton as Summer season; Manabu Muraji and Joe Daniels (once more) as Jerry; and Takako Fuji and Patricia Duran as Beth. You possibly can catch Rick and Morty: The Anime‘s premiere August 15 at midnight on Grownup Swim; then, the subtitled model in Japanese drops August 17 at midnight as a part of Grownup Swim’s Toonami programming block.
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