The people at Adult Swim determined that there was not practically sufficient anime Rick and Morty this yr, or not practically sufficient Rick and Morty shorts on the whole, so fortunate us: we’re blessed with spherical two of Studio Deen’s samurai spin on the multiversal duo.

Released as a part of the Adult Swim Festival, Samurai and Shogun Part 2 follows up on final yr’s 3DCG animated quick, imaging Rick as a wandering samurai, guarding one of many few remaining Morties within the multiverse as he’s hunted by a clan of rival assassins who need the boy useless. Oh, and people assassins are different Ricks, after all. With director Kaichi Sato returning (identified for his work on CannibAlien, Dynamic Venus, and ANNA Kidnapper), and that includes the vocal skills of Rick and Morty’s Japanese dub stars—Yohei Tadano as the varied Ricks, Keisuke Chiba as Morty, and Akiha Matsui as Summer—the quick follows up on final yr’s shock Lone Wolf & Cub riff, as Rick pulls out a determined trick to cease Morty from dealing with sure dying.

Although the unique quick actually bought into some extra out-there, Rick and Morty components, the sequel positively pushes apart extra of the jidaigeki movie homages (even when there’s nonetheless loads of swordsmanship occurring) for one thing a bit of extra shonen, proper right down to energy up particular assaults and secret hidden strategies that get to be defined to you earlier than they’re unleashed. It wouldn’t be honest to say both of the Samurai and Shogun shorts have been significantly grounded—they’re nonetheless each Rick and Morty adventures—however Part 2 is positively much less within the tonal temper of the primary in favor of a bit extra wild hack-and-slash motion.

It’s going to be motion that’ll must maintain you for some time—with season 5 now within the books, it’s most likely going to be one other lengthy wait earlier than Rick and Morty returns to Adult Swim for season six. Maybe we’ll even get just a few extra shorts alongside the way in which?

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