When it’s not bringing out Christopher Lloyd to haul the collection into a live-action multiverse, anime might be one in all Rick and Morty’s most beloved influences to riff off of. While its newest anime quick may not have fairly the temper of its earlier, time-twisting riffs on Japanese media, it actually goes all-in on some foolish shonen motion.
Adult Swim has now uploaded (for United States viewers at the least—sorry, remainder of the world) the complete 11-minute anime quick launched for Halloween this 12 months, The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara. Directed by Starship Troopers: Traitors of Mars’ Masaru Matsumoto and animated by Yamato Works Inc, the quick reunites Rick and Morty’s Japanese voice actors, Yohei Tadano and Keisuke Chiba as soon as extra to ship them on a hunt for… a toaster screw?
Yes, this time the journey is a bit more on the zany finish of issues, after the earnest Rick and Morty vs. the Genocider or the Lone Wolf and Cub homages of Samurai and Shogun. Having spent 30 years growing a toaster that sends notifications when your toast is completed (by violently exploding, it will appear), Rick whisks Morty over to Akihabara to find the right screw to finish the machine. Expecting to discover a devilish den of inequity and demonic forces, as an alternative, the duo finds… nicely, fashionable Akihabara, and all of the maid cafes, nerd retailers, and different accouterments you’d count on. Not precisely the sort of weirdness you’d normally discover on Rick and Morty!
It doesn’t take too lengthy for issues to show into an unholy demonic kaiju vs. big robotic combat after all, as a result of that’s simply how issues go typically. But it’s attention-grabbing to see that after two comparatively self-serious dips into anime homage, now Rick and Morty determined it was time to go full-tilt right into a zany riff on the medium’s extra action-packed highlights.
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