Rick and Morty: The Anime
Rick and Morty: The Anime
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Rick and Morty: The Anime

5.2
Yr 2024
Status Ended
Animation Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure
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Series Brief

Overview

It's life mostly as usual for the Smith family. Rick is in a pseudo-world, Summer helps Space Beth and Morty's in love. And they're all an anime.

Critical Reception

What critics are saying

Score 64 /100

Rick and Morty: The Anime received a mixed-to-positive response from critics, with many acknowledging that the spin-off quickly justifies its existence rather than feeling like a redundant retread. Reviewers highlighted its cerebral, fragmented storytelling and time-shifting sci-fi narrative, noting that the show takes a much more serialized approach than the original series.

Praise was directed at the show's surreal subplots and its willingness to reach for emotional depth, with some critics noting that it manages to find genuine pathos amid its comedic absurdity. The stylish J-pop opening sequences and ambitious structural choices were also highlighted as key strengths.

However, the show faced criticism for being uneven and potentially confusing to casual viewers. Some reviewers noted that its complicated plot structures and dense storytelling make it a challenging watch, leaving opinion split on whether the serialized experiment fully succeeds.

“At its most formidable, the series finds remarkable pathos amid its absurdity.”

“...the new series quickly justifies itself by being far from redundant.”

“After a gorgeously detailed, J-pop-heavy opening, the focus shifts to Morty, kickstarting an at-times surreal, episode-length subplot...”

“Language, sci-fi violence in confusing anime spin-off”

Transmission Paths

Where to Watch

HBO Max
UK • US
HBO Max Amazon Channel
US • UK
StackTV Amazon Channel
CA
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YouTube TV
US
Adult Swim
US
fuboTV
CA
Global TV
CA
Why fans love it

Rick and Morty: The Anime translates the familiar rhythm of the Smith family into a starkly different aesthetic. By grounding the chaotic dynamics of the original cartoon in the visual conventions of Japanese animation, the series shifts the tone of its sci-fi operations. The result is a spin-off that plays with the visual tropes of its new medium while maintaining the aggressive, questioning nature of the source material.

Yohei Tadano leads a voice cast that navigates these complicated scenarios with a distinct cadence. The project leans into genre clichés, dissecting them only to immediately rebuild them within its surreal, pseudo-world narrative. It functions as a mirror to the existing franchise, offering a stylistic departure that feels both strange and logically consistent. The inclusion of after-credits stingers serves as a reminder that despite the change in animation style, the foundations of the multiverse remain entirely intact.

Production Board

Crew

Songs
Ayuko Saito
Art Direction
Arisa Matsuzawa
Theme Song Performance
Yosuke Fukuba Cameron Earnshaw Tetsuya Takahashi Hiroshi Fujimaki Yoshinori Nakamura Kuniyuki Morohashi
CGI Director
Atsushi Tsukasa
Producer
Cody DeMatteis Maki Nagano Takenari Maeda
Executive Producer
Jason DeMarco Joseph Chou
Compositing Lead
Tatsuo Noguchi
Other
Yuu Kiyozono Yuuki Kakizoe
Production Supervisor
Zachary White
Director
Masahiko Yoda Takashi Sano
Key Animation
Masahiko Yoda Takashi Sano
Sound Director
Kouichi Iizuka
Storyboard Artist
Takashi Sano
Writer
Takashi Sano
Production Coordinator
Sabrina Anderson
Editor
Yoshihiro Kasahara
Sound Mixer
Yoshiyuki Hayashi
Color Designer
Makiko Kojima
Special Effects Supervisor
Kaori Kobayashi
Signal Match

Similarity

Where Rick and Morty: The Anime overlaps with other shows, and exactly what they have in common.

Keyword Cloud

Keywords

based on cartoon spin off questioning aftercreditsstinger anime cliché complicated familiar
Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired
August 16, 2024
Status
Ended
Origin
US
TMDB Votes
86