Watch: Adult Swim Quietly Releases Explosive New Rick and Morty Short Film
Called Samurai & Shogun, the short parodies samurai film tropes
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Some new Rick and Morty content for your Monday afternoon: Adult Swim has released a six-minute short film called Samurai & Shogun on its YouTube channel. And it’s definitely a head-spinning, blood-bursting, visually stunning fever dream. Inspired by samurai film tropes, this unexpected Rick and Morty release introduces viewers to Samurai Rick. Among cornfields and an ominous purple sky, a group of Ninja Ricks portal to Samurai Rick, seeking to take an unusually powerful Shogun Morty from him. Swords are raised and a bloodbath ensues.
Jason DeMarco, the Senior Vice President and Creative Director explained the concept. “The idea for a Rick and Morty anime short came from myself,” he said, adding, “we are always making interesting little Rick and Morty Network IDs, with other artists doing their interpretation of the characters, and I thought it would be cool to do an anime take on the show,” per Observer.