If you were wondering why season 8 of “Rick and Morty” took so long to broadcast, you can blame “Rick and Morty: The Anime”, which was published in 2024. The experience of a season fell flat with viewers and criticisms, mainly because it was not particularly funny, interesting or even pleasant to look at. It was the kind of thing that should have been a five -minute short film, not a 10 episodes television season. And to judge by the rating out of 10 of the series out of 10 on IMDB, I am barely the only spectator to arrive at this conclusion.
Among the many qualities that harm the series, a big one was the absence of the actors of the original voice of the main series. Neither Ian Cardoni (the new actor in Rick’s voice) nor Harry Beldon (the actor of Morty’s voice) provided their talents to the English dub for the anime; It is a creative decision that really cemented the idea that it was not a real “Rick and Morty” project, something that regular sitcoms of the animated sitcom would feel obliged to monitor the good of completion if nothing else.
In an interview in 2024, executive producer Joseph Chou explained the decision to go with a completely different distribution for the anime series:
“It could have been discussed, but the thing is, [the anime] was held alone. We were also the state of mind to “look, do something that is alone and see if we can do it”. In addition, with the show and the original creators, we made sure that they were good and happy to give us their blessing and to do our own thing. The only thing we have been told because they are also very busy producing their own shows is: “These are the themes that we do, so let’s make sure not to meet, so we are not taking two different taking on the same thing.” “”
“ Rick and Morty: The Anime ” were not interested in copying the same beats as the original show
“In terms of recording, we first recorded the Japanese, and we nicknamed it later,” said Chou. “It was not the process as we recorded in America, then we met. We went through the traditional path of Japanese production, then we then nicknamed it. It is an anime, so we did it first. We did not change.”
Although it may have been disappointing for some fans not to bring back from Cardoni or Beldon for anime, in the end, Chou’s commitment to make sure that “the anime” was his own separate thing was admirable. The show adopted this new support as much as possible, which also meant that it was focused on long -term arcs on the episodic approach to the original program. The result was a show that did not do it feel Like “Rick and Morty”, and it was intention.
It was shocking for fans hoping more “Rick and Morty” but with an animated aesthetic, but ultimately, it was for the best that “the anime” kissed the medium beyond his simple aesthetics. “Rick and Morty: The Anime” was perhaps not a particularly good anime show in general, but at least it is the one that showed healthy respect for the anime overall. However, when it comes to making anime versions of “Rick & Morty”, a swim for adults should have left it on a high note with their short circuit Rick 2020:
