Even for Rick and Morty, which is known for its wild and unusual swings and particular brand of sci-fi humor, the new anime series from director Takashi Sano really feels like something else entirely. While the latest and greatest adaptation of the franchise uses many of the same concepts and themes and characters, the final result does genuinely feel like something compelling and new rather than simply nostalgic, favoring instead an altogether different combination of those core materials.
It helps that Sano and Sola Entertainment, which produces the anime, previously made two popular anime shorts – "Rick and Morty vs. Genocider" and "Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil)" – some years back, but Rick and Morty: The Anime appears to be going for something less self-contained than those. According to the official synopsis, in the 10-episode animated series "Rick relaxes in a pseudo-world between multiverses, Summer helps Space Beth fight the evil Galactic Federation, and Morty falls in love with a mysterious girl who happens to be an atemporal being."
