Scrizz its okay. they didnt want it to feel like a parody. They took the best elements of an anime and didnt include common tropes and sterotypes. Worked well.
That's because in this anime version evil Morty is a parody of Gendo Ikari. There's lots of Evangelion references in this actually, maybe a bit of Bebop and definitely a nod to Akira with that massive explosion as well.
I kinda expected it to cut to normal Rick and Morty on the couch watching the anime, and then Rick proceeding to shame Morty for liking anime or something like that
My theory to what happened here was, Rick died from the explosion, he knew that he was going to die and would not survive the Genocider, however, he planned it all from the beginning, Rick gave Morty a medicine and said that once Rick left, Morty should drink the medicine, Rick also said that he messed up the timeline to protect him and Morty. When Morty drank the medicine, Morty turned to Rick (Rick yelled Morty's name not by his real name, instead Rick Sanchez) So Rick knew that he will reincarnate from Morty once Morty drink the medicine, to prevent Morty from disappearing, Rick messed up the timeline and saw Evil Morty's timeline and said that it sucks. Rick promised Morty that nothing will bother them ever again, he planned to mess up the timeline so he can have a fresh start with Morty again, that's why Morty at the end was born again, and Rick was reincarnated from Morty's body. That's just my theory on how I understand this, tell me if I'm wrong, but all I want to say is that this is really wholesome ಥ‿ಥ
@@nxo.00x He wasn't in that family's life. In close encounters of the Rick kind, it shows baby morty and cuts off the footage as Morty got older. Maybe something happened and when his family was gone he bailed to a Rickless family filling the gap for him but leaving it open for the family. He also tells Morty that he will explain when he gets older about when a Morty gets "too big for their britches "
A bit of translation help: The Japanese script mentions "Urashima Taro" instead of Rip Van Winkle when Rick gives Morty the serum. In Urashima Taro, a man saves a turtle from children that were toying around with it by putting it back in the ocean. A couple days later, that turtle comes back and takes him to an underwater palace to meet the princess there. The man and the princess spend a week together, but he has to go home to tend to his parents. Dismayed, the princess gives him a box and tells him never to open it. When the man returns home, everything is gone: his home, his parents, and everyone he knew. He ends up opening the box, and he becomes an old man. So in this version, Rick and Morty go on a ton of adventures together (duh). When time's up, instead of a box containing old age, Rick gives Morty a serum containing all of his memories that turns him into Rick. Present Rick sacrifices himself to blow up the spaceship and thwart Evil Morty (who is the Morty who didn't take the serum). Present Morty takes the serum that turns him into Rick right up until future Morty is born. Rick and Morty go on a ton of adventures together again.
I love how the yakuza guy isn't offended, like he gets its s naive kid and just is chill. This whole thing feels more legit than high guardian spice even if it wasn't Rick and Morty related which is hilarious.
@@Pc_98_Fan That would make sense. The show has it's own lore better than most in the sense that it shares that with endless references. I do however think, that could totally happen. Either that or they'd get offended then realize he just is naive or dumb and tell him to leave threateningly lol.
I know you probably weren't being literal, but I think the main reason Rick doesn't like time travel is because the show is a spin on the movie characters in "Back to the Future": Doc & Marty McFly. Something always goes wrong when Doc (Rick) would time travel in the live-action movie series.
@@hbr4566 Given the writers literally hate you and I...(Because the fanbase acts like it's not filled with a bunch of low iq incels) I don't think they care about mindfucks for the fans, but more of their own interest/artistic vision. If anything, mindfucks are lauded in the show. Rick mindfucks morty all the time to subjugate him for instance (ex. 100 YEARS OF RICK AND MORTY rants/I just saved you because your mom wouldn't accept me back if I didn't bring you with me) . Rick is the writer's ego and morty is what he thinks of fans of R&M. :P However, I believe you're on the right track, I think it's that need for analytical continuity but also majorly creative application. Along with AJ Sweet, I think he's right that it's a major reason if not THE main. But back to your/my point: I think it comes down to time travel is an overabused trope that doesn't behave as a sci-fi component. It acts fantastical because there are no coherent or logical ways to actually build a story based on time travel. It's not complex, it's not sophisticated and it boxes you into very few creative design choices once you apply it. It's just a pile of carbon-copied, paradoxical, low-effort deus ex machinas based on the inherent illogic as a result. Get a bunch of scientists to talk a bunch of BS, literally make shit that sounds smart up with rhetoric in front of a lay person. (go check an april fools video - teaching fake math to students) Odds are, with the authority figures, he feel stupid and incapable of understanding because he's not smart enough. Well turns out the social pressure and self-doubt result in him assuming he's too stupid to figure it out when in reality it's too stupid to be figured out. I would presume that even though they shit on us and think we're stupid(with good reason), they won't insult their own intelligence by making something so low-effort. If time travel is proven possible, I'll rescind my statement and instead say that humans are inherently incapable of understanding such concepts then. (Which I'd extend to say that's why it becomes a trope because we can only come up with so many paradoxical logics that we can suspend belief in if we're not capable of full perception of the reality) I think even the universe itself physically says time travel as fantastically presented is stupid too. (I mean...if it could possibly work, where are all the time travellers in every generation ever...) Now world-line branching? Up in the air still, plausible, tons of story uses...Unlike fantasy time travel, world-branches tie together not just sci-fi components, but faults in episodic story delivery, etc... It "automatically" fixes what would otherwise be a lot of plot holes, and they even utilize that aspect to jerk you around a bit. R&M uses alt-timelining so consistently and effectively I'm actually impressed. In the end, this is stil scifi fantasy, an entertainment show written by laymen, for laymen...So I can only imagine writing it is done because they legitimately enjoy the process personally. It's a bit of a game to write a story like this and see how many monkeys go "oo oo ah ah I am smert because I understand" while you are laughing at them. In essense, a way for them to say, "oo oo ah ah i am smert because i pruf u r dumb" Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the show...as a casual piece of entertainment, but I think the authors would agree it's stupid that people try to justify their scientific expertise because they're in on R&M...It's the same situation as anyone who watches yt videos or reads wikipedia and never does the math, personally walks through proofs, or reads journals to learn. Don't get me wrong, yt can be a great resource (especially lectures), wikipedia can be a great keyword resource, intuition is important...But ya need both...Again, this is just one of those shows that tends to attract pseudo-intellectuals. Edit: my stream of conscious sure is spastic today, sorry for the word vomit adhd.
Oof. If only we knew what this would lead to. Sucks because rewatching it, this pilot still holds up. It has SO much more sauce than the actual anime we got. The animation is more fluid, there's more style (despite it being the exact same art style) and the plot is actually cohesive. Oh well, at least we can look back on this one and remember why they did an "anime series" to begin with.
You are totally ignoring the fact tht most people upset didn't know about the anime and just dislike the art style. Anyways, the animation is of the same quality and you can tell it's clearly written by the same people
i do really like the art style decision, it makes this look really unique and still resembling the original look and not just making everyone look "generic anime" like fans do
It's animated entirely by a Japanese studio that did the first episode of Gotham Knight in the past and have a good relation with crunchyroll . It was necessary because otherwise it would be impossible to match the mouths to the Japanese voice.
I hope U guys read what I said and this is my theorie,leave ur opinions ! Morty on 0:00 and 8:03 are not saying the same thing which means that it's not a loop cuz something is different. What if Morty on begining is our Rick in series? That would be reason why he is so depressed and he is not original Rick in series . Why? Well.. Rick here is more happier and childish than Rick in series also we know that in season 1 when Beth told Rick that he was missing all these years,he can't be their Rick cuz he is Morty from timeline where this happened. Rick who gave Morty that potion also left his phone in that room which we can see later when Jerry calls,wich means that morty(who became Rick)came to that dimension to replace original Rick. Also when Rick shows up behind evil Morty we can hear him saying "so this is ur timeline" wich means that he time traveled and that's why Rick in series is saying that time travel is pointless cuz he know from his experience. BUT WAIT, let's get back to real Rick (the one who gave Morty a potion). He said to Morty "...do u remember from season 2..." Hold up. I know he broke 4th wall but... Does this means that we are watching from begining our Rick and Morty? And this is what happens in the end? Wich will result in loop where Morty become Rick,replace him in other dimension etc.. But.. I said on begining that it can't be loop cuz mortys are not saying the same thing at begining and in the end. Let's talk about grandfather paradox. So guy go back in time,kill his grandfather wich will result that guy was never born and didn't killed his grandfather wich will result that guy is born and would go back in time and kill his grandfather etc in endless loop. Is this situation similar here? Possibly. That's why there is not 1 loop but 2 loops,that's why mortys are not saying the same thing,something is slightly different wich result in 2 very similar loops. But what about Jerry? He is so happy when he calls Rick(Morty) and says that he got kid who's named Morty. He is happy,and he likes Rick,that's not Jerry from series!!! This could mean 2 things. FIRST: there are 2 loops wich means JERRY who likes Rick and JERRY who doesn't like Rick. Second: we know that Rick and Morty fucked up their dimension in season 1 and maybe Jerry in that dimension is Jerry who called Rick. In the end THEY ARE NOT ORIGINAL FAMILY,except summer and beth because we know that Rick is not grandfather to Morty cuz RICK is MORTY and Morty is not original brother to summer and they also replaced Jerry with another jerry in that one episode wich means that only Beth and summer are from same dimension.
Rick gave Morty the vial. Rick pointing at Morty and then said: "See you later Rick Sanchez!" Then Rick's face reflected to Morty in the glass barrier like saying they are one in the same. Rick fight and die from the explosion. Morty survived drank the liquid. Then grow up to become Rick, He fix the time and then eventually Morty was born and they go on to do adventures together just like how he promised. It happens over and over like in a loop.
@@mongo2080 The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterization - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize they're not just funny - they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots - of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius with unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only - and even they have to demonstrate they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎 Edit: I was going to leave it there but I just can't, typing out that second paragraph left me feeling like I need to take a shower, I'm not strong enough to just drop it and leave. "To be fair, you have to have a high IQ to understand Rick and Morty" is a really old copypasta that mocks some of the show's more arrogant early fans. This comment is the rest of the text of the copypasta. When I replied "to be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to get Rick and Morty" to @SupportGaming 2021, I was mocking him for flexing about how "not that hard" it was for him to understand this psychedelic mindfuck - like that's just a weird flex, made in reply to someone saying it took them a while to get it, and I was letting him know I thought he made himself look like a twat, but I guess the copypasta is old enough that people have forgotten it. So that's the short of it - I'm just being a dick on the internet to someone I thought was kinda rude
Now that an anime has been confirmed as a spinoff series by the same director of these shorts, I’m actually pretty hype. These shorts are just glimpses into the potential of a full series, so amazing
The fact that Rick and Morty are in cahoots throughout the multiverse makes it canon. Same thing if someone else also made a show with Rick and Morty appearing in it would also make it canon, because they play throughout the multiverse making everything they are in canon. Crazy
Spongebob is trash and was never good and Rick and Morty is even worse. I'm glad I grew up in the 90s when real men were forged by tough cartoons and movies. Generation Z has it bad and I partially blame your parents.
Carlo But how could Rick be both Beth's father and Beth's son? I'm just hurting my brain thinking about how this could be. Time travel is the worst thing to think about
@@marco1311881 just because RS isn't the smartest man in the universe doesn't mean he doesn't exist or isn't smart. One could say that in that case the council might be even more important as a safe haven rather than a luxury like it currently is/was.
@@scarletfoxfrostnovember3407 shows that need to take soloutions from fans were doomed from the start. I can’t believe people still think this show requires a high iq to understand.
Everytime they do something thats not true to the rick and morty art style, it goes complete parody of back to the future. It feel like there was more emmet brown than asshole rick
This is the same as watching an episode of an anime somewhere in the middle without prior knowledge, and then you go and watch the past episodes and still don't understand what the hell is going on.
Well, not if you use Rick c137, because then you are not just creating some alternate dimension or timeline where fuck the consequences, go nuts, you are explicitly using the main Rick
@@TuWear lo era anche prima, anche prima che lo incontrassimo, aveva ucciso il suo Rick e sostituito con un robot, ha ucciso tantissimi Rick "che poi è stata data la colpa a Rick C-137" e schiavizzato i loro Morty, in seguito ha continuato ad uccidere e nella stagione 5 ha ucciso un di più, ma ha sempre ucciso
@@sk00k original dub with subtitles is the way to go, the Japanese have already said it so many times, always go for the original voices, you can't get that Texan beauty with japanese dub
@@ryanflippinharris I hear what you're saying, but that argument doesn't really work on the internet. If it did people wouldn't be so interested in Half Life 3.
@@williamphillips2671 Every time the subtitles said "Rick" when Morty was speaking, the word he said wasn't "Rick", it was "oji-san" which means "Grandpa". Morty never actually called "Rick" by his name during this entire short.
I also just realized this Evil Mortys timeline he lived in originally or created for himself, since Rick -137 appears behind him and states such before saying it sucks, but this seems to only be a memory. But now it makes sense why he needed his brain season 5 episode 10 makes this make so much more sense.
I as wondering if I was just lookin too much into this! I havent finished the video yet but I had to come down here to see if anyone else as getting the same vibe.. Yeah from the moment I saw him I was squinting because his demeaner is much more cool headed and calculating, I immediately started thinking this HAD to be Evil Morty
Nah I thinks it’s our Rick glimpsing into this anime world time line and trolling the evil morty in it as he’s now stuck in an infinite time loop of failure.
@@ProfPsycDad Sorry, all wrong. Rick tricks Morty into drinking the "medicine" in this anime. Morty becomes Rick, old Rick dies in explosion. Watch it again; you'll get it.
@@eduardobriones3217 Dude; happy? Rick tricks Morty into drinking from the "medicine" in this anime. Morty becomes Rick, old Rick dies in explosion. Watch it again; you'll get it.
@de greedy Another expert in Japanese culture I see. Wrong. Rick tricks Morty into drinking from the "medicine" in this anime. Morty becomes Rick, old Rick dies in explosion. Watch it again; you'll get it. I admit I had to watch more than once.
@gustav since they totally dipped into some animations (having one other short that was about a samurai Rick lol) I can honestly say, I can relate this to Gintama. That being said, this short could be anything, could be nothing. Either way, it still matters, and its still Rick and Morty.(:
Fun Fact: This short was made by TMS Entertainment. The same anime studio behind Akira and the outsourced animation for classic American cartoons like Inspector Gadget, Batman: The Animated Series, and the original Animaniacs.
MultiTarded except in the other anime episode they didn’t even mention the main series at all. In this one they called Rick C-137 and straight up started referencing past episodes.
@@oneiroagent This would be wholesome, but i do actually think this is just a matter of "cultural translation", because the japanese language cares a lot about respect and politeness, so Morty calling Rick, an older person and granfather, just as "Rick" would be considered rude, hence they probably adapted to "grandpa"
All theories aside, I REALLY like this version of Rick. He seems a lot more caring towards morty, and just has a fun personality, not to say the classic one doesn't.
@L rue I mean, SUUUURE, but I just meant the way they written his personality, and lines specifically for this short. Just has a good charm to it, I guess.
I heard some theaters are gonna show it in reverse. I heard it's the same movie backward and forward. I heard the deleted scenes are the scenes and the scenes are the deleted scenes. Community - Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples Harmon gonna Harmon
HELP MY!!! My muscles are too big! I am a big tall man and my muscles are even BIGGER! I use them to get views but they HURT so much!!! Because they are heavy. Do you have any advice, dear saker
Japanese version: "It's just going to be you and me after this, Morty! We'll go on an adventure together." Australian version: "MORTY *beep* MORTYYYYYY *beep beep* GET IN THE FUCKIN CAR MORTYYY. WE GOTTA GO TO BENDIGO TO GET ME CEUB MORTY"
Japanese: I'll be back before long morty and I'll take care of our timeline Australian: I got a gun Morty, and I'm gonna kill you Morty, YOURE ACTUALLY GONNA DIE!!!??!!
The thing that made this even more accurate to an anime is the fact that there are constant frame rate changes which really gives anime their signature look and this kind of got me thinking “what if the fighting scene was just the same frame rate?” would have been really cool
Wait... you are right. He even points at him. What the hell? I was pretty sure that he transforms Morty into himself but with this there is no doubt about it!
I would personally LOVE an entire season in this style. The art style, the voice actors, that authentic anime feel without just being overly generic, it's all phenomenally made.
Just realized that the Rick who died and the Morty who became Rick, will never return to their original family who is still thinking that they are out on one of those daily adventures and will be back on dinner table by night.
@@killer008r in the video, the rick that went into the space ship, called morty Rick Sanchez right before he left and Jerry calls Rick's phone telling him that Morty was just born which means that his morty wasnt born yet, which is why I'm guessing he did all that to find evil morty.
“Rick and Morty fans did not ask for this.” We sort of did. There’s been more than one Rick and Morty short anime over the years (Genociders comes to mind) and they’ve done really well. I would definitely watch this.
This basically tells us that the fan theories everyone had won't be in the actual show. I feel like they made this to appease the fans who wanted Evil Morty to be Rick's original Morty and for Morty's to actually be young Rick's.
It´s possible with how they trolled theorist with train story however they went through a lot to say in this episode that this is C137 Rick. Why not make this alternate reality alltogether if what you say is true? Gratned its maybe another trolling, but there is also possiblity it isnt.
Brooo it's a giant loop. When introducing Rick he was drinking the vile then gave another same vile to Morty. The formula turned Morty into Rick after the real one died in that explosion. Somehow they're trapped in infinite time loop
I can picture it now. Justin as Rick: um..blah blah taimu toreberu(time travel). Blah blah tokyo. Burp. Justin as Morty: "Rick..blah blah jessica anime...blah blah " Lol now that's a Justin Roiland half assed dub i would love to hear! 😁
I just realized, when Rick's talking to himself in his reflection, it can be interpreted as him still talking to Morty, you could even say he was trying to tell Morty that they're the same person.
@@andrzejgolota6642 he didn't actually say Rip Van Winkle like the captions say he says something else but I forgot not watching the video rn just looking through the comments
Cause the serum morty drank made him turn in to rick and took his memories of the past from the looks of it. Rick even said that the serum would make him Rip Van Winkle a character from fiction who falls asleep as a young man and wakes up an old man.
The storyline is actually quite DARK Let's see if I can get the story straight. Rick c137 was hunted by evil Morty's minions, who call themselves genocider. They were tracking down Rick c137 by erasing everyone else in Tokyo, using manipulation of the past memory. Eventually, they finds the Rick in 新宿町, because that's the only place people didn't all disappeare. The two sides fought, both the Rick and the assassins died. As mentioned, the genocider eliminates everyone by manipulating past memory, So the fight actually took place in the past. Before Rick c137 died, he gave Morty a vile of potion, which passes on his memory to Morty, and turns him into Rick c137. This happens right before Morty c137 is born, and the new Rick soon learns the news from Jerry that his furtherself has just been born. What's dark about this is that Rick c137 cheated death by basically possessed his Morty. By the end of the story, I don't know if the RickMorty remembers his Morty past, or maybe Rick just took over and erased Morty. Either way, I wouldn't call it a well informed decision. Rick c137 might have just used his Morty as vessel...
Its also possible the drug wasn't Rick's memories but just something that makes Morty smart. Meaning Rick could have always been an older future version of Morty keeping the young Morty safe until this day happens.
@@alexpez9278 that would actually make sense. At the end when evil Morty announces mission complete and breaks away, we see Rick taunting him but not actually being there. It's probably a hallucination or something bc he watched his Rick die and now he's being haunted by him. "This is your timeline? It totally sucks!" Basically saying, this could have been all avoided had you drank the vile like I told you to
@@alexpez9278 By the end, evil Morty heard Rick saying "so this is your timeline, it totally sucks". But when he turned around there's no one. Unless it's a ghost Rick c137, in which case I will totally loss my respect to this storyline. Then it's the Rick inside of him made the comment, so a part of evil Morty is actually Rick. Rick said "so this is your timeline", which makes me think this story is how evil Morty came to be. He is the Morty after drinking the blue potion. So I dare to make this a theory: evil Morty is the Morty from the beginning of this story. He hunted Rick to force him to use Morty as a vessel. This is motivated by survival instinct, because this is how evil Morty came into existence.
manumons100 uhhhhh, people are hacking simple stuff on TH-cam like subscribing or following a link even just to another TH-cam video, might want to verify your account.
How evil morty looks, how you’re able to differentiate all of the different ricks even though they are all the same person, AND MORTY’S DESIGN IN GENERAL. ITS SO GOOD.
Rick felt surprisingly genuine, almost to the point he sounded more like Doc from Back to the Future than actual Rick. I wonder if he'll develop into someone like this in future seasons.
This was better then all of season 4 but still doesn't make me want to watch the show again. The characters are just going through the same arcs every few seasons and ever since season 3 basically having a nothing ending and season 4 taking 2 years to make and still be as shit as it was I just dont understand why people would keep watching.
@@vqqiu2179 how is he being rude...op's opinion is not clear to those who don't share it, we're simply asking them to clarify. Does "these people" refer to the show runners or characters? Does their comment mean they didn't like the latest season or the third? It's unclear
The scene at the end is just a flashback that explains why Rick was missing after Morty was born. Morty does not become Rick. If anything the potion Morty drinks may preserve him from a multiverse collapse that evil Morty is trying to do by destroying memories.
@@raspberryboo2 Actually it's an old trope to stabilize a time line by making yourself your own ancestor. But I think lucasbachmann is right. This started with Rick playing with the secretions of those memory parasites. Here the past is just memories that can be changed. So I think the potion contains memories of R&M adventures - things they did in the past. That's why Morty says he is Rick's assistant. By drinking the potion, he remembers the past Rick wants him to remember, keeping this time line/dimension.
@SunOnShine what are you talking about? How many shows do you see zombified cyborgs? Or multidimensional representation? This show is more diverse than anything else put out there!
@@eliasgibson2878 It's neither worst or better, just down to taste. It's an awesome piece of animation and a cool take on the setting for me. Shame you're not into it pal
@@eliasgibson2878 If you aren't into Japanese dubbing, you don't need to shit on other people's preferences. The translation is solid, the tones and emotional weight behind the pronunciations are good, and it plays to the animation as a strength. Can you imagine *this* kind of animation with *english* dubbing? If you can, that's on you. But some of us prefer Japanese dubbing to go with Japanese animation.
Or even Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bepop! I loved the anime references, i saw in this short some scenes that reminded me of Akira, Evangelion... So cool!
@@XuizElLoko It's funny that you should mention that, because Spike was stylistically inspired by Lupin. This holds true for Jet (Jigen), Faye (Fujiko), and Vicious (Goemon) too. You're completely right about there being a tonne of references too. In terms of animation it reminds me a lot of Studio Trigger works mixed with a Mamoru Hosoda film (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast).
sorry for all caps but...BROOOOOOOO I KNEW I WASN'T CRAZY. Rick was giving me hella Lupin III vibes and it does work very well. This a was a hella of a twist but short episode
TheTwitchSniper Rip Van Winkle is the story of an old mad that spent most of his time out in the woods, until one day he met these dwarves. the dwarves gave him this really strong potion & he falls asleep under a tree for 20yrs. once he wakes up he’s an old man, and missed the entire american revolution b/c of the potion & no1 remembered him except for 1 person.
This episode was compelling, emotional and hilarious all at once. Things like this will keep me satisfied while I wait for this epic show to continue. 😂👏🏻🙏🏻
Have I woken up in a fever dream where Rick and Morty is now officially an Anime
YEP
I just read your tweet and came here
*this is a dream shhhh...go back to sleep, in reality you need a miracle for this to happen.*
ayy gigguk
Yo the anime king has arrived. U and the boys have done a good job with the podcast.
They gave evil Morty glasses, yet didn't do the anime glowing glasses thing once. I'm impressed.
I'm disapointed.
Scrizz its okay. they didnt want it to feel like a parody. They took the best elements of an anime and didnt include common tropes and sterotypes. Worked well.
6:41 they did.
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That's just cuz it's far away, there's no glow effect. There isn't a point where he like looks down and then his lenses turn white.
That's because in this anime version evil Morty is a parody of Gendo Ikari. There's lots of Evangelion references in this actually, maybe a bit of Bebop and definitely a nod to Akira with that massive explosion as well.
I kinda expected it to cut to normal Rick and Morty on the couch watching the anime, and then Rick proceeding to shame Morty for liking anime or something like that
Yea that would have been cool
Instead we got sad :(
Yes this seems like it would be featured on an inter-dimensional cable episode
I thought Rick was gonna be like gross anime then the vid ends
@@Tax17-17 you’re literally just saying what the op said
This is weirdly one of the most wholesome Rick and Morty episodes.
Nice copied comment
And then he turned himself into an anime, funniest shit i've ever seen
it would have been fun if was 3 ro 4 year ago
Lol
I kid you not
Fuck I just died laughing
rip @@Tony3821
The most unbelievable thing here is that Jerry has a way to communicate with Rick.
Well he probably had more communication with him during his daughters pregnancy.
virtual Agent why are you posting a link to how to convert stuff to PDF?
@@manumons100 it's one of those shitty bots, just ignore it.
@@n0xi342 this was the second pregnancy
@@scoots291 pretty sure there's infinite pregnancies
Ya know, the studio that animated “Akira” worked on this.
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My theory to what happened here was, Rick died from the explosion, he knew that he was going to die and would not survive the Genocider, however, he planned it all from the beginning, Rick gave Morty a medicine and said that once Rick left, Morty should drink the medicine, Rick also said that he messed up the timeline to protect him and Morty. When Morty drank the medicine, Morty turned to Rick (Rick yelled Morty's name not by his real name, instead Rick Sanchez) So Rick knew that he will reincarnate from Morty once Morty drink the medicine, to prevent Morty from disappearing, Rick messed up the timeline and saw Evil Morty's timeline and said that it sucks. Rick promised Morty that nothing will bother them ever again, he planned to mess up the timeline so he can have a fresh start with Morty again, that's why Morty at the end was born again, and Rick was reincarnated from Morty's body. That's just my theory on how I understand this, tell me if I'm wrong, but all I want to say is that this is really wholesome ಥ‿ಥ
seems logical if you ask me
But that's just a Theory. A FILM THEORY
Huh, pretty smart
I cant stop crying too much wholesumness
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This is a trip.
*Cartoon Rick:* Cynical bastard
*Anime Rick:* Loving eccentric grandpa scientist.
or
Rick(real):Loving eccentric grandpa scientist
Rick(morty):Cynical bastard
Rick was always a loving grandpa. In the episode where they introduced evil Rick his memories were of baby Morty.
@@nxo.00x He wasn't in that family's life. In close encounters of the Rick kind, it shows baby morty and cuts off the footage as Morty got older. Maybe something happened and when his family was gone he bailed to a Rickless family filling the gap for him but leaving it open for the family. He also tells Morty that he will explain when he gets older about when a Morty gets "too big for their britches "
Thought Anime Rick would be Sosuke Aizen, but drunk.
that puts me off - like is this the real rick that we all know? a loving rick?
I can see why Rick doesn’t dabble in Time Travel. He could get stuck in a Time Loop.
Yeah. No. Fuck that.
*_”T I M E L O O P ! ! !”_*
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You don't mess with time the nutsack monsters
GET OUT RICK SANCHES
And if he doesn’t keep up the time loop then the testicle monsters come back
That happened to me on mushrooms once
A bit of translation help: The Japanese script mentions "Urashima Taro" instead of Rip Van Winkle when Rick gives Morty the serum. In Urashima Taro, a man saves a turtle from children that were toying around with it by putting it back in the ocean. A couple days later, that turtle comes back and takes him to an underwater palace to meet the princess there. The man and the princess spend a week together, but he has to go home to tend to his parents. Dismayed, the princess gives him a box and tells him never to open it. When the man returns home, everything is gone: his home, his parents, and everyone he knew. He ends up opening the box, and he becomes an old man.
So in this version, Rick and Morty go on a ton of adventures together (duh). When time's up, instead of a box containing old age, Rick gives Morty a serum containing all of his memories that turns him into Rick. Present Rick sacrifices himself to blow up the spaceship and thwart Evil Morty (who is the Morty who didn't take the serum). Present Morty takes the serum that turns him into Rick right up until future Morty is born. Rick and Morty go on a ton of adventures together again.
My dude, thanks.
Well that was, a rather interesting story.
rip van winkle is still a a pretty close analogy, i still got that morty drinking the serum would turn into an "old man" ie. rick
Huh, well thanks for explaining that.
Except this is Evil Morty's timeline and Rick doesn't even remember being there.
I love how the yakuza guy isn't offended, like he gets its s naive kid and just is chill. This whole thing feels more legit than high guardian spice even if it wasn't Rick and Morty related which is hilarious.
I'm gonna guess they wanted to reference Yakuza (the game series) humor, considering that game series is full of everything happening
@@Pc_98_Fan That would make sense. The show has it's own lore better than most in the sense that it shares that with endless references. I do however think, that could totally happen. Either that or they'd get offended then realize he just is naive or dumb and tell him to leave threateningly lol.
This short was made by an actual anime studio, HGS was an underfunded indie production.
Why would you use high guardian spice as any metric?
It's like mentioning pictures you were drawing at 7 when you're trying to get into art school.
He became yakuza because he played yakuza no worries 👍
I like when Morty just casually befriends a member of the Yakuza
Same lmfao
Actually a great series tho
@@LetHerWar uh you see about that...
@@Lord_Drogothag ˇ===!!
I mean, mans just wanted a nice Milk coffee after a bath in the bathhouse.
So this is why rick doesn't fuck with time travel
More specifically the writers because it’s a mind f@&k and they try to make everything make sense which is respectable
I know you probably weren't being literal, but I think the main reason Rick doesn't like time travel is because the show is a spin on the movie characters in "Back to the Future": Doc & Marty McFly. Something always goes wrong when Doc (Rick) would time travel in the live-action movie series.
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@@hbr4566 Given the writers literally hate you and I...(Because the fanbase acts like it's not filled with a bunch of low iq incels) I don't think they care about mindfucks for the fans, but more of their own interest/artistic vision. If anything, mindfucks are lauded in the show. Rick mindfucks morty all the time to subjugate him for instance (ex. 100 YEARS OF RICK AND MORTY rants/I just saved you because your mom wouldn't accept me back if I didn't bring you with me) . Rick is the writer's ego and morty is what he thinks of fans of R&M. :P
However, I believe you're on the right track, I think it's that need for analytical continuity but also majorly creative application. Along with AJ Sweet, I think he's right that it's a major reason if not THE main. But back to your/my point: I think it comes down to time travel is an overabused trope that doesn't behave as a sci-fi component. It acts fantastical because there are no coherent or logical ways to actually build a story based on time travel. It's not complex, it's not sophisticated and it boxes you into very few creative design choices once you apply it. It's just a pile of carbon-copied, paradoxical, low-effort deus ex machinas based on the inherent illogic as a result. Get a bunch of scientists to talk a bunch of BS, literally make shit that sounds smart up with rhetoric in front of a lay person. (go check an april fools video - teaching fake math to students) Odds are, with the authority figures, he feel stupid and incapable of understanding because he's not smart enough. Well turns out the social pressure and self-doubt result in him assuming he's too stupid to figure it out when in reality it's too stupid to be figured out. I would presume that even though they shit on us and think we're stupid(with good reason), they won't insult their own intelligence by making something so low-effort.
If time travel is proven possible, I'll rescind my statement and instead say that humans are inherently incapable of understanding such concepts then. (Which I'd extend to say that's why it becomes a trope because we can only come up with so many paradoxical logics that we can suspend belief in if we're not capable of full perception of the reality) I think even the universe itself physically says time travel as fantastically presented is stupid too. (I mean...if it could possibly work, where are all the time travellers in every generation ever...) Now world-line branching? Up in the air still, plausible, tons of story uses...Unlike fantasy time travel, world-branches tie together not just sci-fi components, but faults in episodic story delivery, etc... It "automatically" fixes what would otherwise be a lot of plot holes, and they even utilize that aspect to jerk you around a bit. R&M uses alt-timelining so consistently and effectively I'm actually impressed. In the end, this is stil scifi fantasy, an entertainment show written by laymen, for laymen...So I can only imagine writing it is done because they legitimately enjoy the process personally. It's a bit of a game to write a story like this and see how many monkeys go "oo oo ah ah I am smert because I understand" while you are laughing at them. In essense, a way for them to say, "oo oo ah ah i am smert because i pruf u r dumb"
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the show...as a casual piece of entertainment, but I think the authors would agree it's stupid that people try to justify their scientific expertise because they're in on R&M...It's the same situation as anyone who watches yt videos or reads wikipedia and never does the math, personally walks through proofs, or reads journals to learn. Don't get me wrong, yt can be a great resource (especially lectures), wikipedia can be a great keyword resource, intuition is important...But ya need both...Again, this is just one of those shows that tends to attract pseudo-intellectuals.
Edit: my stream of conscious sure is spastic today, sorry for the word vomit adhd.
@@brandocks3763 wha this is why rick drinks
Oof. If only we knew what this would lead to. Sucks because rewatching it, this pilot still holds up. It has SO much more sauce than the actual anime we got. The animation is more fluid, there's more style (despite it being the exact same art style) and the plot is actually cohesive.
Oh well, at least we can look back on this one and remember why they did an "anime series" to begin with.
You are totally ignoring the fact tht most people upset didn't know about the anime and just dislike the art style.
Anyways, the animation is of the same quality and you can tell it's clearly written by the same people
i do really like the art style decision, it makes this look really unique and still resembling the original look and not just making everyone look "generic anime" like fans do
It’s unique as it’s still true to Rick and Morty’s design, while others use a traditional anime design
Exactly. I didnt think I would like the simplistic design but it's simple yet complex like the original series.
Eyyyy, glad to hear of a legend giving their take! Glad to see your profile again, Bocodamondo.
It reminds me of Osomatsu San art style
It's animated entirely by a Japanese studio that did the first episode of Gotham Knight in the past and have a good relation with crunchyroll . It was necessary because otherwise it would be impossible to match the mouths to the Japanese voice.
Rick sounds nicer and Jerry sounds less of a screw up. I love this anime multiverse.
This was awesome
Guess so ending is kind of japanemotionnalistic
ts supposed to take place with the rick c 147 we all know and love.
Jerry less of a fuck up?
*IMPOSSIBLE*
I hope U guys read what I said and this is my theorie,leave ur opinions !
Morty on 0:00 and 8:03 are not saying the same thing which means that it's not a loop cuz something is different. What if Morty on begining is our Rick in series? That would be reason why he is so depressed and he is not original Rick in series . Why? Well.. Rick here is more happier and childish than Rick in series also we know that in season 1 when Beth told Rick that he was missing all these years,he can't be their Rick cuz he is Morty from timeline where this happened. Rick who gave Morty that potion also left his phone in that room which we can see later when Jerry calls,wich means that morty(who became Rick)came to that dimension to replace original Rick. Also when Rick shows up behind evil Morty we can hear him saying "so this is ur timeline" wich means that he time traveled and that's why Rick in series is saying that time travel is pointless cuz he know from his experience. BUT WAIT, let's get back to real Rick (the one who gave Morty a potion). He said to Morty "...do u remember from season 2..." Hold up. I know he broke 4th wall but...
Does this means that we are watching from begining our Rick and Morty? And this is what happens in the end? Wich will result in loop where Morty become Rick,replace him in other dimension etc.. But.. I said on begining that it can't be loop cuz mortys are not saying the same thing at begining and in the end.
Let's talk about grandfather paradox.
So guy go back in time,kill his grandfather wich will result that guy was never born and didn't killed his grandfather wich will result that guy is born and would go back in time and kill his grandfather etc in endless loop.
Is this situation similar here? Possibly.
That's why there is not 1 loop but 2 loops,that's why mortys are not saying the same thing,something is slightly different wich result in 2 very similar loops.
But what about Jerry? He is so happy when he calls Rick(Morty) and says that he got kid who's named Morty. He is happy,and he likes Rick,that's not Jerry from series!!! This could mean 2 things.
FIRST: there are 2 loops wich means JERRY who likes Rick and JERRY who doesn't like Rick.
Second: we know that Rick and Morty fucked up their dimension in season 1 and maybe Jerry in that dimension is Jerry who called Rick.
In the end THEY ARE NOT ORIGINAL FAMILY,except summer and beth because we know that Rick is not grandfather to Morty cuz RICK is MORTY and Morty is not original brother to summer and they also replaced Jerry with another jerry in that one episode wich means that only Beth and summer are from same dimension.
Imagine Rick and Mortys relationship being this wholesome
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I can’t imagine what i have never personally experienced :(
@@SepiaQuotient you just did experience it. In this video. Just now
Oh :O
That's how you know this isn't canon.
Rick gave Morty the vial. Rick pointing at Morty and then said: "See you later Rick Sanchez!" Then Rick's face reflected to Morty in the glass barrier like saying they are one in the same. Rick fight and die from the explosion. Morty survived drank the liquid. Then grow up to become Rick, He fix the time and then eventually Morty was born and they go on to do adventures together just like how he promised. It happens over and over like in a loop.
Holy fucking shit I finally understand this old animation now
@@kimikofox601 it wasn't that hard to understand it to begin with
@@SupportGamin2024 To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to get Rick and Morty
@@mongo2080 The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterization - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize they're not just funny - they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots - of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius with unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only - and even they have to demonstrate they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
Edit: I was going to leave it there but I just can't, typing out that second paragraph left me feeling like I need to take a shower, I'm not strong enough to just drop it and leave.
"To be fair, you have to have a high IQ to understand Rick and Morty" is a really old copypasta that mocks some of the show's more arrogant early fans. This comment is the rest of the text of the copypasta.
When I replied "to be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to get Rick and Morty" to @SupportGaming 2021, I was mocking him for flexing about how "not that hard" it was for him to understand this psychedelic mindfuck - like that's just a weird flex, made in reply to someone saying it took them a while to get it, and I was letting him know I thought he made himself look like a twat, but I guess the copypasta is old enough that people have forgotten it.
So that's the short of it - I'm just being a dick on the internet to someone I thought was kinda rude
Well, atleast in this special anime dimension
This is quite honestly the most wholesome I've ever seen Rick.
Tbh
The phial was poison. Another Morty was born at the end.
@@billlupin8345 dark humour is like the water not everyone gets it.
@@InfinityHS dufus rick?
And thats saying somthing
Jerry: I don't want to see anymore *anime* stuff happening to my son!
Adult Swim: Hold my manga.
THIS!
Ah-nee-may*
@SunOnShine SJW tsk tsk
SunOnShine Stop watching. Immediately.
@SunOnShine Hahahahahaha Stick and stones may break my bones, but SJW will always find a way to be offended.
"Our time is our own. I won't let them touch it" Heartwarming
Now that an anime has been confirmed as a spinoff series by the same director of these shorts, I’m actually pretty hype. These shorts are just glimpses into the potential of a full series, so amazing
Proof?
wait WHAT
wait for REAL??/
The fact that Rick and Morty are in cahoots throughout the multiverse makes it canon. Same thing if someone else also made a show with Rick and Morty appearing in it would also make it canon, because they play throughout the multiverse making everything they are in canon. Crazy
WHEN IS IT RELEASING?!?! BRO😭
rick and morty: everything is canon, and nothing is canon
Basically it's up to you
rick and morty: written by a pedophile
What are you talking about everything can be cannon just a different universe so a different rick and morty 🤪
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WTF DID I JUST WATCH AND YES PLEASE
We can now say that we officially live in a timeline where the Spongebob anime AND the Rick and Morty anime came out the same week.
Yes this is epic
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Spongebob is trash and was never good and Rick and Morty is even worse. I'm glad I grew up in the 90s when real men were forged by tough cartoons and movies. Generation Z has it bad and I partially blame your parents.
@@RobbieStacks90 i hope your joking, and if you are
Epic. Yes I agree
When you find out Rick and Morty is actually just Morty and Morty
He's trapped in an infinite self-Keyser Soze
or Rick and Rick?
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@@th3WhiteKnight I don't know if you watch Futurama but fry are his own grandfather. Also Rick and Morty sometimes use Futurama as reference
Carlo But how could Rick be both Beth's father and Beth's son? I'm just hurting my brain thinking about how this could be. Time travel is the worst thing to think about
Wait a minute.
When Rick says "So, this is your timeline?" ...does that mean this is Evil Morty's timeline after escaping the finite curve?
If they haven't come up with next season's story yet, I would push this comment to a suggestion to them.
But I don't know anything
Mh i don't think, outer the finite curve shouldn't exist any Rick council.
@@marco1311881 just because RS isn't the smartest man in the universe doesn't mean he doesn't exist or isn't smart. One could say that in that case the council might be even more important as a safe haven rather than a luxury like it currently is/was.
@@scarletfoxfrostnovember3407 shows that need to take soloutions from fans were doomed from the start. I can’t believe people still think this show requires a high iq to understand.
@@chadmann2724 well, people will be people I guess🤣🤣🤣
This Rick has a lot more optimism in a cruel universe than the original Rick does.
Because that rick was a morty.
Bruh ouch that's so true
He's a nicer Rick. Our Rick is not a nice guy.
Everytime they do something thats not true to the rick and morty art style, it goes complete parody of back to the future. It feel like there was more emmet brown than asshole rick
this seems like it is in the "past" since evil morty is not jet president, so our original rick is a morty i guess
This is the same as watching an episode of an anime somewhere in the middle without prior knowledge, and then you go and watch the past episodes and still don't understand what the hell is going on.
which one
@@kramaron something like Gintama or even JoJo (These are amazing anime but let's be honest, they can get pretty *bIzZaRe* )
"Technically everything is canon in an infinite multiverse."
Well, not if you use Rick c137, because then you are not just creating some alternate dimension or timeline where fuck the consequences, go nuts, you are explicitly using the main Rick
I'm sure in an infinite multiverse, there's another Rick C137. So technically.... everything _is_ canon in an infinite multiverse
The hentai is canon xd
Unless it's outside of the train..
All Cartoon Network and Cartoon Network Adult Swim cartoons are in the same Multiverse and are connected to each other. So this video is not canon.
After that season 5 finale, this title and concept is not too far off.
Rick is morty according to this special(this video)
@@SupportGamin2024 No, that Evil Morty commits genocide
@@TuWear you didn't watch the actual video? Rick dies and morty becomes him at the end of the anime
@@SupportGamin2024 No shit, but that is not the point. It is that Evil Morty is a Genocider and that happened to be the case in the season 5 finale.
@@TuWear lo era anche prima, anche prima che lo incontrassimo, aveva ucciso il suo Rick e sostituito con un robot, ha ucciso tantissimi Rick "che poi è stata data la colpa a Rick C-137" e schiavizzato i loro Morty, in seguito ha continuato ad uccidere e nella stagione 5 ha ucciso un di più, ma ha sempre ucciso
So this timeline Rick is just a really cool grandpa, and we'd learn he was actually Morty.
Thanks for clarifying that shit for me.
Is it all canon?
@@benjaminfuentes9188 you still asking if it's cannon in a Rick and Morty show
@@chew430 same!
Everything in Rick and Morty is canon as far as im concerned, just depends on what timeline is occuring
Fun fact: the guy who voices Rick in Japanese is also the guy who voices doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb (the Japanese dub)
I- i cant tell if ur lying or not.....
*CURSE YOU JERRY THE JERRYPUS!!!*
@@ahmedhasan5113 He's telling the truth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dhei_Tadano
@@naryosh_ Its just the Japanese dub
He...he knows Japanese too
Perspective changes when Japanese dubs American Cartoons.
You should see the Japanese dub of King of the Hill
@@sk00k tell me more...
@@mikewade1604 just search for it on TH-cam
@@GeorgeBraun10 stfu
@@sk00k original dub with subtitles is the way to go, the Japanese have already said it so many times, always go for the original voices, you can't get that Texan beauty with japanese dub
After seeing this I fully support a Japanese anime adaptation of Rick and Morty as long as it's made by this studio
I think it's really happening
Did you watch the trailer
We have you to blame for that abomination
Oh!!!
People hate it now and I really don’t understand why it’s not bad at all😂
Rick and Morty: EVERYTHING IS CANON AND NOTHING IS CANON.
So kinda like Homestuck
What a shitty way to keep people interested. "How zany, who knows if this is even canon? Omg!!"
Yes, it is "confusion of da highest orda!"
Multiverse my friend
@@ryanflippinharris I hear what you're saying, but that argument doesn't really work on the internet. If it did people wouldn't be so interested in Half Life 3.
Not gonna lie. This was the best 8 minutes spent since quarantine.
You worded this like quarantine was the last best moment you had.
Both not bad comments honestly made me happy thanks lmao
@@2psnopod Yeah, that came out wrong. hahaha. Regardless, I enjoyed watching this short episode a few times.
corona is a cake and cake is a lie
Yes
so weird hearing Morty calls Rick 'Grandpa' instead of just his name.
Also Jerry of all people.
I didn’t see him call him grandpa once
William Phillips because he called him rick guy mixed things up
@@williamphillips2671 Every time the subtitles said "Rick" when Morty was speaking, the word he said wasn't "Rick", it was "oji-san" which means "Grandpa". Morty never actually called "Rick" by his name during this entire short.
Calling your grandpa by his name in Japan must be a mortal sin
I also just realized this Evil Mortys timeline he lived in originally or created for himself, since Rick -137 appears behind him and states such before saying it sucks, but this seems to only be a memory. But now it makes sense why he needed his brain season 5 episode 10 makes this make so much more sense.
I as wondering if I was just lookin too much into this! I havent finished the video yet but I had to come down here to see if anyone else as getting the same vibe.. Yeah from the moment I saw him I was squinting because his demeaner is much more cool headed and calculating, I immediately started thinking this HAD to be Evil Morty
Nah I thinks it’s our Rick glimpsing into this anime world time line and trolling the evil morty in it as he’s now stuck in an infinite time loop of failure.
I love how this version of Rick And Morty are more positive and happy then the cynical pessimist Rick, and the nervous, sometimes angry Morty.
@@ProfPsycDad konishowa-desu senpai-kun!
@@ProfPsycDad Sorry, all wrong. Rick tricks Morty into drinking the "medicine" in this anime. Morty becomes Rick, old Rick dies in explosion. Watch it again; you'll get it.
@@eduardobriones3217 Dude; happy? Rick tricks Morty into drinking from the "medicine" in this anime. Morty becomes Rick, old Rick dies in explosion. Watch it again; you'll get it.
@de greedy Another expert in Japanese culture I see. Wrong. Rick tricks Morty into drinking from the "medicine" in this anime. Morty becomes Rick, old Rick dies in explosion. Watch it again; you'll get it. I admit I had to watch more than once.
@Jaime Flores there are plenty you just gotta find it for example Berserk is the perfect series that has all the qualities you just described.
Anyone watching R&M: Is anything canon at this point?
Dan Harmon: Well yes, but actually maybe
Gustav 123 it is official by the original creators just animated differently than the normal animation. This version now exists in the show
@Gustav 123 Rick and Morty
@gustav since they totally dipped into some animations (having one other short that was about a samurai Rick lol) I can honestly say, I can relate this to Gintama. That being said, this short could be anything, could be nothing. Either way, it still matters, and its still Rick and Morty.(:
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The creators said that, since there's infinite realities, everything is canon eve fanfics
The pacing of this is unbelivably fast. Sad that this wasn't allowed to be 21 minutes long
it's much more watchable at 75% speed
@@chrish5053 I also watched it at 75% speed
Fun Fact: This short was made by TMS Entertainment. The same anime studio behind Akira and the outsourced animation for classic American cartoons like Inspector Gadget, Batman: The Animated Series, and the original Animaniacs.
Shit felt really weird seeing Rick not burping between the dialogs.
Dude yes that why something felt off
😂🤣🤮
he did burp a couple times, it just sounded more likea wretch with a bit of a japanese accent lol
@@flexmendelson I was wondering what that was
“See you later, Rick Sanchez”. That’s all the proof i need for believing Rick and Morty are the same.
@MultiTarded but it literally says c-137 if this is cannon its our rick
That would be so awasome in many ways
MultiTarded except in the other anime episode they didn’t even mention the main series at all. In this one they called Rick C-137 and straight up started referencing past episodes.
@MultiTarded That's convincing too 👍
Blue vial is responsible for ricks blue hair im calling it now
I find it cute that in Japanese, Morty always calls Rick “Gi-chan” (Grandpa) instead of just “Rick”.
Jii chang
@@woopywuupy2816 there’s no “ng” it’s just Chan, not Chang
@@TM-jl6vz I know. Its just cuter that way
@@woopywuupy2816 oh XD okay
@@oneiroagent This would be wholesome, but i do actually think this is just a matter of "cultural translation", because the japanese language cares a lot about respect and politeness, so Morty calling Rick, an older person and granfather, just as "Rick" would be considered rude, hence they probably adapted to "grandpa"
This is now official! Takashi Sanso has been greenlit for 10 episodes of a Rick and Morty Anime!
All theories aside, I REALLY like this version of Rick. He seems a lot more caring towards morty, and just has a fun personality, not to say the classic one doesn't.
I agree, he's more of a softer version
And Morty calls him grandpa rather than just rick. Prolly has to do with American culture being desensitized trash.
I think because of the asian culture. Even that little detail that Jerry was the one who called Rick like they were close in laws
@@ladychips I think ya may be on to something, with confucian values of filial piety. Even if they hate eachother, they need to respect elders.
@L rue I mean, SUUUURE, but I just meant the way they written his personality, and lines specifically for this short. Just has a good charm to it, I guess.
That “Akira” reference was something else.
Why "akira" it was a akira reference
I missed it guys where was it placed
i didnt catch it, tbf i haven't seen akira in years
Its the city exploding
2nd Akira reference in Rick and Morty. 1st was the episode where Morty has the Death Crystal.
"I don't want to any more anime stuff happening to my son buster!" ~Jerry Smith, season 4 episode 1
@@amematoi its tingling !
@@amematoi you skipped HIV?
Wait...is this better than the anime series? What the hell happened?!
This is basically the pilot, that it worked better as a one off than a franchise.
rick and morty: everything is canon, nothing is canon
I heard some theaters are gonna show it in reverse.
I heard it's the same movie backward and forward.
I heard the deleted scenes are the scenes and the scenes are the deleted scenes.
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Yes
Some people ask "What is Life." We must now ask " What is "Canon." "
@@ViewThis.
What is Nick Canon ?
"And then he turned himself into a kind old japanese man, funniest shit I've ever seen."
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Japanese version: "It's just going to be you and me after this, Morty! We'll go on an adventure together."
Australian version: "MORTY *beep* MORTYYYYYY *beep beep* GET IN THE FUCKIN CAR MORTYYY. WE GOTTA GO TO BENDIGO TO GET ME CEUB MORTY"
I WAS RESURRECTED AS A UTE I CAN DRIVE YOU TO FUCKING BENDIGO MORTYYYYY
Bushwolrd adventures is just a classic now
He doesn't want go go he sick of the Adventures.
Lol
Japanese: I'll be back before long morty and I'll take care of our timeline
Australian: I got a gun Morty, and I'm gonna kill you Morty, YOURE ACTUALLY GONNA DIE!!!??!!
The thing that made this even more accurate to an anime is the fact that there are constant frame rate changes which really gives anime their signature look and this kind of got me thinking “what if the fighting scene was just the same frame rate?” would have been really cool
The most mindblowing shit is when rick is about to leave he shout to Morty "Catch you later then, Rick Sanchez."
Wait... you are right. He even points at him. What the hell? I was pretty sure that he transforms Morty into himself but with this there is no doubt about it!
and then morty's face fades and overlaps with Rick's face.
Go watch film theory, they have an interesting take there
@@SergioGonzalez-xm2os i think film theory might be right.
@@solidagold115 film theory made a episode on this th-cam.com/video/L2O-ZLKLhiw/w-d-xo.html
Before this: Rick and Morty series
After this: Rick is Morty series
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@@xiicell5840 man stop baiting for views
This could honestly be a suitable ending for Rick & Morty.
Not anymore
true would fit so good
Evil morty making his own timeline actually fits
Nahhh
@@naiwa4227 i Think Evil morty Story is over
I would personally LOVE an entire season in this style. The art style, the voice actors, that authentic anime feel without just being overly generic, it's all phenomenally made.
There you go Just got announced
Your wish was granted
yeah it happened and it was shite
Just realized that the Rick who died and the Morty who became Rick, will never return to their original family who is still thinking that they are out on one of those daily adventures and will be back on dinner table by night.
No rick was always morty, that was probably a clone
@@folake6423 how do you figure
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@@killer008r in the video, the rick that went into the space ship, called morty Rick Sanchez right before he left and Jerry calls Rick's phone telling him that Morty was just born which means that his morty wasnt born yet, which is why I'm guessing he did all that to find evil morty.
@@folake6423 wrong
My friend: "so, what anime do you like?"
Me: "it's complicated..."
no it's not
we watch THE anime
Stfu not funny
lspwpepelldd .ppspspsspepe what that name
@dragon heaven On a technical level, sure, but in reality they're not.
@@Veela666 Exactly.
"I don't do time travel" I think we know why.
😮
Yeah. The snake episode sure was a PAIN IN THE BUTT
@@Roeclean Bro, I was SO high while watching and it's my favorite fucking episode!
@@torresm760 bruuuuh i just experience the same thing hahaha
What about the box full of Time travel stuff?
“Rick and Morty fans did not ask for this.”
We sort of did. There’s been more than one Rick and Morty short anime over the years (Genociders comes to mind) and they’ve done really well. I would definitely watch this.
That was too much for my brain right now, I literally just woke up tf-
Me too bro
Same and I can’t understand shit
Same here
Yeah no shit me too. Actually looking for an explanation and saw this comment and knew. I had found fam
Same
So... This is the theory where Rick and Morty are the same person, and they live in a loop...
Nice.
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Not nice. Think of the ever accelerating inbreeding.
What? I am confused
@@jasonbelstone3427 youd probably hate the show Dark then.
@@jasonbelstone3427 That's how you get Doofus Rick.
This basically tells us that the fan theories everyone had won't be in the actual show. I feel like they made this to appease the fans who wanted Evil Morty to be Rick's original Morty and for Morty's to actually be young Rick's.
But also everything rick and morty is canon and not at the same time
It´s possible with how they trolled theorist with train story however they went through a lot to say in this episode that this is C137 Rick. Why not make this alternate reality alltogether if what you say is true? Gratned its maybe another trolling, but there is also possiblity it isnt.
Still I dont understand who really Evil Morty is...
Which is kind of stupid and no real plot twist
@@avenis-b8w it has not been fully revealed yet. this is the closest we have gotten to an explanation
I’m from the future. If you asked for an anime adaptation, you’re gonna regret it.
Why? It's exactly wht we asked for and got
@@zerog1037😂
Rick literally says "See ya later, Rick sanchez" to morty right before they show their faces overlapted
Ya, odd no one points that out.
The animation is literally just pure fanservice for all those theorists wanting theirs to be correct XD
Brooo it's a giant loop. When introducing Rick he was drinking the vile then gave another same vile to Morty. The formula turned Morty into Rick after the real one died in that explosion. Somehow they're trapped in infinite time loop
@@dallispuryear9997 Evil Morty is not affected by the time loop. There will be a last fight between grown up Morty and evil Morty
I think that part is an ode to the anime Steinsgate where the mad scientist has a catch phrase he always says.
0:53 I found Rick Waldo!!!!
:-D
Easter eggs everywhere.
Bro😂😂
Who is Rick waldo
@@joelrobert4539 bruh
Fans: Is it canon
Adult Swim: *No but yes*
Rick and Morty in a nutshell
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I mean if its infinite parallel universes there has to be one where this happens. 😂
If you go with the premise of the show everything is canon.
1 mill subs! It's up to you!
PLEASE WE NEED THE FULL VERSION OF THE END SONG!
yes we do
Did you find the song?
@@akmyounus Did you? :(
Could you imagine if they had Justin Roilland attempt his Rick and Morty voices in Japanese?
I want to see them do a poorly translated dub
Swagatron 67 with like barely any emotion and English dialogue that doesn’t even match the Japanese
It’d be in Broken Japanese unless he voluntarily learns Japanese to more cooperate with Japanese Animators for these types of videos
I can picture it now.
Justin as Rick: um..blah blah taimu toreberu(time travel). Blah blah tokyo. Burp.
Justin as Morty: "Rick..blah blah jessica anime...blah blah "
Lol now that's a Justin Roiland half assed dub i would love to hear! 😁
While drunk.
I just realized, when Rick's talking to himself in his reflection, it can be interpreted as him still talking to Morty, you could even say he was trying to tell Morty that they're the same person.
He literally did. Rip Van Winkle reference tells everything.
@@andrzejgolota6642 he didn't actually say Rip Van Winkle like the captions say he says something else but I forgot not watching the video rn just looking through the comments
But the latest episode did actually just disprove that so
@@Profileunused do your ears work?
@@andrzejgolota6642 he says Urashima Taro not Rip Van Winkle do your ears work
It looks like it was evil Morty before he becomes evil Morty.
Rick definitely called Morty "Rick Sanchez"
Cause the serum morty drank made him turn in to rick and took his memories of the past from the looks of it. Rick even said that the serum would make him Rip Van Winkle a character from fiction who falls asleep as a young man and wakes up an old man.
@@jai123456789ify Holy crap, dude. That's kinda weird tbh.
jai123456789ify Thanks for clarifying that but wtf lol
@@jai123456789ify Does this mean Jessica is Beth's mom? 0.o
Bruh I thought it was because Rick was just looking at his reflection
OH MY GOD! 4:03 IT’LL MAKE YOU RIP VAN WINKLE! A story of a man who slept for decades and woke up as an old man!
it made morty become old quickly which made him into rick as morty ends up becoming rick when he grows up
The storyline is actually quite DARK
Let's see if I can get the story straight.
Rick c137 was hunted by evil Morty's minions, who call themselves genocider. They were tracking down Rick c137 by erasing everyone else in Tokyo, using manipulation of the past memory. Eventually, they finds the Rick in 新宿町, because that's the only place people didn't all disappeare. The two sides fought, both the Rick and the assassins died.
As mentioned, the genocider eliminates everyone by manipulating past memory, So the fight actually took place in the past. Before Rick c137 died, he gave Morty a vile of potion, which passes on his memory to Morty, and turns him into Rick c137. This happens right before Morty c137 is born, and the new Rick soon learns the news from Jerry that his furtherself has just been born.
What's dark about this is that Rick c137 cheated death by basically possessed his Morty. By the end of the story, I don't know if the RickMorty remembers his Morty past, or maybe Rick just took over and erased Morty. Either way, I wouldn't call it a well informed decision. Rick c137 might have just used his Morty as vessel...
Basically that’s the story line here.. you can speculate that evil morty is a morty who didn’t drink the vile..
Its also possible the drug wasn't Rick's memories but just something that makes Morty smart. Meaning Rick could have always been an older future version of Morty keeping the young Morty safe until this day happens.
@@alexpez9278 that would actually make sense. At the end when evil Morty announces mission complete and breaks away, we see Rick taunting him but not actually being there. It's probably a hallucination or something bc he watched his Rick die and now he's being haunted by him.
"This is your timeline? It totally sucks!"
Basically saying, this could have been all avoided had you drank the vile like I told you to
@@cpstyxx6621 He is reffering to Evil Morty's original timeline in the anime world when he say's it sucks
@@alexpez9278 By the end, evil Morty heard Rick saying "so this is your timeline, it totally sucks". But when he turned around there's no one.
Unless it's a ghost Rick c137, in which case I will totally loss my respect to this storyline. Then it's the Rick inside of him made the comment, so a part of evil Morty is actually Rick.
Rick said "so this is your timeline", which makes me think this story is how evil Morty came to be. He is the Morty after drinking the blue potion.
So I dare to make this a theory: evil Morty is the Morty from the beginning of this story. He hunted Rick to force him to use Morty as a vessel. This is motivated by survival instinct, because this is how evil Morty came into existence.
Fans : Is it canon?
Adult swims : "no but yes"
canon enough, honestly i doubt it matters
this could easily be a prequel that they never reference ever again
@@gladiusnite5957 Can you go promote your videos somewhere else?
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Infinite timelines infinite possibilities
Infinite universes, dude.
Morty: Rick, are you me?
Rick: Always have been.
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virtual Agent why are you posting a link to how to convert stuff to PDF?
nah rick was mortys backup pretty sure Xmortysevilgruntsigh
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Thats probably the loneliest idea if you think about it
How evil morty looks, how you’re able to differentiate all of the different ricks even though they are all the same person, AND MORTY’S DESIGN IN GENERAL. ITS SO GOOD.
Keep in mind, this all started as a Back to the Future parody.
Back to the future + Doctor who with rick's car as the tesseract and his portal gun as the screwdiver
No, he's talking about the short Doc and Mharti
@@dman6093 yep!
Rick felt surprisingly genuine, almost to the point he sounded more like Doc from Back to the Future than actual Rick. I wonder if he'll develop into someone like this in future seasons.
I sure hope so
sleep-drive-play me too, I dropped out for he show because of the cynicism, but seeing stuff like this makes me want to go back.
@@frownyclowny6955 Don't get used to that.
This was better then all of season 4 but still doesn't make me want to watch the show again.
The characters are just going through the same arcs every few seasons and ever since season 3 basically having a nothing ending and season 4 taking 2 years to make and still be as shit as it was I just dont understand why people would keep watching.
maybe they are trying to get our hopes up :(
In eight and a half minutes they did everything they didn’t do in a whole season, this people don’t rule the world because they don’t want to.
Lol am the 666 like XD
What are you even trying to say? "this people don't rule the world?"
@@brianthomason5022 pretty sure you can guess mate, maybe try being constructive when criticising instead of just being a dick
@@vqqiu2179 he’s obviously a Rick, Morty
@@vqqiu2179 how is he being rude...op's opinion is not clear to those who don't share it, we're simply asking them to clarify. Does "these people" refer to the show runners or characters? Does their comment mean they didn't like the latest season or the third? It's unclear
Remember what they took from us
NO
I AM SPARTICUS!
Fans: wait... Rick has always been morty?
Rick Sanchez: always has been.
Is that why he’s such a dick to him, because in a way he hates himself-especially his past self
Wouldn't that make his mom Beth
The scene at the end is just a flashback that explains why Rick was missing after Morty was born. Morty does not become Rick. If anything the potion Morty drinks may preserve him from a multiverse collapse that evil Morty is trying to do by destroying memories.
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@@raspberryboo2 Actually it's an old trope to stabilize a time line by making yourself your own ancestor.
But I think lucasbachmann is right. This started with Rick playing with the secretions of those memory parasites. Here the past is just memories that can be changed.
So I think the potion contains memories of R&M adventures - things they did in the past. That's why Morty says he is Rick's assistant. By drinking the potion, he remembers the past Rick wants him to remember, keeping this time line/dimension.
and then he turned himself into a rick ! funniest shit i've ever seen.
Wow
@SunOnShine mb shut up
@SunOnShine diversity my ass, this is not netflix for criers
@SunOnShine what are you talking about? How many shows do you see zombified cyborgs? Or multidimensional representation? This show is more diverse than anything else put out there!
@SunOnShine take that sjw bs and shove it down somebody else's throat 👌
Therapist: Japanese Rick doesnt exist. He cant hurt you
Japanese Rick: *YOU FELL FOR IT! THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!!*
Did I hear a Jojo reference?
@@sot0tos202 unless you have text to speech I doubt it
Comes out of nowhere,
Just like President Valentine’s gun.
Jed Tayag Caesar’s or (spoilers)
Johnny’s?
There was already a Japanese rick tho
This hits different after the season 5 finale
When I lived in Tokyo for 2 years it was just like this i really miss going places on my butt cloud
Did alot of people speak english along with japanese
What about the self-driving taxi? Did he happen to mention he had 5 kids to feed?
@@ActualLiteralKyle did he have a mutant arm?
Just like Goku's Nimbus but this one's Nimbutt.
what was the food like ?
I really wouldn't hate a whole season of this.
EDIT: I saw they're making! Hope it's good!
Same
I would. The voice acting is way worse than the original english voice actors
@@eliasgibson2878 It's neither worst or better, just down to taste. It's an awesome piece of animation and a cool take on the setting for me. Shame you're not into it pal
@@eliasgibson2878 There's literally no mistakes, mistranslations or anything, what you mean with worst exactly?
@@eliasgibson2878 If you aren't into Japanese dubbing, you don't need to shit on other people's preferences. The translation is solid, the tones and emotional weight behind the pronunciations are good, and it plays to the animation as a strength. Can you imagine *this* kind of animation with *english* dubbing? If you can, that's on you. But some of us prefer Japanese dubbing to go with Japanese animation.
rick is way nicer in this lol
Well it is a different rick
@@_General_Grievous__ that was c137 right?
@@_General_Grievous__ it literally is c137 rick
He’s Anime-Rick, that’s why 🤣
Character development probably
Better than the actual anime, seriously why the dip in quality
It's weird seeing Japanese Rick talk, move, and have facial expressions just like Lupin III, but it works surprisingly well for his character.
Or even Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bepop! I loved the anime references, i saw in this short some scenes that reminded me of Akira, Evangelion... So cool!
@@XuizElLoko
It's funny that you should mention that, because Spike was stylistically inspired by Lupin. This holds true for Jet (Jigen), Faye (Fujiko), and Vicious (Goemon) too.
You're completely right about there being a tonne of references too. In terms of animation it reminds me a lot of Studio Trigger works mixed with a Mamoru Hosoda film (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast).
sorry for all caps but...BROOOOOOOO I KNEW I WASN'T CRAZY. Rick was giving me hella Lupin III vibes and it does work very well. This a was a hella of a twist but short episode
Any of you guys spot the kaiji bog reference @ 2:34?
Thought that was neat
Not really
Is it concerning that spongebob anime and Rick and Morty anime came out in such a short time between each other.
For real lol
Darris Pope lmao
If Rick and Morty was an anime
I love how they hinting at Evil Morty with that remote controlled Robot Rick
You caught the eye patch too on that robot Rick sitting on the throne near the end
I haven't watched in a while, is Evil Morty still not a thing?
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 still not.
They completely leave us hanging with that storyline since tales from the citadel
@@samuraichamploo07 I guess it was a smart decision to stop paying attention then, they're pulling a Lost
Ohh please that was clearly evil morty.
I honestly would watch seasons upon seasons of this. This is a great adaptation
well they just confirmed the anime, no info if is going to be a full season though.
@@FZJanimated I heard. I can’t wait. Seasons or not, I would still watch. It’s just so good
Here you go
I'd unironically watch an anime version of Rick and Morty.
No questions asked.
When Rick said "Rip Van Winkle" I knew morty would awaken as a rick
explain
I'd also like to know
Rip Vanwinkle is an American tale about an old man who falls asleep and accidentally wakes up 20 years in the future
TheTwitchSniper Rip Van Winkle is the story of an old mad that spent most of his time out in the woods, until one day he met these dwarves. the dwarves gave him this really strong potion & he falls asleep under a tree for 20yrs. once he wakes up he’s an old man, and missed the entire american revolution b/c of the potion & no1 remembered him except for 1 person.
Its a short story where Rip takes a sip of liquor only to fall asleep oand find himself in the wrong century.
You know how amazing a show is when even the spinoff parodies are this good.
Idk I been liking the spin offs more lately
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@ɮօʊռċɛ օʄʄ Dpn't force yourself watching what you don't like, man. Just move on ;)
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True
This episode was compelling, emotional and hilarious all at once. Things like this will keep me satisfied while I wait for this epic show to continue. 😂👏🏻🙏🏻
No matter what reality, Rick will always find a way to make us hate time travel.
And he always finds a way to make us hate our existence. 😁👌
I'm actually planning on making my own R&M short and it will be preceding my Friends and Office crossover movie