Adult Swim announced that it has greenlit two new anime series, one of which is based on the hit television series Rick and Morty.
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Rick and Morty: The Anime will be a ten-episode anime series directed by Takashi Sano, the director of Tower of God. Sano was also behind the two extremely popular Rick and Morty anime shorts, Rick and Morty vs. Genocider, and Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil), both of which are likely big inspirations and catalysts behind the full Rick and Morty anime being developed.
No official announcement on the anime’s release date has been revealed as of yet. However, Adult Swim did note that it would be an original work with adapted themes and events from the main series. Besides Sano’s two anime shorts, Adult Swim has released a variety of anime-inspired Rick and Morty shorts, including the very first one, Samurai & Shogun, in March 2020. A sequel for that was released in November 2020, with a third animated short based on the series, The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara, airing in October 2021.
Two new animes are headed your way. Rick and Morty: The Anime and Ninja Kamui coming soon. pic.twitter.com/WAjZxBQWo8
— adult swim (@adultswim) May 18, 2022
Elsewhere, Adult Swim also announced that it has greenlit the futuristic action/adventure anime Ninja Kamui. The series will be directed by Sunghoo Park (Jujutsu Kaisen, God of High School) and will follow the story of a former ninja who escapes his clan and tries to hide from his violent past in America, only to be forced to confront his past overseas.
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“Ninja Kamui follows Joe Higan, who is a Nukenin – a former ninja who escaped his clan and is hiding from his violent past in rural America with his family,” reads the synopsis for the series. “One night, he is ambushed by a team of assassins from his former organization who exact a bloody retribution on Joe and his family for betraying their ancient code. Rising from his seeming ‘death,’ Joe will re-emerge as his former self – Ninja Kamui – to avenge his family and friends. Kamui is a 21st century ninja, a shadowy anachronism who pits his ancient skills against high-tech weaponry with brutal finesse. He must face off against trained assassins, combat cyborgs, and rival ninjas to bring down the very clan that made him.”
