The Takashi Sano-directed series will be available on Adult Swim and MAX
Kodoani.com – Adult Swim's official YouTube channel shared a first lock video for Rick and Morty: The Anime, scheduled to premiere this year on Adult Swim and MAX. You can watch Morty being celebrated as a hero in the minute-long first look below.
Featuring an original story, some of which are inspired by the main animated series Rick and Morty, Rick and Morty: The Anime will air for 10 episodes. Takashi Sano, director of Tower of God, will direct the film. The spin-off is produced by Adult Swim's Jason DeMarco and Sola Entertainment's Joseph Chou, with animation produced by Telecom Animation Film, with Sola Entertainment handling overall production.
As previously announced, the opening song will be “Love Is Entropy” composed and arranged by Japanese band OTONEZ. Vocal duties are split between 0C of Japanese group CODE OF ZERO and musician and performer Cameron Earnshaw.