Continuing to deliver anime takes on Rick and Morty, Adult Swim recently tasked celebrated studio Sola Entertainment for a new Japanese short.
Titled “The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara,” the 11-minute clip features animation production by Sola Digital Arts Inc. and CGI by Yamato Works, Inc. While Masaru Matsumoto of Sola Entertainment directed the project with a script by Naohiro Fukushima and music composition by Tetsuya Takahashi.
With voice actors Youhei Tadano and Keisuke Chiba reprising their roles as Rick and Morty, Adult Swim describes the short, “Rick’s toaster is broken. To repair it, he and Morty must go to Akihabara to find the perfect screw, and battle an old rival along the way.”
Watch Sola Entertainment’s Rick and Morty anime short “The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara” before it airs on Toonami October 16
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