In the modern era, the anime films are making a huge impact in the minds of the audiences. They have created a totally different world of entertainment where nothing is impossible for the characters. So to cope with the current trends now, all the countries have put emphasis on making anime movies so that they can attract a large number of audiences to see their productions. Rick and Morty is an anime science fiction movie of America which is basically for the adults and was written by the famous Justin Roiland along with Dan Harmon. This was streamed by the Adult Swim which is a programming block run generally in late at night and is a subsidiary of the Cartoon network. The tale is all about the misadventures of Rick Sanchez who is a cynical scientist, a bit mad in nature and also his grandson Morty Smith, a good-hearted boy but a bit fretful. These two persons have split their time between their domestic lives along with their inter-dimensional adventures.
The anime was solaced by the voices of the writer Roiland himself and also by his colleagues Spencer Grammer, Chris Parenl along with Sarah Chalke. Though the series has made some deep impacts among the audiences, still it is originated from another short film with some parody in it, named “Back to the Future”. This film was also made by Roiland and this was telecasted on channel 101. This series of movies were praised for the creativity of the creator and the humor merged in it.
Brief Details of the Characters and the Tale
The Smith family is extensively co-related with all the stories of this series and they are the main characters of this anime. Jerry and Beth are the founders of the story and with their children Morty and his elder brother Summer. They also Beth’s old father named Rick Sanchez. Rick has a flying car that can take them to different planets and other dimensions through various portals. As mentioned in the introduction, this Rick is an alcoholic and at the same time, he is mad. Morty is his grandson of 14 years and they often leave their house for different adventures.
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Overview of the Series
The series named Rick and Morty was first introduced by the Adult Swim as one of their first original show of the primetime. The premiere of the first season was done in December 2013 and it came to an end in April of 2014. The pilot project of Rick and Morty had 11 episodes and used to get streamed at 10:30 p.m.
The show had been confirmed to be filmed for a second season even before the first season ended its journey. The 2nd season also ran from July to October in 2015 which had 10 episodes in its pot. Like the second season, the third season also got premiered even before the end of the previous season. The series got that kind of popularity that the two creators of the show and executive producer couldn’t stop themselves from expressing their delight. They didn’t even announce the premier of the third season before a publicity stance and an April Fool’s prank. The other episodes were aired after four months of the premier and were aired at an interval of one week.
After having immense love and response from the audiences who watch Rick and Morty the two producers of the show asked for the assurance from them. They did it because they wanted to cuddle down their involvement with other shows and put all their concentrations on this particular show. As a result of that, the Adult swim became agree to make a contract for a quite long time with the two creators of the show in May 2018 and they also ordered 70 new episodes for their channel. This big deal was made as the streaming company wanted to minimize the time lag between two seasons to be aired consecutively.
The Tale of the Production
Both the co-creators of Rick and Morty met in a program on Channel 101 as it was the occasion of a short film festival organized in Los Angeles by Harmon. There the participants used to submit short films as their pilot project of any upcoming project. The audiences of that show used to decide the one which is going to be proliferated as a continuing series. After so many jangled incidents, in 2012 Harmon was offered by the Channel 101 to make some primetime hit for the channel. Though Harmon was unfamiliar with animation and other technicalities, he focused more on the dialogs, story, and characters. He gave a call to Roiland to check if he had any idea related to any of the animated series. He then instantly changed the names of the characters of a previous series named Doc and Mharti to Rick and Morty. Then they build a family around the characters and made the episodes fit for a 30 minutes slot of the telecast.
The animation part of the show is taken care of by the Toon Boom Harmony software and the after-effects of this show are done by using “Adobe After Effects”. Adobe Photoshop is the main platform to furnish the background while the Bardel Entertainment of Vancouver, Canada takes care of the production of the animation.
Significance of the Show
Rick and Morty was described to be a joking presentation wrapped up into nihilism. From this series, it is evident that the existence of the race named human is insignificant if the size of the earth is compared to that of the universe. The creators of this series have introduced Rick as a selfish anarchist who hates if someone instructs him to do something. As the show is a primetime hit on Channel 101, so people tend to see it whenever it is placed in any time slot. This new age has shown the anime films a new ray of hope through the development of immense advanced technology in the field of animation.
