Rick and Morty returns with new short, a new rival, and an exploding toaster - goldsteinquares

Rick and Morty returns with new short, a new rival, and an increasing toaster

Twist and Morty has returned with another surprise anime short – which besides introduces a new nemesis for the mad scientist.

Directed by Masaru Matsumoto and produced by Sola Entertainment, "The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara" features the Japanese voice cast reuniting for an chance that takes in Allhallows Eve, exploding toasters, and a hunt for screws – of all things – that leads Rick and Morty to the Tokyo electronic district of Akihabara.

Along the way, Rick bumps into his self-proclaimed "eternal rival" Yamada Q-Saku and symmetric finds time to playfully poke at gum anime tropes: outlandish coincidences, unexplained mecha battles, and nonsensical flashbacks are all skewered during the 10-minute runtime.

This is the fourth Twist and Morty gum anime short to be released. This August saw the mind-bending "Summer Meets God" smasher YouTube, patc the Adult Swim series in the beginning branched out with a pair of Japanese language miniskirt-episodes in 2020.

Much like Wrench and Morty's brief expansion into live fulfill with Hinder to the Future actor Christopher Lloyd, the new anime unmindful offers a way for fans to get a schwifty slice of the dimension-hopping duo's adventures without slowing down any work on the main series.

Rick and Morty time of year 6, meanwhile, is en route – but no release date has yet been confirmed. This past August, author Cody Ziglar tweeted out that things had wrapped on season cardinal, indicating that at least part of Rick and Morty season six was in the can.

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