The cartoon duo of Rick & Morty certain do get round. During the last decade, the multiversal duo have change into extraordinarily standard, thanks partially to popping up in movies, live-action, video video games, and different forms of animation. The subsequent universe they’ve jumped to? None aside from the DC Animated Universe, form of.
Just lately, Grownup Swim launched a TV bumper that includes Rick and Morty within the model of the intro for Batman: The Animated Series. And it seems…fairly good, truly? From begin to end, it actually commits to the bit as a lot as it will possibly in below a minute. Seeing Rick & Morty characters in a cleaner artwork model positively makes the present look extra distinct and attention-grabbing, ditto its theme when carried out in Danny Elfman model.
The bumper was directed and govt produced by Aron Fromm (who already works for Grownup Swim as an editor on Smiling Buddies) and animation studio Open the Portal. In an interview with Animation World Network, Fromm and OTP artistic director David Braun defined they’d met key BTAS author Paul Dini final yr at a screening of Fleischer cartoons. When Grownup Swim contracted them for a Rick & Morty promo, the duo went with the traditional present partially as a result of it was “one of many largest influences on our work,” mentioned Braun. “Many a person has tried and did not recapture the magic of the unique collection, and we love a problem.”
Regardless of the way it could seem, the pair confused this bumper is presently only a one-off and never some herald of one other Rick & Morty spinoff. Nonetheless, Fromm admitted he can simply think about an “elaborate and gothic” trailer for a hypothetical collection, which he thinks may final not less than 40 episodes. Stranger issues have occurred, significantly on Batman’s finish, so perhaps don’t rule it out simply but.
You’ll be able to learn AWN’s full interview with Fromm and Braun, which additionally goes into nailing the bumper’s design and the evolution of animation, here.
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