More than two years after it was announced, the anime spin-off of Adult Swim’s sci-fi comedy series has been released Rick and Morty is finally bursting onto TV screens next month. On Thursday, Adult Swim shared a new trailer for the upcoming series, revealing that it will premiere on August 15 and will run for a 10-episode season.
Directed by Takashi Sano (Tower of God), Rick and Morty: The Anime will (expectedly) revolve around the misadventures of different versions of the blue-haired mad scientist and his hapless grandson than those in the original series. The anime will see the Smith family embark on a series of bizarre anime-inspired escapades, from Morty’s sister Summer and Space Beth battling the Galactic Federation to Morty falling in love with a mysterious girl who may secretly be a multidimensional being. It looks like even Morty’s father Jerry will get in on the action, wielding a Dragonslayer-esque sword à la WildGuts and dangling above the mouth of a giant worm monster.
Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden, who began voicing Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith in the series’ seventh season after the firing of co-creator Justin Roiland, will not be returning to voice their characters in the new series. Instead, Joe Daniels (Hi!!) and Gabriel Regojo (Made in the abyss) will voice Rick and Morty in the English version of Rick and Morty: The Animewhile Youhei Tadano and Keisuke Chiba – who previously played Rick and Morty in the Japanese dubbed version of Rick and Morty — will reprise the voices of the characters in the Japanese version.
Episodes from the English version of Rick and Morty: The Anime will premiere at midnight on Thursday, August 15 on Adult Swim and will stream on Max the following day. Meanwhile, the Japanese subtitled version of the show will premiere on Saturday, August 17 on Adult Swim’s Toonami block.