Rick and Morty: The Anime premieres in August 2024, a natural progression from successful anime shorts. Producers DeMarco and Chou discuss how collaboration with Sano led to full series development.

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Back in July 2020, Adult Swim premiered a short called "Rick and Morty vs. Genocider," an insane short by Sano, who was hot off the heels of directing Tower of God that same year. In 2021 ...