Mr. Horse: "No sir, I didn't like it."
Not sure what I was expecting here. I was never a fan of regular Rick and Morty, so expecting some mediocre anime adaptation of the original material to entertain me was a big ask. Even with my lowered expectations this disappointed me by just how incoherent the story was. Skipping around a narrative's timeline and expecting the audience to piece together what happened is one of the hardest storytelling techniques to execute well, and the team behind this show are not up to it. The animation was adequate, not terrible, but rather forgettable. The most obvious difference here was several perspective choices favored by Japanese animators and a lighter, brighter pastel color palette that you typically see in modern anime productions.
I may give this show one more shot next week but Rick and Morty: The Anime could be the worst of the AS original anime yet. It commits the worst sin any piece of entertainment can commit: it bores you to tears and is promptly forgotten afterwards.
Not sure what I was expecting here. I was never a fan of regular Rick and Morty, so expecting some mediocre anime adaptation of the original material to entertain me was a big ask. Even with my lowered expectations this disappointed me by just how incoherent the story was. Skipping around a narrative's timeline and expecting the audience to piece together what happened is one of the hardest storytelling techniques to execute well, and the team behind this show are not up to it. The animation was adequate, not terrible, but rather forgettable. The most obvious difference here was several perspective choices favored by Japanese animators and a lighter, brighter pastel color palette that you typically see in modern anime productions.
I may give this show one more shot next week but Rick and Morty: The Anime could be the worst of the AS original anime yet. It commits the worst sin any piece of entertainment can commit: it bores you to tears and is promptly forgotten afterwards.
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