This nonlinear style of storytelling is ultimately the fatal flaw for Rick and Morty: The Anime. With the anime having to tell its story out of order, conversations between characters could never really allude to anything happening because it was unclear as to when a particular scene was taking place. It wasn’t clear as to what the actual timeline of the series looks like, and that was an issue that was carried all the way to the end.
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Rick and Morty is already a cartoon. Why would there be another, pseudo unrelated cartoon of the same name?
Featuring a brand new story of its own not connected with the original Rick and Morty animated series, Rick and Morty: The Anime started out with a mixed reception among fans.
They took R&M, stripped out all the recognizable parts except the names, ignoring anything that made folks fans of the original.
It was admittedly always going to be an uphill battle as anime fans aren’t exactly Rick and Morty fans, and Rick and Morty fans were actually just hoping for Season 8 instead. But this new series bridging the worlds together had the best chance at successfully appeasing both audiences.
So the canon was ripped out and a new show created that never had an audience.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it has hit that mark as the first season has come to an end without anyone really talking about it. And ultimately, that’s what’s going to make it a failure.
Yeah, that’s the problem. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That shit is impossible to watch. I finally stopped after E5. New characters and timelines at every episode without any explanation and conclusion.
That one special is all the anime dick&mo needed.
