something about how morty calls rick “jii-chan” is so adorable to me. in Japanese shows I usually hear senior family members addressed with suffixes like -san; -chan is much more informal, which makes sense since morty just straight up calls him by his first name in English (which would be extremely unusual in Japanese afaik)
@@Permafunk_VODs i feel like that would be more like Riku-jii-chan but i dont speak japanese so idk how awkward that would sound. ive heard [name]-onee-san before
It still is a tech center. Go find a virtual walking tour of Akihabara throughout the past few years, whatever tech is there is mostly on the street shops in a layout very similar to Flea Market.
Except back then, Otaku rarely bathed, rarely left home, and then only to buy a precision brass screw or salvaged circuit board or what have you. They were “on the spectrum” before being on the spectrum was cool . . . which makes them . . . Holy suit, otaku were the original hipsters! 🤯
I love how they referenced the most recent season with that joke. That's definitely gotta be reference to when Rick replaced Morty with 2 crows in the most recent season.
These short episodes always makes me wonder why Rick and Morty don't hang out on earth more often, seems like there's enough going on to keep them busy for at least a season!
I would not mind if we got at least a few episodes where they have 2, or 3 different shorter stores in them like an old CN Johnny Bravo, or Courage The Cowardly Dog episode, but each with a different animation style, some set on earth, and maybe some not.
It's a illusion. They stay on earth all the time. It's just they have random space moments that make it seem like they go to space alot. Also they fake out with off screen adventures. The space episodes are bad though.
I think it has a lot to do with the "Comedy comes in threes" as quoted by Rick in S3 E1. It's a reference to the comic legend Charlie Chaplin "All I need for comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty lady". Rick and Morty takes that simple concept to the extreme.
They actually have a full japanese dub of the show in Japan Netflix. All season in Japanese and using the same VA so not too surprised by this but I am lol
wow, am I the only one that took a minute to notice it was 3d animation(or at least a good blend of 3d and 2d)? it's impressively accurate to the show's style (and it's just good animation) that it's a little easy to not notice.
What really surprises me is that the Japanese director and writer have managed to make an authentic rick and morty experience through and through. The dialogues and all of the characters' actions are entirely believable
@@interstellarradio rick destroyed entire akihabara in search of a single bolt. And that destruction was caused by a guy that he trapped in an underground lab for 30 years. And all that for 2 pieces of toast that he didn't even eat at the end. All in all I think he behaved quite Rick-ish Summer maybe, but she was drinking beer at the end so that's that. Maybe she gets kissy when drunk
mind reader skillz And those megaphones to hear each other at distance perfect jab at the usual troupe were 2 speak in normal voice at a great distance
Morty: "We gotta save her." Rick: "What? Why Shes the epitome of everything gone wrong with Akihabara why would I waste my time saving her...." Ouch. This definitely is a Japanese universe rick.
I totally wanna watch 5 seasons of this anime spread out to 15 years with each season coming after every 3 years and only giving maximum of 1.3 hours of screentime. :)
I only watch Dubbed that are Subbed then Dubbed to original which is Subbed but only because I prefer the original Dubbed. ʷʰᵃᵗˀ༼ ºل͟º ༼ ºل͟º ༼ ºل͟º ༽ ºل͟º ༽ ºل͟º ༽ʰᵉ ᵈᵘᵐᵇ
@@lucapeyrefitte6899 not quite. They signed for 70 new* episodes, which means we still have 5 seasons left. They were on season 3 when the new contract was signed.
Okay, so, legit, the underlining joke of this is that Akihabara in the 90s used to be a really underground nerd/neckbeard/geek site that tailored to their niche's whether it be anime, computers, what have you. Then in the 00s it became super popular, all the purists left to a new district (that they guard jealously) and Akiba became like what you see and expect here. Rick, the old fart, is pissed his den of equals is just... gone... and him being an Akiba O.B. is so on point, it's frickin' amazing.
@@silverblue73 Billionaires don't deserve their wealth, there's SO much good TV that goes unmade and they have the power to change this, and yet do nothing. SMH.
@@8bitmagic Most of them probably don't deserve it, but yeah that's why I'm saying if I had the money I'd do something worthwhile and help make great art for everyone to enjoy.
@@silverblue73 I mean I do actually believe that nobody's labored for a billion dollars, but my comment was mainly a joke around TV lol. I've made similar comments about stuff I'd get made if I had boatloads of cash. Consider it...media philanthropy. Hah
Why do the maids have those red scars on their faces though? I feel like there was going to be a zombie frankenstein maid reveal somewhere down the line but they never explained it.
Hilarious It's almost like it's simpler getting someone already on your payroll that you already scouted for a character to do the same character again Truly wonderful work
As someone who has been to Akihabara, it's sort of funny to think of it being full of monsters. The worst thing that happened to me was trying to go to the toilet in the train station and getting trapped.
@@WiLDCHiLD. Yokai are typically monsters, but the monster/ghost divide isn't so neat in Japanese folk tales anyway. Also, oni are separate from monsters. They can be considered a type of yokai, but they would only be one kind.
@@autumngogogoat i wasn't trapped on the toilet, haha. The ticket turnstiles of the stations are sometimes one way. So you can get in but you can't simply touch your suica card to get out again. You have to ask for help. Which I suppose is horrifying for someone with social anxiety. But I imagine most people would be fine.
I'm Japanese. Unfortunately, the production of the dubbed version has been suspended since season 3, so I'm very happy that you made this kind of animation!!!!!!
I like both dubbed versions and original voice actors.However, Netflix's subtitled version is not very enjoyable because the translation quality is not good.The reason why the dubbed version stopped being produced has not been disclosed at all.There are still many fans who want to resume production of the dubbed version.😔
@@mtsk4497 oh I do see what you mean, I watch the Japanese subbed version with my gf (she's Japanese), I always read the subs while watching (Japanese practice) and I always thought like, the subs were a way simplified version of the dialogue. A lot of the time the subs kind of miss the joke, or what's actually being said.
I think Yamada Q-saku might be a reference to Hiroo Onoda, a military man, who was stationed on the phillipines during WW2 and held his position until 1974, 30 years after the war already ended. He had the orders to not surrender under no circumstances. They dropped letters from the air, trying to convince him that the war is over and he can surrender, but he just thought it was a trick. After he eventually realized and returned to japan, they offered him alot of money for all those years of dedication, but he declined. When they forced it on him, he donated all of it. He just saw what he did as his duty and honor for japans traditional values. The story got famous after he wrote a best-selling autobiograhy "No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War" and it has been referenced in numerous media as this guy on an island still fighting a war when the rest of the world long moved on.
Milk-chan being revealed to be in her mid to late thirties and Morty being confused by it enough to start calling her Milk-san instead, had me rolling. Asian don't raisin (until we do, then the milk's gone bad!).
That's, like, the third japanese Rick and Morty short I watch, and I must admit that the cartoon feature with the Anime animation fell like a wild trip, just like Pantie & Stoking. I really want to see a full mini series in this stile.
There's certainly a couple of takeaways here with these anime shorts of Rick and Morty, not that I'm complaining of course: -Dan Harmon and his team finds them charming and still works with Japan in creating these, despite seemingly hating modern anime? -Japan seems to like Rick and Morty enough to meddle with the property Either way, such a strange relationship.
For those curious, these are all the yokai that appear in the episode, in order of appearance: Karakasa-Obake - Also called Kasa-Obake, it is a tsukumogami (a kind of yokai formed when a household object is abandoned for long enough to create a spirit of its own) born when an umbrella completes 100 years. Wa nyūdō - A demonic sadistic flaming wheel with a disembodied head paying for their many sins after death. They roam around roads and capture humans - normally wicked and corrupt people, but not always - and drag their souls to hell Onibi - ghostly spheres of blue fire that appear in groups, similar to the english will-o'-the-wisp. Chōchinobake - Another tsukumogami, this one coming from lanterns. Ittan momen - Yet another tsukumogami, being malicious animated pieces of cotton. Nure Onna (?) - it is a vampiric sea serpent with either a human torso or just a human head that lures people to drink their blood. they are normally women, though, so I don't know about that one, I feel like it is another. Kappa - a river creature that resembles the cross of a turtle and a child that can prey or drown humans swimming on rivers and lakes. They have dish-like depressions in their heads that must always be filled with water so the Kappa has a source of his vital energy when on land. Despite feeding on human entrails and overall liking to cause mischief, they can be reasoned with and even befriended, normally by offering cucumbers to them, their favorite food. I couldn't recognize the giant first summoned nor the one-eyed flying black dots though.
@@Orgruk you know I live in rural Tennessee and the is a half mile abandoned mining tunnel that is supposed to be haunted in the center. I'd love to put a Kappa in the middle of it in the pitch black. Would freak most people out, and would be a "real life" Easter egg for people in the know. Stupid idea but makes me smile.
The amount of references in this was ridiculous from the Jutsu from the enemy to the JoJo reference Morty did: "Wait a minute... if you met her thirty years ago... just how old is she now!?" then at the end was a reference to Your Name's giant crater
@@daviouscram2101 well the cockpit for the mech seems pacific rim kind of thing but yeah eva fits as well specially with the middle of the city hangar opening and popping out a giant mech that looks like mazinger z plus voltes v and whatever old mech anime there were
I like how they created something that was distictively Rick and Morty and distinctively anime without being a cliche of either. This short is unironically both a better episode of Rick and Morty and a better homage to anime than the Voltron Weasel episode.
Serious question! Is the “daughter of the screw shop owner” a reference to Kayoko Kamijo - the Tokyo Instagram blogger whose father owns the big screw shop in Ota Ward? It seems too weird to be coincidental I mean, the basketball court was a real thing, how deep does this episode go?
It seems like there's a pretty clear influence from Teito Monogatari that I suspect most Western fans aren't likely to recognize as well. Mainly because it's never been translated into English for some unknowable reason.
@@Belgand It's 12 volumes and requires a fairly entrenched cultural knowledge of Taira no Masakado and the Meiji and Taisho eras of Japanese history, so it's a hard sell to a mainstream audience outside of Westerners curious about the series, more for the visual iconography of Kato influencing manga and video game villains like M. Bison / Vega in Street Fighter II.
Anime Rick: Not like anyone here will ever watch this anime so we’re free of any responsibility! Netflix Japan: (Has the entire series) Me: Yeah right…
What an amazing episode! It captures that dichotomy between old and new Akihabara. Most interesting is that when watching a US-made episode, there are not just pop references, but historical references and other cultural influences that a foreigner might not catch - and the same thing applies here. I get that feeling that unless a person is Japanese that there are elements of the episode I just won't fully grasp. Love the layers. And that's what makes it such a triumph!
This was a really quality short. Loved it. Honestly, they nailed the best aspects of Rick & Morty. The tone of it gave me some FLCL vibes, which I think work really well for the characters.
Not that uncommon actually if its an action anime high chance they are using this type of animation. The animation studio UFOtable use this type lf animation quite frequently they made demon slayers and modern FATE stuff.
This makes me wonder if Japan is in love with American cartoons to the same level we love anime. Here in the West anime is really popular since most adult animation we have is mostly just sitcoms without plot.
@@hangezoe7472 they said "most" adult animation is sitcoms which is true. It's really darn rare to see adult animation that isn't sitcom on tv. Meanwhile online has different stuff
@@hangezoe7472 but see you could only name three; the total number of actually good cartoons made for adults is incredibly low, compared to anime that's targeted for teenagers or adults
@@hangezoe7472 I want to add that Primal is made by Gennedy Tartakovsky, who is literally the KING! He's made Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab, oldschool Clone Wars (the greatest adaptation to General Grievous ever), and some others. He is without a doubt a master of silence in western animation!
"Not like anyone here will ever watch this anime so we're free of any responsibility." You're totally right but I always like to watch the animes of Rick and Morty as a Japanese, who knows how Akihabara changed in last 30 years.
@@Status_L Only because no one expects anything from these. Everyone expects R&M to be some generation defining show with deep lore and continuity... when it's at it's best being a goofy sci-fi comedy.
I like how Rick doesn’t remember his rival, but remembers milk-chan from a photo 30 years ago.
Good old perv'
Lol one was important, the other wasnt . . .
Rick has way more enemies than friends it'd be easy for him to forget who he pissed of more than someone who can get him what he wants
Relatable
He got a screw loose 🔩
Morty immediately getting distracted by a maid cafe upon arriving in Akiba is definitely in-character for him.
They sound like Japanese Hooters.
or he is simp or not but glad he is not virgin
Like too in character.
It's practically canon.
Would not you be distracted by it
I was expecting him to end up in one of those bodywash/massage dens
I like how Morty just keeps walking in for the stamps and how his wings moved when he was excited lol
that bell pavlov's dogged me, I want a pic with Milk-chan now
Pure mood.
@@silverblue73 im having a stroke reading that
something about how morty calls rick “jii-chan” is so adorable to me. in Japanese shows I usually hear senior family members addressed with suffixes like -san; -chan is much more informal, which makes sense since morty just straight up calls him by his first name in English (which would be extremely unusual in Japanese afaik)
@Umeboshi926don't you にまんご me, don't you know nobody here knows Japanese?
well he does call him "grandpa rick" often so jii-chan is in line with how he addresses him in english
@@Permafunk_VODs i feel like that would be more like Riku-jii-chan but i dont speak japanese so idk how awkward that would sound. ive heard [name]-onee-san before
Thats literally so normal
I love that instead of teleporting directly there, they teleport to a tunnel and they have to walk
Inconvenience; textbook of errors
I think its a jab at typical anime troupes
I think its a minecraft nether reference
The voice actor for Summer really nailed the cadence.
who's that guy at the end, Summer kissed on the face? he said, "America is awesome"!
@@God-T it's a type of yokai called a kappa
I remember this voice, but what character is?
Cadence is phineas and ferbs sister
The voice of Rick sounds like Egubo (Dimple) from the anime Mob Psycho 100.
For those that don't get the joke: Akihabara used to be a big tech center but nowadays is mostly known for being the center of Otaku culture.
It still is a tech center.
Go find a virtual walking tour of Akihabara throughout the past few years, whatever tech is there is mostly on the street shops in a layout very similar to Flea Market.
@@Mecks089 not the same bruh. Its really not.
Isn't there a weird game where you remove the clothes of people and fight weird vampires.
@@mikecampos1193 Yeah, Akiba'S trip lol.
Except back then, Otaku rarely bathed, rarely left home, and then only to buy a precision brass screw or salvaged circuit board or what have you. They were “on the spectrum” before being on the spectrum was cool . . . which makes them . . . Holy suit, otaku were the original hipsters! 🤯
Man, Rick's Japanese VA didn't lose his shine.
Never heard him speak Japanese heh
I came here to say, this cast is getting regular work and I’m here for it
He's good except for the burp, sounds like he's puking lol
Rick being more in sync with a toaster than morty is hilarious
You mean Riku.
Why no one is talking about how Rick replaced Morty with a toaster, because the toaster could do a better job, so funny :D
I love how they referenced the most recent season with that joke. That's definitely gotta be reference to when Rick replaced Morty with 2 crows in the most recent season.
@Tin Watchman It's only a toaster in physical form, mentally however....
well morty did press a button that said "do not press".
Dude toast rules. Toast
日本語で作ってくれるのほんと好き
These short episodes always makes me wonder why Rick and Morty don't hang out on earth more often, seems like there's enough going on to keep them busy for at least a season!
I would not mind if we got at least a few episodes where they have 2, or 3 different shorter stores in them like an old CN Johnny Bravo, or Courage The Cowardly Dog episode, but each with a different animation style, some set on earth, and maybe some not.
They only went to space in like 2 episodes last season...
It's a illusion. They stay on earth all the time. It's just they have random space moments that make it seem like they go to space alot. Also they fake out with off screen adventures. The space episodes are bad though.
Would u?
I think it has a lot to do with the "Comedy comes in threes" as quoted by Rick in S3 E1. It's a reference to the comic legend Charlie Chaplin "All I need for comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty lady".
Rick and Morty takes that simple concept to the extreme.
the bad guy (or i think it was the bad guy) asking the same question as Rick about the changes in the city is freaking hilarious.
Most of Rick enemies are pretty much like him
yeah the writing there totally sounded like the main series lmao
Lol i was dying the basketball court just kept killing me for some reason 😂🤷🏽♂️👌🏽
Being trapped in a basement laboratory for 30 years (to obsessively conduct your research) is the epitome of old school otaku.
Out of all the R&M japanese shorts I've seen, this is the one that comes closest to feeling like an actual episode of the show
The one where they went to Bendigo was alright
They actually have a full japanese dub of the show in Japan Netflix. All season in Japanese and using the same VA so not too surprised by this but I am lol
It feels that way because they just recycled jokes from the show
@@chains84 Yeah- hey wait a minute
i dont know what u mean by other japanesee shorts but there is also one
THIS Is what the Rick and Morty anime should've been to begin with.
wow, am I the only one that took a minute to notice it was 3d animation(or at least a good blend of 3d and 2d)? it's impressively accurate to the show's style (and it's just good animation) that it's a little easy to not notice.
it took me half way into the episode to realize.
I'm pretty sure it was initially mostly 2d ,but got more and more 3d elements added to it.
What really surprises me is that the Japanese director and writer have managed to make an authentic rick and morty experience through and through. The dialogues and all of the characters' actions are entirely believable
Really?
I thought Rick and Summer in particular were way off :O
@@interstellarradio rick destroyed entire akihabara in search of a single bolt. And that destruction was caused by a guy that he trapped in an underground lab for 30 years.
And all that for 2 pieces of toast that he didn't even eat at the end. All in all I think he behaved quite Rick-ish
Summer maybe, but she was drinking beer at the end so that's that. Maybe she gets kissy when drunk
@@yourfavouritepony there was no rick belching or burping
@@davehart1027 there's 1 at the the very beginning, but that might have just been a Japanese word
@@yourfavouritepony although, for rick, that might be an adventure, for anime, that was a slow and quiet tuesday 😂
i don't know why this reminds me more of back to the future than the show itself
I haven't even watched back to the future but it does feel like it 100% :D
@@fishd3075 So you should watch
Possibly because the voice actor legitimately sounds like the Japanese version of Christopher Lloyd
its the complete opposite for me
@@fishd3075 yea man i watched all 3 for the first time last week and its amazing 😂 that whole flyin train tho 😂
“That’s right I’m screw guys daughter” had me all day not sure why but that whole thing was just goofy
mind reader skillz
And those megaphones to hear each other at distance perfect jab at the usual troupe were 2 speak in normal voice at a great distance
**flashback to 30 years ago**
6:26
The exposition was so clunky, I was dying
where did they get those megaphones
Morty: "We gotta save her."
Rick: "What? Why Shes the epitome of everything gone wrong with Akihabara why would I waste my time saving her...."
Ouch. This definitely is a Japanese universe rick.
I totally wanna watch 5 seasons of this anime spread out to 15 years with each season coming after every 3 years and only giving maximum of 1.3 hours of screentime. :)
Referencing what here?
@@PaddyMcMe Like very other Anime ever.. xD
@@KM-fl5jq nah hes referencing rick and mortys release schedule
@@KM-fl5jq crazy how true this is
Fun fact: the show already has a full japanese dub in Netflix Japan with all the same VA so it's cool they got their own focus of a mini episode
you should hear it in polish...fun fact: parents let thier little kids watch the new "american cartoon" now everyones in therapy. For the first time!
I only watch Dubbed that are Subbed then Dubbed to original which is Subbed but only because I prefer the original Dubbed.
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Funny you mention it because I was very curious while I was watching if they had a Japanese dub.
The voice acting is the perfect balance of familiar to the main series and unique to classic anime voice styles
You guys need to watch the other Rick and Morty animes on this channel. You are talking as if it's your first time.
@@Krystalmyth shut up
Wow... this is a wild ride.
Adult Swim in a nutshell
oh hey PA! How's it going?
RIck can't even make toast without killing thousands of people
Pikapetey! :0
YES
リックもモーティも、性格が日本向けに少し柔らかくアレンジされている気がしました。
素晴らしいアニメーションをありがとうございます。
season6がとても楽しみです！
The show's respect for Japanese subculture and the Japanese production team's love for Rick and Morty 🥰
This Japanese dub is unironically pretty good
Almost like the show has millions of dollars at its disposal.
@@89joshuadavies yeah and to think we only have 20 episodes left because they only signed for 70
@@lucapeyrefitte6899 not quite. They signed for 70 new* episodes, which means we still have 5 seasons left. They were on season 3 when the new contract was signed.
Uh no shit they’ve already done 2
They've done it for 3 season already
Okay, so, legit, the underlining joke of this is that Akihabara in the 90s used to be a really underground nerd/neckbeard/geek site that tailored to their niche's whether it be anime, computers, what have you. Then in the 00s it became super popular, all the purists left to a new district (that they guard jealously) and Akiba became like what you see and expect here. Rick, the old fart, is pissed his den of equals is just... gone... and him being an Akiba O.B. is so on point, it's frickin' amazing.
Idk, it seems like all the nerd/neckbeard/geeks would be attracted to this place
@@shrekonion598 It's a different breed of nerd/neckbeard/geeks that do not tinker with electronics eg. radios, DIY circuits etc..
@@kawag2780 oh so just as equally bad but in different ways
What's this new districts name?
@@FullmetalPain probably ikebukoro ? Not certain though...
The prop comedy where the screw shop owner’s daughter just happened to also be carrying a megaphone killed me, hahahaha
1:42 The 'YOOOOOOO' is the Japanese equivalent of the American eagle screech
This is a very good addition to the cannon! It captures the authentic flavor of R&M!
I would legit watch a whole season like this.
If I was a billionaire this is one of the things I'd make happen
@@silverblue73 Billionaires don't deserve their wealth, there's SO much good TV that goes unmade and they have the power to change this, and yet do nothing. SMH.
@@8bitmagic Most of them probably don't deserve it, but yeah that's why I'm saying if I had the money I'd do something worthwhile and help make great art for everyone to enjoy.
@@silverblue73 I mean I do actually believe that nobody's labored for a billion dollars, but my comment was mainly a joke around TV lol. I've made similar comments about stuff I'd get made if I had boatloads of cash. Consider it...media philanthropy. Hah
I'd remake Tokyo ghoul like season 1 and also new animation for beserk.
God, Morty getting addicted to a maid cafe is the most Morty thing that could happen
Why do the maids have those red scars on their faces though? I feel like there was going to be a zombie frankenstein maid reveal somewhere down the line but they never explained it.
@@obuw1 it's Halloween so they put on makeup
@@obuw1 The maids have Sasuke's and Naruto's hair colors and facial markings.
Truly the Mortiest Morty.
Haha Rick replacing morty with a Toaster is the best.
Gendo could've saved so much time making a toaster instead of a dummy plug system
What about two crows?
Rick and Toaster baby!
They were not really buddies
The toaster is easily the cutest thing in the Rick and Morty universe.
6:49 aw, rick made morty a special helmet bc sticking those things in probably hurts a LOT
At this rate, Rick & Morty being an anime series not too hard to believe now...
Fuck no
You guys haven't caught up on Rick and Two Crows? It's like a thousand seasons.
@@watertommyz All the episodes are 2 seconds long though :(
It's not an anime already?
@@LosKasparos you haven’t seen Rick and two crows then?
It's truly just a law of nature that nobody will ever be afraid of a kappa.
Sure, they might not seem scary till they're feasting on your entrails.
Well, people were once afraid of goblins... and they are pretty much European kappas.
Aren't Kappas a danger when you're in the water?
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 Extremely so.
@@Jian13 Kappa is type of turtle that you can eat
If this was a whole ass Anime I would watch it
All the Neckbeard panties are soaked rn
This ass anime would be better whole.
Wow. This is really a deep cut, and even though some things area bit off for Akihabara, still surprisingly accurate.
I love how the english subs say "Rick" when Morty says ogi-san, which means Grandpa.
The funny thing is those are the actual voice actors for the Japanese dub
That's more consistency than it is funny
Hilarious
It's almost like it's simpler getting someone already on your payroll that you already scouted for a character to do the same character again
Truly wonderful work
I mean why wouldn't they be🤣
It's pretty much obvious dude...
@@guythat779 wow, how sarcastic, hilarius
“How much story do you have?”
“Enough for at least three episodes”
“You have 11 minutes”
“Not a problem”
That was so simple just enough to fill 5 mins xd
wtf it's just 11 minutes
welcome to anime
That is the problem
**initiate fast talking mode**
a perfect crossover does not exis...
It's not crossover tho.
What crossover?
This is a reference to Teito Monogatari.
crossover to what?
@@justsayingguy Teito Monogatari
They did a really good job of translating the humour
多田野曜平さんの声が合い過ぎて本当好き過ぎる
As someone who has been to Akihabara, it's sort of funny to think of it being full of monsters. The worst thing that happened to me was trying to go to the toilet in the train station and getting trapped.
i think they're technically ghost/spirits, but that kappa at the end is definitely a monster/demon. I've never been to Japan, so I'm probably wrong. 😅
@@WiLDCHiLD. Yokai are typically monsters, but the monster/ghost divide isn't so neat in Japanese folk tales anyway. Also, oni are separate from monsters. They can be considered a type of yokai, but they would only be one kind.
How did you get trapped on a toilet in Akihabara station? haha!!
That sounds pretty awful
@@autumngogogoat i wasn't trapped on the toilet, haha. The ticket turnstiles of the stations are sometimes one way. So you can get in but you can't simply touch your suica card to get out again. You have to ask for help. Which I suppose is horrifying for someone with social anxiety. But I imagine most people would be fine.
I'm Japanese. Unfortunately, the production of the dubbed version has been suspended since season 3, so I'm very happy that you made this kind of animation!!!!!!
There's a Japanese subbed version of all the seasons on Japanese Netflix though, although maybe you don't like subtitles I guess.
Oh, I didn't know that, that's sad, but I hope they continue! I love the Japanese voices! ❤️
I like both dubbed versions and original voice actors.However, Netflix's subtitled version is not very enjoyable because the translation quality is not good.The reason why the dubbed version stopped being produced has not been disclosed at all.There are still many fans who want to resume production of the dubbed version.😔
@@mtsk4497 oh I do see what you mean, I watch the Japanese subbed version with my gf (she's Japanese), I always read the subs while watching (Japanese practice) and I always thought like, the subs were a way simplified version of the dialogue. A lot of the time the subs kind of miss the joke, or what's actually being said.
Japan
I starting to think Japan likes Rick and Morty way more than even the developers do!
right? these anime shorts are definitely better than the plots of this season.
Yokoso
@@WiLDCHiLD. There's more of them ? This is the first one I've seen and it was great.
@@WiLDCHiLD. cap the last episode was amazing.
@@WiLDCHiLD. cap
I admit this is better than the original! The concept of a Toaster alone was hilarious!
i love the akira and evangelion references in this, theres probably so many more that i missed tho
Anime Rick is a lot nicer then canon Rick, and still manages to be an ahole. It's really good XD
No it's terrible
What is the canonicity of these shorts anyway?
@@yuukovukovich9996
Hah! Canon.
Was not expecting a Halloween video about Rick and Morty going to Japan and fighting Yokai in a Pacific Rim robot.
I love this wacky series.
“Japan’s economic growth at a standstills for decades” ouch
I think Yamada Q-saku might be a reference to Hiroo Onoda, a military man, who was stationed on the phillipines during WW2 and held his position until 1974, 30 years after the war already ended. He had the orders to not surrender under no circumstances. They dropped letters from the air, trying to convince him that the war is over and he can surrender, but he just thought it was a trick.
After he eventually realized and returned to japan, they offered him alot of money for all those years of dedication, but he declined. When they forced it on him, he donated all of it. He just saw what he did as his duty and honor for japans traditional values.
The story got famous after he wrote a best-selling autobiograhy "No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War" and it has been referenced in numerous media as this guy on an island still fighting a war when the rest of the world long moved on.
The dialogue writing is on point!
Milk-chan being revealed to be in her mid to late thirties and Morty being confused by it enough to start calling her Milk-san instead, had me rolling.
Asian don't raisin (until we do, then the milk's gone bad!).
Milk also suddenly started addressing Morty as "boy" which is pretty typical for cougar type characters!
is the scar on Milk's face a reference to something?
Jokes on you I ain't ever gonna be milk
aged like milk. wait...
I like how somewhere a cowbell dongs when she moves
I can’t fucking believe that Rick and Morty of all things would make a Teito Monogatari reference. Fucking awesome.
“I've spent 30 years making an A.I. for a toaster”
Now I know this isn't Rick C-137, he would've made it in 2-4 hours
Never underestimate how hard is to make the perfect toast, interdimensional travel is just kids play.
And... C-137 speaks English.
@@blackdaddy9762 "his* iq is infinite"
He would have also given it sentience and existential dread
@@SiegeTF Does he? The show is recorded in several languages.
日本人です！！
日本にリックたちがきていてとても感動しました
作品を作ってくれてありがとうございます！！thank you
That's, like, the third japanese Rick and Morty short I watch, and I must admit that the cartoon feature with the Anime animation fell like a wild trip, just like Pantie & Stoking. I really want to see a full mini series in this stile.
Unfortunately, there are no more maid cafes in Akihabara.
Corona killed this
Whatchu mean. I was there yesterday. If anything they're way more aggressive. lmao
Corona killed a lot of things. And people.
I wish there were maid cafes in america, but unfortunately most women would reject that idea and puritans would hate it
@@marquezharris619
We have our own version in America. It's called Hooters. :P
@@Bleachsoul13 the food at hooters is crap, and the waitresses arent as friendly, or act friendly as the maids
There's certainly a couple of takeaways here with these anime shorts of Rick and Morty, not that I'm complaining of course:
-Dan Harmon and his team finds them charming and still works with Japan in creating these, despite seemingly hating modern anime?
-Japan seems to like Rick and Morty enough to meddle with the property
Either way, such a strange relationship.
But modern anime is trash
@@pastelpurpledeathbed I’d have to disagree. Theirs still some diamonds in the rough like mushishi or Snow White notes
@@pastelpurpledeathbed lol that's where you're wrong.
@@pastelpurpledeathbed even old anime is trash.
Just some are gems
Morty belongs in a solo crossover with My Hero Academia
Rick screaming in another language sounds more natural than him screaming in English
Its cuz japan has great voice actors
@@nclancy31 hey justin roiland is good
Hello there i like your pfp :)
your pfp is nostalgic
@@zedlz I think they meant to say, they understand the assignment as same as others ( the original) which is really rare in dubs.
4:56 i love it when anime is self-aware and shows the otaku lmao
Can we just appreciate how these characters move and act the exact same way as in the real show while still giving an anime vibe
For those curious, these are all the yokai that appear in the episode, in order of appearance:
Karakasa-Obake - Also called Kasa-Obake, it is a tsukumogami (a kind of yokai formed when a household object is abandoned for long enough to create a spirit of its own) born when an umbrella completes 100 years.
Wa nyūdō - A demonic sadistic flaming wheel with a disembodied head paying for their many sins after death. They roam around roads and capture humans - normally wicked and corrupt people, but not always - and drag their souls to hell
Onibi - ghostly spheres of blue fire that appear in groups, similar to the english will-o'-the-wisp.
Chōchinobake - Another tsukumogami, this one coming from lanterns.
Ittan momen - Yet another tsukumogami, being malicious animated pieces of cotton.
Nure Onna (?) - it is a vampiric sea serpent with either a human torso or just a human head that lures people to drink their blood. they are normally women, though, so I don't know about that one, I feel like it is another.
Kappa - a river creature that resembles the cross of a turtle and a child that can prey or drown humans swimming on rivers and lakes. They have dish-like depressions in their heads that must always be filled with water so the Kappa has a source of his vital energy when on land. Despite feeding on human entrails and overall liking to cause mischief, they can be reasoned with and even befriended, normally by offering cucumbers to them, their favorite food.
I couldn't recognize the giant first summoned nor the one-eyed flying black dots though.
Wow thank you so much
A kappa is in the tunnel as they arrive in Akihabara.
The giant is Daidarabotchi.
@@Orgruk you know I live in rural Tennessee and the is a half mile abandoned mining tunnel that is supposed to be haunted in the center. I'd love to put a Kappa in the middle of it in the pitch black. Would freak most people out, and would be a "real life" Easter egg for people in the know. Stupid idea but makes me smile.
@@Orgruk That’s the one that kisses Summer.
不覚にも、少し劇場版観たような錯覚に陥ってしまったｗ
情報が凄く詰まってて面白かった
The amount of references in this was ridiculous from the Jutsu from the enemy to the JoJo reference Morty did: "Wait a minute... if you met her thirty years ago... just how old is she now!?" then at the end was a reference to Your Name's giant crater
Your Name? I took it as the crater from Akira.
@@Polarbear428773 Or possibly Pacific Rim.
@@daviouscram2101 well the cockpit for the mech seems pacific rim kind of thing but yeah eva fits as well specially with the middle of the city hangar opening and popping out a giant mech that looks like mazinger z plus voltes v and whatever old mech anime there were
@@mel2998 or darling in the franxx if you prefer a more family friendly version of evangelion
Enemies arent from "Jutsu" as well, they are just yokai
2:28 Rick thinking with portals for the first time ever
リック「どうせ、ここにいる連中はこのアニメを見ないから安心だ！」
ワシの心中「バッチリ見ちゃったんだよなぁ…」
It’s a tie between Bushland Adventures and this for best outsourced episode.
Belch
It's surprising that Rick doesn't know what is going on in Akihabara, it's literally the most technological place in the world as far as he said lmao
I mean, he was counting on economic stagnancy to keep the place a late 80s early 90s time capsule, so
Max?
Nah, that title falls to be either the the University of Tokyo campus or Meiji University...
?
umm, yeah maybe in the early 1980s....
I like how they created something that was distictively Rick and Morty and distinctively anime without being a cliche of either. This short is unironically both a better episode of Rick and Morty and a better homage to anime than the Voltron Weasel episode.
How is this the best Rick and Morty episode I've seen in years?
7:21 😂 I liked the part where literally proved that Morty is so replacable like in season 5 that even a toaster can do his job 😂
Akihabara and Rick and Morty!
Best combo ever.
The most representative buildings in Akihabara are quite accurate.
I'm not sure if anyone else can tell, but this has exactly one more frame per second than Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse.
true
No one can tell, only you possess the secret knowledge of animation framerates.
Wtf
Serious question! Is the “daughter of the screw shop owner” a reference to Kayoko Kamijo - the Tokyo Instagram blogger whose father owns the big screw shop in Ota Ward? It seems too weird to be coincidental
I mean, the basketball court was a real thing, how deep does this episode go?
Who dafuq is that
@@user-io5gw1rk4t are you a Tampa bay rays fan
It seems like there's a pretty clear influence from Teito Monogatari that I suspect most Western fans aren't likely to recognize as well. Mainly because it's never been translated into English for some unknowable reason.
@@Belgand It's 12 volumes and requires a fairly entrenched cultural knowledge of Taira no Masakado and the Meiji and Taisho eras of Japanese history, so it's a hard sell to a mainstream audience outside of Westerners curious about the series, more for the visual iconography of Kato influencing manga and video game villains like M. Bison / Vega in Street Fighter II.
I think the answer to your question is an outstanding yes
相変わらず無茶苦茶で最高
Please make more if these!!
Anime Rick: Not like anyone here will ever watch this anime so we’re free of any responsibility!
Netflix Japan: (Has the entire series)
Me: Yeah right…
🧢🧢🧢
What an amazing episode! It captures that dichotomy between old and new Akihabara. Most interesting is that when watching a US-made episode, there are not just pop references, but historical references and other cultural influences that a foreigner might not catch - and the same thing applies here. I get that feeling that unless a person is Japanese that there are elements of the episode I just won't fully grasp. Love the layers. And that's what makes it such a triumph!
This was a really quality short. Loved it. Honestly, they nailed the best aspects of Rick & Morty. The tone of it gave me some FLCL vibes, which I think work really well for the characters.
"do not press" is a short for "eventually you are gonna press this so you might as well just do it now".
I love this whole Japanese rick and Morty thing they have been doing
I love how this was animated with 3d models and made to look like it was 2d. (That or It's a very unique artstyle)
Not that uncommon actually if its an action anime high chance they are using this type of animation.
The animation studio UFOtable use this type lf animation quite frequently they made demon slayers and modern FATE stuff.
Remarkable. I couldn’t even tell until you said so
Got on RUclips at the right time!!
This makes me wonder if Japan is in love with American cartoons to the same level we love anime. Here in the West anime is really popular since most adult animation we have is mostly just sitcoms without plot.
Primal, Love, death & robots, and Undone amazon prime: allow us to introduce ourselves?
@@hangezoe7472 they said "most" adult animation is sitcoms which is true. It's really darn rare to see adult animation that isn't sitcom on tv. Meanwhile online has different stuff
@@hangezoe7472 but see you could only name three; the total number of actually good cartoons made for adults is incredibly low, compared to anime that's targeted for teenagers or adults
@@hangezoe7472 I want to add that Primal is made by Gennedy Tartakovsky, who is literally the KING! He's made Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab, oldschool Clone Wars (the greatest adaptation to General Grievous ever), and some others. He is without a doubt a master of silence in western animation!
kind of, for example king of the hill has a really big following in japan btw
私日本人だけど、たくさんの日本のパロディがあってめちゃくちゃ笑った、すごいです。 セリフから演出まで全部日本のアニメっぽい。 最高だね。 YOKAI SAIKYO!
A short doesn't deserve to have this high quality production!
When they first arrived in akihabara i got MAJOR steins; gate vibes. god i love that series.
Yo fr
Good heavens, imagine the chaos that'd ensue if Hououin Kyouma ever crosses Rick's paths.
Considering Rick refuses to touch time travel and all...
EL PSY KOONGROOOO
This was so awesome. Loved the jokes and the quality of the animation. Hope to see more
This is awesome, more of these please. Almost felt like it could be a whole episode
i like when adult swim just uploads rick and morty episodes. these are amazing!
大好きなRick and Morty が日本語で見られるなんて‼︎
"Not like anyone here will ever watch this anime so we're free of any responsibility."
You're totally right but I always like to watch the animes of Rick and Morty as a Japanese, who knows how Akihabara changed in last 30 years.
Yeah, Akihara is gonna be real thrilled about this one…
I’m really starting to like this more than the actual show.
i agree it is better
@@Status_L Only because no one expects anything from these. Everyone expects R&M to be some generation defining show with deep lore and continuity... when it's at it's best being a goofy sci-fi comedy.
@@randomcharacter6501 I think it's also because over use of meta jokes
weebs lmao
I agree
a toaster is more useful than two crows
9:32 "Not like anyone here will ever watch this anime so we're free of any responsibility!"
Best line from an anime, ever.