Rick & Morty Turn out to be Batman in New Grownup Swim Bumper

The cartoon duo of Rick & Morty certain do get round. During the last decade, the multiversal duo have change into extraordinarily standard, thanks partly to popping up in movies, live-action, video video games, and different forms of animation. The following universe they’ve jumped to? None apart from the DC Animated Universe, kind of.

Just lately, Grownup Swim launched a TV bumper that includes Rick and Morty within the model of the intro for Batman: The Animated Series. And it appears…fairly good, truly? From begin to end, it actually commits to the bit as a lot as it may possibly in beneath a minute. Seeing Rick & Morty characters in a cleaner artwork model undoubtedly makes the present look extra distinct and crowd pleasing, ditto its theme when finished in Danny Elfman model.

The bumper was directed and government produced by Aron Fromm (who already works for Grownup Swim as an editor on Smiling Associates) and animation studio Open the Portal. In an interview with Animation World Network, Fromm and OTP inventive director David Braun defined they’d met key BTAS author Paul Dini final yr at a screening of Fleischer cartoons. When Grownup Swim contracted them for a Rick & Morty promo, the duo went with the basic present partly as a result of it was “one of many greatest influences on our work,” stated Braun. “Many a person has tried and didn’t recapture the magic of the unique collection, and we love a problem.”

Regardless of the way it could seem, the pair burdened this bumper is presently only a one-off and never some herald of one other Rick & Morty spinoff. Nonetheless, Fromm admitted he can simply think about an “elaborate and gothic” trailer for a hypothetical collection, which he thinks might final a minimum of 40 episodes. Stranger issues have occurred, notably on Batman’s finish, so perhaps don’t rule it out simply but.

You possibly can learn AWN’s full interview with Fromm and Braun, which additionally goes into nailing the bumper’s design and the evolution of animation, here.

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