Morty immediately getting distracted by a maid cafe upon arriving in Akiba is definitely in-character for him.

I like how Rick doesn’t remember his rival, but remembers milk-chan from a photo 30 years ago.

I love that instead of teleporting directly there, they teleport to a tunnel and they have to walk

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)

The voice actor for Summer really nailed the cadence.

Man, Rick's Japanese VA didn't lose his shine.

Why no one is talking about how Rick replaced Morty with a toaster, because the toaster could do a better job, so funny :D

1:42 The 'YOOOOOOO' is the Japanese equivalent of the American eagle screech

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.

I like how Morty just keeps walking in for the stamps and how his wings moved when he was excited lol

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.

6:49 aw, rick made morty a special helmet bc sticking those things in probably hurts a LOT

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!

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

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.

日本語で作ってくれるのほんと好き

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.

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.

The show's respect for Japanese subculture and the Japanese production team's love for Rick and Morty 🥰

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. :)

“That’s right I’m screw guys daughter” had me all day not sure why but that whole thing was just goofy

This Japanese dub is unironically pretty good

The toaster is easily the cutest thing in the Rick and Morty universe.

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！

i don't know why this reminds me more of back to the future than the show itself

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

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…」

2:28 Rick thinking with portals for the first time ever

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

Wow... this is a wild ride.

a toaster is more useful than two crows

多田野曜平さんの声が合い過ぎて本当好き過ぎる

God, Morty getting addicted to a maid cafe is the most Morty thing that could happen

The prop comedy where the screw shop owner’s daughter just happened to also be carrying a megaphone killed me, hahahaha

4:56 i love it when anime is self-aware and shows the otaku lmao

i love the akira and evangelion references in this, theres probably so many more that i missed tho

The voice acting is the perfect balance of familiar to the main series and unique to classic anime voice styles

Haha Rick replacing morty with a Toaster is the best.

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 😂

Wow. This is really a deep cut, and even though some things area bit off for Akihabara, still surprisingly accurate.

“How much story do you have?” “Enough for at least three episodes” “You have 11 minutes” “Not a problem”

It's truly just a law of nature that nobody will ever be afraid of a kappa.

They did a really good job of translating the humour

I admit this is better than the original! The concept of a Toaster alone was hilarious!

At this rate, Rick & Morty being an anime series not too hard to believe now...

I would legit watch a whole season like this.

this was using 3d models for the animation as you can tell if you look closely you can separate the background from the models

相変わらず無茶苦茶で最高

If this was a whole ass Anime I would watch it

a perfect crossover does not exis...

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

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

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.

The funny thing is those are the actual voice actors for the Japanese dub

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‼︎

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 starting to think Japan likes Rick and Morty way more than even the developers do!

Wow!Didn't know I was waiting for this...thanks so much!!!

Rick: "AI controlled toaster" Me: [Flashback to the Big Empty] "Rick, you've doomed us all."

Anime Rick is a lot nicer then canon Rick, and still manages to be an ahole. It's really good XD

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.

7:11 This is Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.😂

This was such a journey, thank you Justin

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!).

“Japan’s economic growth at a standstills for decades” ouch

How is this the best Rick and Morty episode I've seen in years?

The dialogue writing is on point!

Unfortunately, there are no more maid cafes in Akihabara. Corona killed this

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.

This is the perfect mix between not understanding anything but still understanding it

The most unbelievable part of this is episode is that I walk around Akihabara every weekend but have never seen it with this little people around.

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.

リック：日本の経済成長は何十年も止まったままだからな わたし：（かつてリックに虐げられた全てのキャラの気分を味わう）

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.

Please make more if these!!

Rick screaming in another language sounds more natural than him screaming in English

“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

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!

I can’t fucking believe that Rick and Morty of all things would make a Teito Monogatari reference. Fucking awesome.

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

めっちゃ好き

8:13 The cartoonish sound when he threw off those things from his temples made me stupidly lose it.

I'm not sure if anyone else can tell, but this has exactly one more frame per second than Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse.

Akihabara and Rick and Morty! Best combo ever. The most representative buildings in Akihabara are quite accurate.

we need more of this.

I feel like I watched this whole thing on 2 times speed. What a wild ride

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

It’s a tie between Bushland Adventures and this for best outsourced episode. Belch

The voice actors were phenomenal!

This feels a lot more in character than season 7. Just classic rick and morty adventures

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…

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

Single-handedly the coolest thing I've ever seen

This is the most Rick and Morty thing I have seen, maybe even the show.

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.

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!

9:32 "Not like anyone here will ever watch this anime so we're free of any responsibility!" Best line from an anime, ever.

I love this whole Japanese rick and Morty thing they have been doing