@JoshuaMadden said:

Item: Rick and Morty: Specials - Samurai & Shogun

Language: en-US

Type of Problem: Incorrect_content

Extra Details: The "Rick & Morty" anime short films were released independently as short films

No, they were not released like that. They've all been released as Rick and Morty extras and use the same page as the main show on AdultSwim.com.

They were first released on Toonami (some of the later ones were previewed first on YouTube). Jason DeMarco referred to the first as an "anime short."

Source: https://observer.com/2020/03/rick-and-morty-samurai-short-film-adult-swim-studio-deen/

"Anime Short" is also how Max refers to them: https://www.max.com/ms/en/movies/rick-and-morty-samurai-and-shogun-parts-1-2/a5fd3dfa-d6f4-4154-b4c9-d6af14a47858

@JoshuaMadden said:

They were first released on Toonami (some of the later ones were previewed first on YouTube). Jason DeMarco referred to the first as an "anime short."

Source: https://observer.com/2020/03/rick-and-morty-samurai-short-film-adult-swim-studio-deen/

Toonami is a programming block on Adult Swim and all the shorts have been released as Rick and Morty extras and use the same page as the main show on AdultSwim.com.

Being listed as specials of Rick and Morty on TMDB doesn't preclude them from also being short films, it just means they weren't given a separate page on the Adult Swim website and were originally considered extras of the main show.

@JoshuaMadden said:

"Anime Short" is also how Max refers to them: https://www.max.com/ms/en/movies/rick-and-morty-samurai-and-shogun-parts-1-2/a5fd3dfa-d6f4-4154-b4c9-d6af14a47858

How Max lists them is irrelevant as they are not the original broadcaster.