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Reported Problem for Rick and Morty: Specials - Samurai & Shogun
posted by JoshuaMaddenSTAFFMOD on December 16, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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 and were called such by the executive producer of the films and were widely referred to as such in media releases when they came out. I believe they should go back to having their own pages as movies rather than specials on here.
Reply by raze464
on December 16, 2024 at 5:40 AM
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.
Reply by JoshuaMadden
on December 16, 2024 at 5:55 AM
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/
Reply by JoshuaMadden
on December 16, 2024 at 6:00 AM
"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
Reply by raze464
on December 16, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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.
How Max lists them is irrelevant as they are not the original broadcaster.