SAMURAI & SHOGUN (2020) Short Film: Rick and Morty vs. Ninja Ricks are the new LONE WOLF AND CUB

Samuari & Shogun Short Film

Kaichi Sato‘s Samurai & Shogun (2020) short film has been released by Cartoon Network‘s Adult Swim segment Toonami and stars Yohei Tadano and Keisuke Chiba.

Plot Synopsis

Samurai & Shogun‘s plot synopsis: “a samurai take on the Rick and Morty duo as they bloodily fight off a group of attacking Ricks…Following the adventure of a parallel world Rick and his takes a Shogun Morty from a group of killer Ninja Ricks, a violent fight ensues until it gets just as trippy as one would expect from this franchise.”

Crew

Sato wrote the screenplay for this short film. Maki Terashima-Furuta executive produced Samurai & Shogun while Koji Iijima and Studio DEEN produced the short film.

Thoughts

I loved every second of this short film. I hope they make more. I know they take a long time to make but they are worth it. I’m impressed. It was almost as good as Afro Samurai.

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Samurai & Shogun Short Film