Channeling the Caped Crusaders in Rick and Morty: The Anime Promo [Video]

Open The Portal studio’s producer/creative director David Braun and producer/director Aron Fromm are two of the most clever, funny, and art-centric individuals one could ever have the pleasure of meeting. Their eclectic imaginations, which often run wild in everyday conversations – even in interviews – conjure up all sorts of obscure tales, such as Ian Cardoni neck tattoos, sad and abandoned merry-go-round horses, Mountain Dew Baja Blast bottles filled with Bacardi 151 (an outrage, to be sure) and most outlandish of all, an ergonomic chair shared between the two of them. 

They are clowns… more aptly put, clown geniuses. And when Braun and Fromm, in all their insanity, pitched a Batman: The Animated Series-inspired Rick and Morty promo spot to accompany Rick and Morty: The Anime’s third episode release, Adult Swim gave them the greenlight, and possibly an enthusiastic Fallout Boy thumbs up. 

The 10-episode anime series about the world of Rick and Morty, from …