Rick and Morty season 7 panel talks Justin Roiland soundalikes and anime

If you haven’t heard, it’s an awkward year to be at San Diego Comic-Con, but it is perhaps an especially awkward Comic-Con year for Rick and Morty. Studio panels are unable to include writers or actors, who normally promote TV and film shows under their contracts. In general, this has led to a smaller convention. Many panels were canceled altogether, but for the ones that are not — including Rick and Morty’s 10th Anniversary Panel — there has been a lot of talk (and, perhaps, more often not-talk) about the strikes.

The following are some of the ways to improve your own ability. Rick and Morty, however, it’s not just the strikes they have to contend with, but also the continued fallout from the departure of series co-creator and protagonist voice actor Justin Roiland. Roiland, who was terminated by Adult Swim in January after accusations of sexual harassment and domestic abuse were made public earlier, is still being retaliated against. This was the Other than that, elephant in the room in today’s panel, as executive producer Steve Levy, producer Suzanne Belk, supervising director Jacob Hair, and lead character designer Elisa Phillips took the stage to share concept art from one of the show’s Emmy-nominated episodes, tease what they could about an upcoming season, and briefly address the recasting for the voices of Rick and Morty.

Justin Roiland to recast Rick and Morty in season 7.

Eponymous Rick and MortyRoiland was the series’ co-creator who voiced Rick & Morty. Fans were curious about the new sounds of the characters because Roiland was no longer voicing them. One fan — cosplaying as The Boys character The Deep — asked about the voice recasting process for the show’s protagonists, specifically inquiring if the new actors would be “soundalikes” or if they would be a completely new interpretation of the characters.

“It’s soundalikes. Characters are identical. No change,” said Levy, clearly and without hesitation. Of the completion status of the process, he said: “We are closing in on the end of our process of the recast.”

Levy stressed that the overall changes were positive. “I do want to say it’s gonna be great. I am thoroughly impressed with everything that’s going on, including all the work on season 7. Truly, That’s the thing I don’t want to be overshadowed. The show is as good as it’s ever been.”

When will Rick and Morty 7 be released?

When is the next season? Adult Swim didn’t allow anyone on the stage to reveal when it would be. It was sooner than you might think. “I think the best I can say is pretty dang soon,” said Levy, before adding that the episodes for all of season 7 are “in the can,” with a portion of seasons 8 and 9 also written. (Rick and MortyThe renewal is valid through the 10th season.

As a result, since the process of voice casting for Rick and Morty has not been completed yet, it is likely that we will need to wait longer before getting new episodes. More generally, Levy spoke about the seventh season as having a mixture of one-off episodes and “the more Rick-focused, canonical-type episodes that fans really love.”

The return of Squanchy and other fans favorites

Some of the beloved characters will be returning when the show returns. When one fan came to the microphone to ask if recurring cat-person character and friend-of-Rick Squanchy would be back, Levy confirmed that Squanchy and Rick’s “whole gang of friends” would be back in the season 7 premiere. Birdperson, Gene and Mr. Poopybutthole are all included. “There’s definitely a lot to look forward to this season, and I promise you, Squanchy will Squanch again,” said Levy.

(If you were wondering, there don’t seem to be any concrete plans to bring back Naruto Smith, aka Giant Incest Baby, and an impromptu crowd survey on the subject proved inconclusive.)

Rick and Morty is coming soon!

Adult Swim has a final surprise in store. Rick and MortyFans at SDCC got a sneak peek at the new movie. Rick and Morty The AnimeThe announcement was made last year. Takashi Sano directed the 10-episode series, which features psychedelic and sometimes dreamy visuals. He previously worked on The Tower of GodThe director of two short anime films, set in the Rick and Morty universe: “Rick and Morty vs. Genocider” and “Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil).” The anime will adapt themes and events from the main series, but is an original, standalone series. In a pre-recorded video message played for fans in attendance, Sano said: “What I’ve tried to accomplish in these 10 episodes is to take all my favorite parts of Rick and Morty and compress them down to express their essence and then add a unique Japanese twist.”