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‘Rick and Morty’ Season 9 Trailer, Release Date and First-Look Images

March 12, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

(Sneak peek. We’ll update this post when the official trailer drops.)

U.S. release date: May 24, 2026 on Adult Swim. Streaming August 31, 2026 on HBO Max.

European release date: May 25, 2026 on HBO Max.

Synopsis: Rick and Morty is back, baby! Season 9 is all certified bangers. No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop, made by real humans with real human traits like back hair and cysts. Please watch, or we’ll have neglected our families for nothing.

Executive Produced by Dan Harmon and Scott Marder, who also serves as showrunner.

Voice cast:
Ian Cardoni as Rick Sanchez
Harry Belden as Morty
Sarah Chalke as Beth
Chris Parnell as Jerry
Spencer Grammer as Summer

‘Rooster Fighter’ Anime Trailer and Release Date: Action Comedy Manga Gets Adaptation on Adult Swim, Hulu and Disney+

March 11, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: March 14, 2026 on Adult Swim. Next day on Hulu (U.S.) and Disney+ (International).

Synopsis: Keiji is more than just an ordinary rooster — he’s humanity’s greatest defender! When strange creatures suddenly appear and start attacking, he confronts them head-on. His opponents may be ten stories tall, but nothing is bigger than his stout heart and his fearsome battle cry — “Kokekokko!”

Adult Swim will air the 12-episode series in English every Saturday evening at midnight.

Directed by Daisuke Suzuki.

Written by Hiroshi Seko.

Music composed by Tetsuya Takahashi.

Based on the manga by Shu Sakuratani.

‘My Two Cars’: A Man Must Choose Between His PT Cruiser or MINI Cooper in New Adult Swim Series

February 24, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: TBD (2026)

Synopsis: Imagine you are lucky enough to own both a Chrysler PT Cruiser and a MINI Cooper. Your day-to-day life would be insane! But also hard hard. Keith Asshole (voiced by Dan Licata) does not have to imagine this, and in each episode he has to make the difficult decision which one to drive.

Created by Dan Licata and Joe Pera.

My Two Cars is Pera’s second show on Adult Swim, following his series Joe Pera Talks With You, which ran for three seasons. Licata is also returning to Adult Swim after writing for Pera’s series and contributing to Teenage Euthanasia.

The series is animated by Green Street Pictures, the studio behind Common Side Effects and Scavengers Reign.

Adult Swim’s ‘The Elephant’ Trailer and Release Date: All-Star Creators Team Up for an Experimental Special

December 4, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: December 19, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. on Adult Swim. Next day on HBO Max.

Synopsis: Adult Swim’s The Elephant is an experimental special in which each of the three-acts were made in isolation. It unfolds as a collaborative surprise, ultimately merging into a single, unexpected narrative.

Created by:
Ian Jones-Quartey (OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes)
Patrick McHale (Over the Garden Wall)
Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe)
Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time)

‘Haha, You Clowns’ Official Trailer and Release Date: New Adult Swim Comedy Originated as a Digital Series

September 27, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: October 19, 2025 on Adult Swim. Next day on HBO Max.

Synopsis: Join the Campbell boys, three doting teenagers and their tenderhearted dad, as they live, laugh, love their way into your living rooms.

They’re big dudes with big feelings who are learning to navigate life in the wake of their mother’s death, sensing her presence in everyday adventures.

Created by Joe Cappa.

‘Smiling Friends’ Season 3 Trailer and Release Date: Surreal Animated Series Returns with New Episodes on Adult Swim & HBO Max

September 4, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: October 5, 2025 on Adult Swim. Next day on HBO Max.

Synopsis: Season three of Smiling Friends finds Pim, Charlie, Flint and the whole gang going absolutely bonkers once again, diving headfirst into their ultimate quest to spread joy upon the land.

We’ll see a bunch of unexpected stuff here such as Mr. Frog running full speed at the camera, the team finally collecting all the spirit gems they need, and a totally epic showdown spectacle with an Ancient Witch of some sort.

Created by Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack.

Adult Swim has also renewed the series for a fourth and fifth season.

‘Rick and Morty’ Spin-Off Series Coming to Adult Swim: ‘President Curtis’ Stars Keith David, Stephanie Beatriz and Jim Rash

July 25, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Adult Swim announced today President Curtis, a new adult animated comedy set in the Rick and Morty universe, starring Keith David.

Synopsis: President Curtis follows the Commander-in-Chief and his eccentric staff as they tackle the kind of crises that Rick Sanchez could never be bothered with — from interdimensional diplomacy to paranormal investigations and unexplained phenomena.

“President Curtis has always been a blast to play,” said David. “Getting to explore his world more deeply in this new series is a dream. I can’t wait for fans to see what kind of chaos he stirs up when Rick isn’t around to steal the spotlight.”

The series is co-created by Rick and Morty Executive Producers Dan Harmon and James Siciliano.

Stephanie Beatriz (Encanto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Jim Rash (Community, Harley Quinn) also star.

‘Robot Chicken: The Complete Series’ Releasing This October: DVD Box Set Includes Specials Themed Around ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Walking Dead’ and More

July 23, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: October 21, 2025.

Robot Chicken: The Complete Series celebrates 20 years of the Adult Swim series that pioneered its own genre: late-night, quarter-hour stop-motion animated sketch comedy.

For the first time ever, 228 Robot Chicken episodes — including specials themed around DC, Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Archie Comics and Christmas — will be available in one definitive collection. Also included is an exclusive 20th anniversary bonus feature that includes many past guest stars.

Created and executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, Robot Chicken has won six Emmys, three ASCAP awards and two Annie awards.

‘Women Wearing Shoulder Pads’: Official Trailer and Release Date Unveiled for Adult Swim’s First-Ever Spanish-Language Series

July 15, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: August 17, 2025 on Adult Swim. Next day on HBO Max.

Synopsis: Women Wearing Shoulder Pads follows Marioneta, a proud wealthy Spaniard living in 1980s Quito, Ecuador. There she encounters a diverse group of eccentric and ambitious women navigating the complicated worlds of love, family, and cuys.

The stop-motion series, created by Gonzalo Cordova, features an all-woman cast and is produced entirely in Spanish with English subtitles.

‘Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special’ Official Trailer and Release Date: Seth Green’s Sketch Series Celebrates 20th Anniversary

July 4, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: July 20, 2025 on Adult Swim. Next day on HBO Max.

Synopsis: In Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special, the Robot Chicken Nerd embarks on a journey of self-discovery by going on reality TV. The special is packed with sketches that spoof Discovery, Food Network and TLC series.

Created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich.

Robot Chicken celebrated its 20th anniversary this February. It has won six Emmys, most recently in 2022 for “Outstanding Short Form Animated Program.”

‘Rick and Morty’ Season 8 Official Trailer: Summer, Jerry, Beth, Rick and Morty Embark on New Adventures

April 24, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

US release date: May 25, 2025 on Adult Swim. September 1, 2025 on HBO Max and Hulu.

Season 8 synopsis: Look out for adventures with Summer, Jerry, Beth, and the other Beth. Maybe Butter Bot will get a new task? Whatever happens, you can’t keep Rick and Morty down for long. People have tried!

‘Rick and Morty’ Season 8 Teaser Trailer: Ten New Episodes Headed to Adult Swim, HBO Max and Hulu

April 1, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

US release date: May 25, 2025 on Adult Swim. September 1, 2025 on HBO Max and Hulu.

Season 8 synopsis: Look out for adventures with Summer, Jerry, Beth, and the other Beth. Maybe Butter Bot will get a new task? Whatever happens, you can’t keep Rick and Morty down for long. People have tried!

‘Lazarus’ Official Trailer: New Anime from ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Director Features Action Sequences Designed by ‘John Wick’ Director

March 1, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: April 5, 2025 on Adult Swim, next day on HBO Max.

Synopsis: The year is 2052. The world looked to be on the verge of an unprecedented era of peace and stability, and the painkiller drug “Hapna” developed by a lauded neuroscientist Dr. Skinner had a lot to do with it.

Hapna spread throughout the world as a “miracle drug” with no side effects, freeing humanity from pain. Until, that is, Skinner suddenly disappears off the face of the earth. When he reemerges after three years, it is as a devil who brings countless deaths and the end of civilization.

Hapna turns out to be a drug that has a fatal, retroactive effect, one that appears three years after first taking it; it was a death-trap for anyone who took it, even once. Humanity will start dying off in 30 days. The only way to save the world is to acquire the cure that only Skinner holds.

“Lazarus” is a team of five agents gathered from various corners of the world to do just that. Can they save humanity? And what is Skinner’s true purpose?

Adult Swim’s ‘Oh My God…Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances’: Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis and Stills for New Sci-Fi Comedy Series

February 7, 2025 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: March 9, 2025 on Adult Swim. Next day on HBO Max.

Synopsis: The series follows three women, Sunny, Tulip, and Ladi, who live in the not-so-distant future of South Central LA.

Created by Adele Williams (My Dad the Bounty Hunter), the quarter-hour adult animated comedy will debut with two back-to-back episodes.

‘Common Side Effects’ Official Trailer, Release Date and Synopsis: Mushroom Thriller Executive Produced by the Creators of ‘King of the Hill’ and ‘The Office’

December 13, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: February 2, 2025 on Adult Swim. Next day on HBO Max.

Synopsis: Common Side Effects follows Marshall and Frances, two former high school lab partners who share a secret: Marshall has discovered the world’s greatest medicine, a mushroom that can heal almost anything.

But getting it out into the world won’t be easy — the DEA, big pharma, and international businessmen are all conspiring to stop them.

Created by Joe Bennett (Scavengers Reign) and Steve Hely (American Dad!).

Executive produced by Mike Judge (King of the Hill) and Greg Daniels (The Office).