Adult Swim has handed out a series order to Rick and Morty: The Anime, an all-new 10-episode adventure from Tower of God director Takashi Sano.

Rick and Morty: The Anime is currently in production and will eventually premiere on Adult Swim and HBO Max. This new Rick and Morty spinoff will serve as a standalone series, though it will adapt themes and events from Adult Swim's critically acclaimed animated series, which follows the adventures of a genius inventor and his good-hearted grandson.

Director Sano is revisiting the madcap world of Rick and Morty after previously helming anime shorts "Rick and Morty vs. Genocider" and "Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil)." The visual style of these specials proved to be a hit with audiences as they clocked up more than 10 million combined views across Adult Swim's digital platforms, according to a press release.

"The multiverse-straddling exploits of Rick and the gang pose challenges to the family bond, but they always rise to the occasion," Sano said in a statement. "It's such a life-affirming sight, and Jerry is no exception. I am honored to have been given an opportunity to tell a new story about this amazing family. I hope you enjoy their adventures!"

There's no denying that Rick and Morty have been through a lot, with their dimension-hopping exploits serving up years' worth of Pickle Rick absurdity, infinite Morty's, Chris Parnell and Jerry and their adventures with a Meseeks Box, plus Rick's iconic catchphrases — and now Adult Swim has made sure that the fun continues by greenlighting this new series.

It seems like Adult Swim is looking to delve further into the anime multiverse, as the network also gave a series order to Ninja Kamui, a futuristic action-adventure from director Sungoo Park. The series follows Joe Higan, a former ninja who escaped his clan but is eventually forced out of the shadows to avenge his family after being ambushed by a team of assassins.

This new series comes on the heels of Park's recent anime feature Jujutsu Kaisen 0, now the seventh biggest anime film of all time. IGN's review praised Jujutsu Kaisen 0 for working as both "a standalone introduction to the anime and also a satisfying prequel to those familiar with this world" while also being "one of the best shonen anime films in a while."

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Adult Swim has handed out a series order to Rick and Morty: The Anime, an all-new 10-episode adventure from Tower of God director Takashi Sano.

Rick and Morty: The Anime is currently in production and will eventually premiere on Adult Swim and HBO Max. This new Rick and Morty spinoff will serve as a standalone series, though it will adapt themes and events from Adult Swim's critically acclaimed animated series, which follows the adventures of a genius inventor and his good-hearted grandson.

Director Sano is revisiting the madcap world of Rick and Morty after previously helming anime shorts "Rick and Morty vs. Genocider" and "Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil)." The visual style of these specials proved to be a hit with audiences as they clocked up more than 10 million combined views across Adult Swim's digital platforms, according to a press release.

"The multiverse-straddling exploits of Rick and the gang pose challenges to the family bond, but they always rise to the occasion," Sano said in a statement. "It's such a life-affirming sight, and Jerry is no exception. I am honored to have been given an opportunity to tell a new story about this amazing family. I hope you enjoy their adventures!"

There's no denying that Rick and Morty have been through a lot, with their dimension-hopping exploits serving up years' worth of Pickle Rick absurdity, infinite Morty's, Chris Parnell and Jerry and their adventures with a Meseeks Box, plus Rick's iconic catchphrases — and now Adult Swim has made sure that the fun continues by greenlighting this new series.

It seems like Adult Swim is looking to delve further into the anime multiverse, as the network also gave a series order to Ninja Kamui, a futuristic action-adventure from director Sungoo Park. The series follows Joe Higan, a former ninja who escaped his clan but is eventually forced out of the shadows to avenge his family after being ambushed by a team of assassins.

This new series comes on the heels of Park's recent anime feature Jujutsu Kaisen 0, now the seventh biggest anime film of all time. IGN's review praised Jujutsu Kaisen 0 for working as both "a standalone introduction to the anime and also a satisfying prequel to those familiar with this world" while also being "one of the best shonen anime films in a while."

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Bungie has released a statement on the Buffalo, New York mass shooting that saw ten people killed and three others injured in a what police are investigating as a racially motivated attack.

The Destiny developer has pledged that, for at least one year, all profits from its Black Lives Matter "Be Heard" pin - which has also been moved to the front page of the Bungie Store - will go to a charity who monitors and reports hate groups and extremists in the United States. Bungie worked with its internal inclusion club, Black at Bungie, to plan the response.

Our “Be Heard” Pin is available on the @BungieStore and all profits are donated to @splcenter. The pin also comes with an emblem so players can show their support in Destiny 2.https://t.co/imXxDfK1Iv pic.twitter.com/TAwFins9gn

— Bungie (@Bungie) May 17, 2022

Its statement said: "All profits from this pin will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a charity whose work includes monitoring hate groups and other extremists throughout the United States and exposing their activities to the public, the media, and law enforcement.

"In addition, our studio is committed to supporting the success of our inclusion, diversity, and equity initiatives for 2022 and beyond. We understand the fight for equality and equity is not easily won but is a constant effort by all people."

Black at Bungie will also partner with the developer's player support and community teams to bolster its efforts to make its online spaces safe and anti-racist, urging other game developers and communities to do the same.

It's not the first time Bungie has been vocal over issues of social injustice, as on May 5 it spoke out against the proposed overturning of Roe vs. Wade, the historic Supreme Court judgement used to secure rights to abortion across the U.S.

Bungie's message on the Buffalo mass shooting also came after streaming platform Twitch and online chat service Discord released statements over their association with the shooting. The gunman streamed the attack for two minutes on Twitch and planned it using Discord.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Bungie has released a statement on the Buffalo, New York mass shooting that saw ten people killed and three others injured in a what police are investigating as a racially motivated attack.

The Destiny developer has pledged that, for at least one year, all profits from its Black Lives Matter "Be Heard" pin - which has also been moved to the front page of the Bungie Store - will go to a charity who monitors and reports hate groups and extremists in the United States. Bungie worked with its internal inclusion club, Black at Bungie, to plan the response.

Our “Be Heard” Pin is available on the @BungieStore and all profits are donated to @splcenter. The pin also comes with an emblem so players can show their support in Destiny 2.https://t.co/imXxDfK1Iv pic.twitter.com/TAwFins9gn

— Bungie (@Bungie) May 17, 2022

Its statement said: "All profits from this pin will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a charity whose work includes monitoring hate groups and other extremists throughout the United States and exposing their activities to the public, the media, and law enforcement.

"In addition, our studio is committed to supporting the success of our inclusion, diversity, and equity initiatives for 2022 and beyond. We understand the fight for equality and equity is not easily won but is a constant effort by all people."

Black at Bungie will also partner with the developer's player support and community teams to bolster its efforts to make its online spaces safe and anti-racist, urging other game developers and communities to do the same.

It's not the first time Bungie has been vocal over issues of social injustice, as on May 5 it spoke out against the proposed overturning of Roe vs. Wade, the historic Supreme Court judgement used to secure rights to abortion across the U.S.

Bungie's message on the Buffalo mass shooting also came after streaming platform Twitch and online chat service Discord released statements over their association with the shooting. The gunman streamed the attack for two minutes on Twitch and planned it using Discord.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Sacha Baron Cohen is creating a new animated comedy special for HBO Max and Cartoon Network called Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth.

The family-oriented cartoon special is set in the mythical “Town of Fools”, and is based on folktales originally told in Yiddish. Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth will have absurdist humor and interpretive questioning that is a nod to Jewish intellectual traditions. It will be narrated by Sacha Baron Cohen, and present a "fresh take on the silly antics and exaggerated conflicts of the town, while also preserving the essence and heart of the classic folktales."

Alongside Cohen, the special is being created by Greg Daniels and Mike Judge (of King of the Hill fame), and being penned by Michael Koman, the SNL writer and co-creator of Nathan for You.

“This pitch was so hilarious; we just knew the HBO Max audience needed to get a dose of this original brand of storytelling. Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth is a perfect pairing of comedy and satire, and no one does that combination better than Sacha, Greg, Mike, and Michael,” said Amy Friedman, head of kids & family programming at Warner Bros. “This unique project will breathe new, hysterical life into the nonsensical Chelmic wisdom that originated from this imaginary city of folks who aren’t quite the sharpest tools in the shed.”

For more fun animation, check out the best adult cartoon TV series and the top 100 animated series of all time.

Header image credit: Russell James

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Features Editor.

Sacha Baron Cohen is creating a new animated comedy special for HBO Max and Cartoon Network called Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth.

The family-oriented cartoon special is set in the mythical “Town of Fools”, and is based on folktales originally told in Yissish. Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth will have absurdist humor and interpretive questioning that is a nod to Jewish intellectual traditions. It will be narrated by Sacha Baron Cohen, and present a "fresh take on the silly antics and exaggerated conflicts of the town, while also preserving the essence and heart of the classic folktales."

Alongside Cohen, the special is being created by Greg Daniels and Mike Judge (of King of the Hill fame), and being penned by Michael Koman, the SNL writer and co-creator of Nathan for You.

“This pitch was so hilarious; we just knew the HBO Max audience needed to get a dose of this original brand of storytelling. Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth is a perfect pairing of comedy and satire, and no one does that combination better than Sacha, Greg, Mike, and Michael,” said Amy Friedman, head of kids & family programming at Warner Bros. “This unique project will breathe new, hysterical life into the nonsensical Chelmic wisdom that originated from this imaginary city of folks who aren’t quite the sharpest tools in the shed.”

For more fun animation, check out the best adult cartoon TV series and the top 100 animated series of all time.

Header image credit: Russell James

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Features Editor.

A classic Yu-Gi-Oh card from the original series has been unbanned in the trading card game after 17 years.

The Change of Heart card, which first appeared in Season 2 of the anime and the Battle City themed Yugi and Kaiba starter decks from 2004, was changed by Konami from Banned to Limited.

As reported by Polygon, this means players can include one copy of the card in their deck for the first time since April 2005.

Applying bans and limited-use conditions is fairly common in most card games but it's unusual to see something brought back after being deemed too overpowered to play for most of the game's time on the market.

Change of Heart is a spell card in Yu-Gi-Oh that lets the player take over one of their opponents monsters for a single turn, meaning they can pretty quickly turn the tide of battle and even win the game outright.

In the original anime, Change of Heart is the favourite card of Bakura, first revealed it in episode 12 of Season 2. In classic Yu-Gi-Oh fashion, Bakura opens the shadow realm and intends to use Change of Heart to corrupt Yugi, but following further shenanigans, it's the evil Bakura who's banished because of the card instead.

Yu-Gi-Oh is as popular as ever 20 years later, and any fans of the original game can now return Change of Heart to their decks, whether they're playing in person or digitally in one of the many games.

Master Duel released earlier this year as a completely authentic and accurate Yu-Gi-Oh simulator and has proved incredibly successful so far with tens of millions of downloads already.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

A classic Yu-Gi-Oh card from the original series has been unbanned in the trading card game after 17 years.

The Change of Heart card, which first appeared in Season 2 of the anime and the Battle City themed Yugi and Kaiba starter decks from 2004, was changed by Konami from Banned to Limited.

As reported by Polygon, this means players can include one copy of the card in their deck for the first time since April 2005.

Applying bans and limited-use conditions is fairly common in most card games but it's unusual to see something brought back after being deemed too overpowered to play for most of the game's time on the market.

Change of Heart is a spell card in Yu-Gi-Oh that lets the player take over one of their opponents monsters for a single turn, meaning they can pretty quickly turn the tide of battle and even win the game outright.

In the original anime, Change of Heart is the favourite card of Bakura, first revealed it in episode 12 of Season 2. In classic Yu-Gi-Oh fashion, Bakura opens the shadow realm and intends to use Change of Heart to corrupt Yugi, but following further shenanigans, it's the evil Bakura who's banished because of the card instead.

Yu-Gi-Oh is as popular as ever 20 years later, and any fans of the original game can now return Change of Heart to their decks, whether they're playing in person or digitally in one of the many games.

Master Duel released earlier this year as a completely authentic and accurate Yu-Gi-Oh simulator and has proved incredibly successful so far with tens of millions of downloads already.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

It seems like Wong is the new face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or at least its superheroic fixer. Disney confirmed today that Benedict Wong is part of the cast for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, playing the Sorceror Supreme Wong once again. That makes him the character with the most recurring appearances in Phase 4 of the MCU.

Wong kicked off his Phase 4 appearances with a guest spot in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. He also appears in What If…?, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Adding She-Hulk to the list, Wong has shown up in five Marvel Studios projects in this phase.

It's something that Benedict Wong made a joke about in an earlier interview. "I call it Phase Wong. It's a nice, interesting shift. Wong has taken on a new role, and that dynamic changes between them [Wong and Strange] both," Wong told Empire Magazine for May's issue 400.

He'll be joined by series star Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky/the Abomination. The nine-episode series has Jessica Gao as its head writer, with Kat Coiro and Anu Valia directing various episodes. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law will release on Disney+, starting on August 17, 2022.

Before that series drops, there's also Ms. Marvel launching on June 8, 2022, and Thor: Love and Thunder hitting theaters on July 8, 2022.

There's no clue how much of Phase Wong we have left. On the film side, there's still Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels, and Blade. Over on Disney+, there's also Echo, an untitled Halloween special, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Secret Invasion, Ironheart, Armor Wars, and Agatha: House of Harkness. Of those projects, Thor: Love and Thunder, Blade, the untitled Halloween special, and Agatha: House of Harkness all have a little bit of magic in them, making potential way for the Sorceror Supreme.

It seems like Wong is the new face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or at least its superheroic fixer. Disney confirmed today that Benedict Wong is part of the cast for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, playing the Sorceror Supreme Wong once again. That makes him the character with the most recurring appearances in Phase 4 of the MCU.

Wong kicked off his Phase 4 appearances with a guest spot in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. He also appears in What If…?, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Adding She-Hulk to the list, Wong has shown up in five Marvel Studios projects in this phase.

It's something that Benedict Wong made a joke about in an earlier interview. "I call it Phase Wong. It's a nice, interesting shift. Wong has taken on a new role, and that dynamic changes between them [Wong and Strange] both," Wong told Empire Magazine for May's issue 400.

He'll be joined by series star Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky/the Abomination. The nine-episode series has Jessica Gao as its head writer, with Kat Coiro and Anu Valia directing various episodes. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law will release on Disney+, starting on August 17, 2022.

Before that series drops, there's also Ms. Marvel launching on June 8, 2022, and Thor: Love and Thunder hitting theaters on July 8, 2022.

There's no clue how much of Phase Wong we have left. On the film side, there's still Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels, and Blade. Over on Disney+, there's also Echo, an untitled Halloween special, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Secret Invasion, Ironheart, Armor Wars, and Agatha: House of Harkness. Of those projects, Thor: Love and Thunder, Blade, the untitled Halloween special, and Agatha: House of Harkness all have a little bit of magic in them, making potential way for the Sorceror Supreme.