While at the TCA Press Tour, Adult Swim presented their latest animated series, Rick and Morty, from co-creators Dan Harmon (Community) and Justin Roiland. During the interview, Harmon talked about how he came to be doing an animated series at Adult Swim, what influenced this concept, what he can do with an animated show that he can't do in live-action, and how his experience with Adult Swim has been, compared to other networks. He also talked about how his work for Rick and Morty compares to that of Community, finding a way to be creatively successful without some of the turbulence that has come with his career, and the possibility of a sixth season of Community. Check out what he had to say after the jump. Question: Did Adult Swim come to you with the idea for this, or had you always had an animated thing in your mind? DAN HARMON: I'd been talking to Adult Swim for a long time. I've always admired the things they were doing over there, and it was just a matter of when the right project would come along. My insecurity about getting older and getting hackier made doing something on Adult Swim a practical choice. I was incredibly attracted to the idea of finding the semi-marketable version of these characters, so we started talking about it and came up with this stuff. What influenced this concept? HARMON: For me, the influences are actually more in British sci-fi stuff that I grew up reading, like Hitchhiker's Guide to ...
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