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If you discovered Rick and Morty in late 2013 or early 2014, you likely didn't see the crisp, final broadcast version first. You saw the "Rick and Morty S01E01 R5." For the uninitiated (or those born after 2010), an R5 is a relic from the golden age of digital piracy. Unlike a TELESYNC (someone filming a screen in a theater) or a WEB-DL (the clean, final digital file), an R5 refers to a DVD release from Region 5 .
The R5 of the pilot was not the final animation. Animators for House of Cosby's (the studio behind the show) had clearly finished the scenes, but the color grading was off. Characters didn't pop against the backgrounds. The lighting on Rick’s lab looked flat compared to the deep shadows of the broadcast version. It looked like a really, really good Flash game. rick and morty s01e01 r5
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Region 5 covers Russia, India, Africa, and parts of Eastern Europe. Why does that matter? Major studios would send "work-in-progress" DVDs to these regions early for dubbing and localization. If you discovered Rick and Morty in late
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