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• The Batman: The Complete Series heading to Blu-ray in Feb. 2022
• A New ‘Batman’ Animated Series Is Coming From J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves
• Episode 34: Batman – The Animated Series
• Top 6 Batman Cartoon Series
• The Flash: Michael Keaton amazes as Batman in jaw-dropping first look image?
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• Keanu Reeves Wants To Play An Older Live-Action Batman
• The Batman (2004 Animated Series)
• The Batman was cool — but I'm more excited about this HBO Max show

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The Batman: The Complete Series heading to Blu-ray in Feb. 2022

With over a hundred episodes produced from to , Batman: The Animated Series is commonly regarded as not just one of the greatest cartoons ever made, but one of the best depictions of Batman in any medium in the character's year history. Under producers Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm and with a note-perfect voice cast led by Kevin Conroy as Batman, The Animated Series racked up classic after classic, with stories that were marked by being truly accessible and exciting for all ages.

It changed super-hero media forever, and created a legacy that continues today with Timm's work on the new Green Lantern cartoon. In short, it's absolutely phenomenal and we love it. But even with the high standard of quality set by the series, there are some episodes that stand out beyond the others as the best of the best.

Any top ten list for something as beloved as Batman: The Animated Series is going to provoke its fair share of disagreement, and I fully realize that there are people who are going to count my opinion as absolutely worthless for giving one of the episodes that's commonly regarded as the worst of the series a top slot over classics like Harley's Holiday or the award-winning Robin's Reckoning.

But to be honest, there are two kinds of people in this world: Those who think Cool Hand Luke starring Batman is awesome, and those who don't. As much as you can decry this episodes as being a shameless, blatant The Forgotten is unique. It breaks almost every rule of the series. It's not set in Gotham City, there's no arch-criminal, there's barely any actual Batman most of the issue is spent with amnesiac Bruce Wayne , there's a complete lack of logic in the fact that nobody recognizes one of the richest men in the world or puts things together when he goes missing and Batman shows up, and it even has scenes with actual sunlight.

There's a good reason why most fans of the series write it off, but it not only proves how adaptable the show's version of Batman really was, it shows a crucial side of Batman's character. The title of the episode points it out: The men who were abducted to work as slaves were forgotten by everyone -- except Batman. He's not just a billionaire who gets his kicks by putting on tights and punching out guys who want to blow up the water supply, he's a man utterly dedicated to saving those around them from the criminals who would ruin their lives.

It's heavy handed, it's illogical, it's goofy as all hell, but when Bruce Wayne remembers what he does and why he does it, and Conroy's voice shifts back into his almost snarling Batman growl to tell the other prisoners "We're getting out of here," it also brings us one of the best moments in the entire series.

While we're on the subject of stories that shouldn't work, we have Over the Edge. Under normal circumstances, a story that ended with "but it was all a dream! Part of that just comes from context. Paul Dini's script is working with a world that has already established dreams, hoaxes and imaginary stories as viable concerns, both in the larger tradition of super-hero stories and on Batman: The Animated Series specifically.

The truly amazing Perchance to Dream , in which Batman battles his way out of an dream world because it's quite literally too good to be true, had not only set up the rules, but provided the perfect context for what happens in this one. But what really makes it work is its sheer brutality. Like The Forgotten , Over the Edge lives up to its title: Batgirl's death leads Jim Gordon onto a grief-stricken path of revenge that sees him declare outright war on Batman, discovering his secret identity, destroying Wayne Manor, bringing down Nightwing and Alfred in chains.

It's the worst case scenario for the good guys, and it's not the villains bringing them down, it's that they turn on each other out of vengeance. And unlike most stories that use the device, the fact that it all happens in Barbara Gordon's dreams doesn't detract from the drama -- they add to it, and builds her character in an interesting way that before then, the show hadn't really addressed. It reinforces the danger that she's living with as a character.

Not the physical danger of death or injury, but the emotional danger of the deception that comes along with hiding her identity from her father, and how it's his trust in her and in Batman that's at risk. It's an interesting exploration of character and consequences that doesn't talk down to the audience even when it's conveyed in sequences built on violence and shock value, a tightrope that only the best stories manage to walk. Generally speaking, it's a bad sign when Batman barely shows up in your Batman story, but Showdown is one of the most memorable episodes of the series, for a lot of reasons.

For one thing, it's got one of the best set pieces, and that's saying something. Owing to the influence of the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons and movie serials of the '40s -- which led to the beautiful aesthetic of the show's title cards -- an awful lot of Batman: The Animated Series was built around those dynamic, memorable set pieces. Even mediocre episodes like Prophecy of Doom , in which Batman fights a balding con man duping gullible rich folks out of their inherited millions basically the opposite of The Forgotten , features that incredible scene where Batman fights a guy in a gigantic planetarium where Saturn had razor-sharp, damsel-threatening rings.

Why the hell did this small-time confidence man have a planetarium deathtrap set up? Who cares, Batman punched a dude right through Uranus! That 's amazing! But I'm getting off the subject. In this episode it's steampunk airships in the wild west raining cannon fire down on locomotives, which makes for a great visual -- and despite the fact that the first frame of the opening credits had a blimp in it, it's not the sort of thing you usually saw in the dark, art deco noir setting of Gotham City:.

The second thing Showdown accomplishes is that it fixes one of the few problems with one of Batman's greatest villains: Ra's al-Ghul.

The first rule of good writing is that you show instead of tell , but because Batman's adventures take place in the present -- whenever that present happens to be -- we just have to take Ra's's word for it when he says he's an immortal who's been kicking around for years.

By this point in the series, we've seen him go into a Lazarus pit and come out a little stronger and a little more nimble, but that doesn't show that he's an immortal. He tells us and we go with it. In this issue, even though it's related as a flashback told by Ra's, we're shown everything, and made to understand that yes, this guy has been working these schemes for longer than Batman's been alive. It both validates his claims and suddenly makes him scarier -- if he was able to do everything he does in this episode a hundred years ago, what can he do with the resources that he has today?

That's one of the things that The Animated Series excelled at -- fleshing out the vilains just as much it fleshed out its heroes. There aren't a whole lot of recurring characters on this show that don't have layers crafted into their personalities, and the hint of pleading that David Warner gives to Ra's al-Ghul's voice when he speaks to Batman, his worst and most persistent enemy, adds an immeasurable amount to the character. The most memorable element of this episode, though, is who acts as our protagonist in the absence of Batman: Jonah Hex.

Even the Zatanna episode took place in Gotham, with Batman as the focus and a version of Zatanna that fit more easily into a supporting role -- she was just a stage magician.

Here, however, we have a fully-formed protagonist on his own. Hex is a different kind of character than Batman -- we know within the first five minutes that he's a killer and a bounty hunter -- but Lansdale's script goes out of its way to draw parallels between him and Batman.

It all leads to the creation of the fully shared universe that would arise later on in the franchises that would follow after Batman 's success, all while telling its own grand adventure. Almost Got 'Im is unquestionably one of the most beloved episodes of The Animated Series , to the point where I'm sure there are people who won't believe that I'm saying it's only better than others.

Either way, it's expertly crafted on just about every level, right down to the way it was animated. Right from the opening sequence, in which the villains are introduced solely by close shots of their hands as they play poker, and it's a testament to how sharp and distinctive the designs were that you can identify them by such a small piece.

And then there's the big reveal at the end, where Batman's shadow emerges from Killer Croc's body as a light swings back and forth over him. There's a similar reveal at the end of a previous episode, The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy , and it's done well there, but this sequence -- credited in the DVD commentary to animator Glen Murakami -- blows it away in terms of sheer style.

It's just this perfect example of the visual language of comics translating to animation in one beautifully memorable sequence.

It's also hands-down one of the smartest episodes. The premise alone is a brilliant inversion on the traditional formula, having the bad guys casually hanging out telling their stories, in which Batman is their villain.

I imagine it was pretty tough to pull off, too -- it's a minute cartoon that manages to tell stories with four villains, plus Catwoman and Harley Quinn, plus a surprise reveal that makes the second time you see it even better than the first.

It all comes back to the set pieces, and it's there that Dini shines, with his animated origin for Batman's giant penny that sets a tone of slapstick Silver Age fun, then transitions smoothly into the Joker gleefully electrocuting Batman and attempting to chop Catwoman into actual cat food.

It's the perfect blend of genuine, threatening danger and lighthearted fun that worked so well for the series, and it's only underscored once you get to the point where you realize that Killer Croc's rock-stupid lines and pratfalls were all just Batman in disguise, showing the bad guys how dumb he thinks they are while doing the most villainous thing of all: Luring them into a trap.

Like I said, it's a fantastic inversion of expectations, right down to Batman responding to Harley Quinn's taunts of only being able to capture her or save Catwoman -- the classic love-interest-in-distress trap -- by casually turning off the deathtrap and pasting her one. Unlike some of the other episodes on this list, Almost Got 'Im doesn't add anything to the show's grand mythology, with the possible exception of the rarely seen moment of Batman enjoying himself. All of its pieces are already in place when it starts, from the established relationship between Poison Ivy and Two-Face to the sexual tension between Batman and Catwoman, and nothing really changes at the end.

But it takes all of those pieces and puts them together so well , with stylish animation and enormously clever touches, and ends up making one of the most perfect episodes of the show. To say that Harley Quinn was the breakout character of Batman: The Animated Series is underselling things quite a bit. She was hugely popular with fans, and for good reason: She's at the center of some of the show's best episodes, from the slapstick, relatively uplifting comedy of Harley's Holiday to the miserable tragedy of Mad Love.

But of all the Harley-centric episodes, Harlequinade does it the best. It doe severything you want a Harley Quinn story to do, and it does it with the absolutely perfect setup of having Harley and Batman team up in order to stop the Joker from blowing up Gotham City with an atomic bomb -- a plot that would be flat-out ridiculous in most cartoons, but works perfectly with this show's concept of the Joker.

Just from that, you've got the buddy-cop comedy that comes from contrasting Harley's giddy enthusiasm with Batman's grim, eye-rolling exasperation with her -- Conroy's subtle frustrated sighs and furious orders to behave are the perfect foil for Arleee Sorkin's delivery -- but as the episode goes on, it gets deeper.

It has those same notes as Harley's Holiday , where you want her to succeed and get away from the Joker, but with that same note of heartbreak because you know she can't that shows up again in Mad Love , but combined into something better.

And, just to cap things off, it's the only episode of Batman: The Animated Series to feature a genuinely hilarious musical number, in the form of a catchy tune about domestic abuse from called " Say That We're Sweethearts Again. Batman slamming his forehead into a table while Harley sings will never not be hilarious, and the same goes for the Joker's Snoopyesque World War I Flying Ace routine at the climax of the episode.

And again, it's that comedy that makes the sadness of Harley's relapse into loving a man that was about to blow her up with an a-bomb -- even if it's done in the form of a goofy Honeymooners reference -- have an emotional weight to it that her other appearances just don't match, no matter how hard they try to recapture the feeling of this one, or how enjoyable they manage to be in the process.

It's rare for any series to do an episode where the main character steps aside to take a supporting role to let a minor character shine, and for it to be done this well is downright unheard of. The Man Who Killed Batman is one of those perfect high concept plots that sells itself to the reader immediately, just on the strength of the title and the image that goes with it. The very idea that Batman could die is unthinkable -- the show itself is named after him, so even the kids the series was aimed at would have a hard time buying that he actually died -- but the fact that it's some wide-eyed, lemon-shaped goon cowering underneath that title immediately makes that question irrelevant, and replaces it with "okay, well how did this guy do it?

And the rest of the episode lives up to that title, using it as a springboard to tell a story that's almost unbelievable in how clever and sharp it is.

Everything about the episode is designed to increase the reputation of both Batman and the Joker. We learn from the very beginning that the regular criminals of Gotham City have pretty much resigned themselves to Batman's presence and given up on attempts to kill him themselves and decided to take a completely different set of tactics -- Sid the Squid is brought in by his "pals" for the sole purpose of slowing down Batman while he beats the crap out of him.

And when he actually does kill Batman -- or at least, when he seems to -- everything changes around him. The best bits of the episode, though -- and this will come as a surprise to no one -- are from the Joker. The genuine sadness that the Joker feels at Batman being killed takes a layer of his character that shows up in the comics and translates it to the small screen version with a beautiful economy, and the same goes for his rage that someone else managed to accomplish it.

The scene where he quietly tells Harley to put the loot back because there's no point in committing crimes without Batman -- the only time in the series where Mark Hamill's voice drops out of the high-strung, theatricality that he ususually uses for the Joker -- is just remarkable. In the end, it all comes back around to building Batman into a towering, mythical figure. It's not just that he explains how he survived with the blunt "I swung away before it exploded" in the casual, off-hand style that anyone else would use for "I went to the grocery store," it's how he makes his entrance.

Everyone believes that he's dead, but then gunshots -- deadly to a lesser man but less than an inconvenience for him -- and then he just cold into a man's house, dossn't even break stride as he disarms him with a shuriken, and then starts throwing a crime boss through the furniture.

And it's not even for our benefit we see all this happening -- presumably, if we've been watching this show, we already know Batman is a badass. We've seen him as the hero in every episode. But here, and this is what makes this episode remarkable, seeing Batman the way the criminals see him: Unstoppable. It's also worth noting that Dini manages to pull off a script that gives almost everyone a happy ending.

Batman's alive and well in Gotham City and punching out crime boss Rupert Thorne, so he gets what he wanted, Sid the Squid goes to prison with the reputation that he always wanted, and even the Joker gets to fight Batman again, which is exactly what he wanted. And we get a phenomenal piece of television.

If The Man Who Killed Batman is the perfect illustration of why Batman is so terrifying to the crooks of Gotham City, Joker's Favor is the other side of the coin: An incredible story of why the villains are so terrifying that Batman is necessary.

When the focus is on Batman, it's easy to lose sight of the tension that's being created. Again, the set pieces the show used so well come to mind: Once you've seen Batman survive a deadly roulette wheel or the Maze of the Minotaur or Sid the Squid's explosion or a Death Planetarium , day after day, week after week, it becomes routine. We start to know that there's nothing they can really throw at Batman that can stop him, and the fiction, the illusion of danger, becomes fragile.

But in this episode, the focus shifts to someon elese, someone who's the diametric opposite of Batman. Charlie isn't the exceptional billionaire crimefighter, he's just a dude who wants to get through a traffic jam. He's the everyman.

A New ‘Batman’ Animated Series Is Coming From J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves

Before Sunset and Moon Knight star Ethan Hawke is set to voice the role of Batman in Batwheels , an upcoming animated series aimed at preschool-aged kids, and featuring a cast of human heroes including Batman, Duke Thomas, and Cassandra Cain and five anthropomorphized Bat-vehicles, alongside a sentient Bat-computer and a robot automotive service technician. It marks DC's first foray into the preschool animation market, where Marvel has had a consistent presence over the last few years with shows like Marvel Super Hero Adventures and Spidey and His Amazing Friends. Of course, given DC's long history of animation, it may be splitting hairs a bit to note that this is ostensibly their first foray into the preschool market, when they have proudly all-ages projects like DC Super Hero Girls and even the classic Super Friends in their portfolio. They are This relatable and aspirational series will follow the journey of this dynamic team as they thrill and entertain with their heroic adventures as well as demonstrate to kids the value of self-confidence, friendship and teamwork.

Episode 34: Batman – The Animated Series

Created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, Batman has been one of the biggest superheroes to have enthralled comic book fans for around eight decades. There are numerous Batman movies and series to watch, including The Batman , a film starring Robert Pattinson as the superhero. Batman — was the first TV series based on the superhero. The success of the serial led to the creation of the first film with the same lead actors. Not all, however, are necessary viewing. But some, such as the Christopher Nolan trilogy, are essential to watch not only because they help understand how much the comic book icon has evolved with time but also because of the performances, plots and villains. This makes the crime-fighting comic character fascinating, as he has remained relevant to new generations over decades. Batman is the first feature film based on the DC comic book character. As such, most of the other cast members of the series were part of the movie.

Top 6 Batman Cartoon Series

While DC shows would later transition entirely to Cartoon Network for animation, the superhero shows on the network were nothing to shrug at. But while Static Shock and Batman Beyond are always fondly remembered, and 's The Batman deserves its own serving of love. In rewatching The Batman via HBO Max, it quickly becomes clear how abnormal it was at the time and remains still as both a Batman show and in the general superhero space. As odd as it first seems for almost all of them to be solid melee fighters, the show commits to this choice, and it keeps the action beats exciting.

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Keanu Reeves enjoyed something of a career resurgence after John Wick , and has become one of the most popular and in-demand actors out there over the past few years. The Matrix Resurrections star is often fan-cast in various Marvel and DC roles, but it seems one iconic comic book hero, in particular, has really piqued his interest. Reeves will get to voice the Dark Knight in the upcoming DC League of Super-Pets animated movie, but it sounds like he may also have designs on donning the cape and cowl for real at some point. The nature of DC's Multiverse opens the door to multiple versions of the same heroes and villains sharing the same universe s , so Reeves might well get the opportunity to live his dream down the line. What do you guys think? Drop us a comment down below.

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Bane turns a dial on his wrist, unleashing a flood of his patented super-steroid Venom into his veins, turning him into a twelve-foot-tall hulking red beast. The Penguin flies forward, landing a barrage of rapid fire kicks on Batman and shortly following it up with flipping leaps into a tree. It was also no Batman: The Animated Series , a show that was almost immediately rendered legendary thanks to its noir-heavy atmosphere, distinctive storytelling, and iconic grip on the denizens of Gotham City. The Batman —with its parade of toy-ready gadgets, martial arts-wielding bad guys, and dialogue that featured its fair share of puns—was stuck in its shadows. Jeff Matsuda, the chief character designer fresh off the underrated Jackie Chan Adventures , supplied all sorts of outlandish, angular models that seemed more in line with Naruto than The Third Man. The plotting of much of the first season remains pretty standard fare, with a few episodes climaxing in a way that suggests the sole purpose was pitching a new action figure to kids. However, the action direction is top notch, with the fight choreography taking the spotlight. Sure, the Joker and the Penguin have never previously been shown as having apparently taken so many Taekwondo lessons, but they look very cool when pulling it off.

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I am not exaggerating when I say that I think Batman: The Animated Series is one of the best pieces of Batman media ever created and one of the greatest animated shows of all time. As a kid, I watched the episodes with rapt attention. And as an adult watching them, they actually hold up.

The Batman (2004 Animated Series)

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For the caped crusader also known as The Batman, see Batman. For the film of the same name, see The Batman film. The Batman is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation based on DC Comics superhero Batman. Although the series borrows many elements from previous Batman storylines, it does not follow the continuity set by the comic books nor that of the previous Batman: The Animated Series or its spin-offs. First-run episodes are broadcast during Kids WB's Saturday morning lineup.

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