Bat-fans, I have a new favourite animated Batman film. I loved The Long Halloween, Part One. Course I also loved the original graphic novel that it’s based on. Spreading the story over two parts, much like Warner Brothers Animation did with The Dark Knight Returns gives the characters, and the story room to breathe and…
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Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) – Yasuhiro Aoki, Futoshi Higashide, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Hiroshi Morioka, Jong-Sik Nam, Shojiro Nishimi, and Yuichiro Hayashi
Kevin Conroy voices Batman (yay!) in this collection of interconnected animated tales set in the Nolan-verse of Batman. Featuring a variety of animation styles the feature explores more of Batman’s story in Gotham following the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Have I Got a Story For You features four skateboarding kids getting…
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013) – Jay Oliva
The second installment of The Dark Knight Returns continues the adaptation of the iconic 80s graphic novel. Redefining Batman for a whole new generation, and putting the dark in Dark Knight, the story continues its exploration of an older (now no longer retired) Batman/Bruce Wayne (Peter Weller – who still can’t separate his Batman and…
Quantum Leap (1991) – A Hunting We Will Go, and Last Dance Before an Execution
Sam (Scott Bakula) is a bounty hunter, and he’s handcuffed to his charge, Diane Frost (Jane Sibbett). A Hunting Will We Go was penned by Beverly Bridges and had an airdate of 17 April, 1991. Sam is Gordon O’Reilly on 18 June, 1976. As Gordon, Sam has caught Diane, whom Al (Dean Stockwell) tells him…
Batman: The Animated Series (1998) – Mean Seasons, The Demon Within and Over the Edge
The youth of Gotham are in the target sights in the first episode this week, as we continue the New Batman Adventures. Mean Season aired 25 April, 1998, and sees Batman (Kevin Conroy) and Batgirl (Tara Strong) taking on the mysterious Calendar Girl (Sela Ward), who is attacking youth media events all over the…
Batman: The Animated Series (1997) – Cold Comfort, Never Fear and You Scratch My Back
Freeze (Michael Ansara) is back in the first episode of the Batman: Animated Series this week. This one aired originally on 12 October 1997. When last we saw him, he was stuck in an iceberg with his still ill and frozen wife, but now he’s back, and Batman (Kevin Conroy) and Batgirl (Tara Strong)…
Batman: The Animated Series (1995/1997) – The Lion and The Unicorn, Holiday Knights, and Sins of the Father
The first iteration of Batman: The Animated Series comes to a close with this episode, The Lion and The Unicorn, which had an airdate of 15 September, 1995. In it, Gotham, Batman (Kevin Conroy) and Alfred (Efrem Zimbalist jr.) are threatened one final time by the Red Claw (Kate Mulgrew) who returns and kidnaps…
Batman: The Animated Series (1994) – Sideshow, Avatar and Trial
Killer Croc (Aron Kincaid) is the center of the first episode this week, in Sideshow. This one had an original airdate of 3 May, 1994, and saw Croc escaping from a prison train, and finds solace and refuge with a retired circus show that takes pity on him. Amongst the sideshow carnival is May and June,…
Batman: The Animated Series (1993) – The Laughing Fish, Harley and Ivy, and The Mechanic
The Joker (Mark Hamill) is causing problems again, in The Laughing Fish, which aired 10 January, 1993. It seems the Clown Prince, having escaped from Arkham Asylum, yet again, is a little perturbed with the patent office when they refuse to patent his disfigured fish. Batman (Kevin Conroy), stalking the rainy streets of Gotham,…
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) – Heart of Steel: Part II, If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? and Joker’s Wild
This week’s trip to Gotham brings us part II of Heart of Steel, which aired on 17 November, 1992. Batman (Kevin Conroy) is trying to stop H.A.R.D.A.C. (Jeff Bennett) and gets some help from Miss Barbara Gordon (Melissa Gilbert). H.A.R.D.A.C. is solidifying its plans, and even assaults its creator, Rossum (William Sanderson), when the…
The Mind Reels 