The Dark Knight battles crime in Gotham City with occasional help from Robin and Batgirl.The Dark Knight battles crime in Gotham City with occasional help from Robin and Batgirl.The Dark Knight battles crime in Gotham City with occasional help from Robin and Batgirl.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 5 wins & 19 nominations total
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- TriviaKevin Conroy is the first person in animation to use two distinct voices to portray Bruce Wayne and Batman, inspired by Michael Keaton's performance in Batman (1989), the first to do so.
- Crazy creditsDespite being invariably referred to as "Batman--The Animated Series" (until the changes in title, tone, and additional screen time for Robin for the second season), the series had NO on-screen title.
- Alternate versionsWhen "The New Batman Adventures" uses this show's intro instead of that of "The New Batman/Superman Adventures," the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo appears before the Warner Bros. Animation logo.
- ConnectionsEdited into Bat-May (2020)
- SoundtracksBatman The Animated Series
Written by Danny Elfman and Shirley Walker
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A True Masterpiece- the greatest body of animated work ever!
When Batman: the animated series came around, it didn't take people long to see that it was something different. Here was a "cartoon" that was written for adults. It could be viewed by older kids, but it had great depths for the adults who took any time with it. Each episode (or couple of episodes) acts as its own mini-movie. The structuring of the story in each one is just so well executed. As well, the animation (for its time) was quite good, and still holds up well enough today. Another difference from other animation, is that the color palette is quite dark- which, again, only makes it more interesting. All of the great villains are here (and others you may not have heard of), but they get a very serious and, at times, philosophical explication. One of my favorite things about the series, is that every episode has its own orchestral score- meaning, the music that you hear is tailored to fit the exact moment you are watching. Shirley Walker manages to come up with so many sub-themes and variations on the main theme- and works them in so well with the happenings on screen. For those of you that have seen the series and remember it fondly, you might be interested to know that a box-set of the first 28 episodes was recently released- you can get it just about anywhere.
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- wsheit
- Sep 19, 2004
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