‘Batman Ninja’ Anime Arrives In 2018 From ‘Afro Samurai’ Creator
While DC Entertainment is just beginning their expansion into standalone live-action films featuring the most popular superheroes from DC Comics, the DC Universe Original Movies from Warner Bros. Animation are have been bringing some of the biggest comic book storylines to life for the past decade. Soon fans will see a Victorian spin on The Dark Knight inBatman: Gotham by Gaslight, and now we have word of Batman getting an anime makeover in another animated feature.
Batman Ninjais a new direct-to-video animated movie that will reimagine Batman as a ninja, complete with anime style animation. Sweetening the deal is the fact thatAfro SamuraicreatorTakashi Okazakiis working on the Batman anime, which will have a panel at New York Comic-Con next weekend revealing more about theBatman Ninjaanime.ComicBook.comfound out aboutBatman Ninjaand has this official description of the NYCC panel:
As we said, Takashi Okazaki is best known for creating the badass Afro Samurai. Meanwhile, directorJunpei Mizusakiis best known for his work on the anime adaptation ofJoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and writerKazuki Nakashimahas worked on the likes ofKamen Rider FourzeandKill La Kill.That should satisfy anime fans who likely don’t want this to be a weak imitation of the popular animation style from Japan.
As for who those special guests are, it will likely be the voice actors bringing Batman and other DC Comics characters to life, but that’s just speculation on our part. Since previous animated DC movies have used voice talent from the the DC Comics animated TV shows, it wouldn’t be surprising if some of those talents were involved in this project, but we’ll have to wait until next weekend to find out more.
The previously releasedBatman: Gotham Knightfeatured a segment called “Field Test” that had a style that was as close to anime as The Dark Knight has come (seen up top), butBatman Ninjawill be a feature length anime arriving sometime in 2018. Hopefully the release date will be announced at NYCC.
As soon as we learn Ninja, we’ll let you know.
