What does /tv/ think of Batman The Animated Series?

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Great, up until they changed the art style. "I Am The Night" is the best Batman-centric episode.

TOP 5 EPISODES

1. Feat of Clay
2. Almost Got em
3. Two Face
4. If your so smart...
5. On leather Wings

>>83285145
yeah I hated new adventures, sapped the sophisticated aesthetic of the series which before had a cool 40s art deco theme to it

goat

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>>83285088
kino
although it's better when Batman is working alone, and I don't like the last season where everyone is made of 90 degree angles

was great until they added robin

>>83285088
The DC animated universe (Batman TAS, Justice League (Unlimited), Batman Beyond) etc. is fantastic. They all tie together in interesting ways but you will understand them if you haven't seen them all.

>>83285088
"Think of it, Batman. To never again walk on a summer's day with the hot wind in your face and a warm hand to hold. Oh yes, I'd kill for that! "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMfs1rlw4tc

>>83285351

Infidel! Ra's Al Ghul is introduced along with him!

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>>83285088
I think it was an incredible piece of animation, especially for the 90's. I think most of the DC cartoons prior to The Batman (with the dreadlocks Joker) were above average or even great. JLU is easily the best comic book adaptation of all time, and it feels effortless.

>>83285416

My favorite issue of the comic series based on the show is when Batman visits his parents' grave on Christmas, only to run into Mr. Freeze there. Batman fights Freeze for a bit, only to realize that Freeze is visiting Nora's grave. They call a truce and go their separate ways. Powerful stuff.

>>83285423
oh yeah, i meant the younger robin

it's kino

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>>83285523

He grew on me, he was like a combo of Jason and Tim, plus I like the episode when Batman goes missing and Superman has to fill in.

also, this fucking scene

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>>83285505

>>83285088
Spawned that amazing animu called Big O.


In the name of god. ye not guilty.

>>83285594
>the two part clayface is my favorite ep
>he gets away laughing
>they just HAVE to make a follow up episode where he dissolves and dies!

>>83285690

But he kept coming back regardless

>>83285657

Apparently the new blu-Rays can't use the theme song because it sounds too similar to Flash Gordon.

How retarded.

>>83285597

Crazy that a villain who started off as little more than a gimmick became the most emotionally resonant character in Batman's rogues gallery.

Mask of the Phantasm was pretty dope, but i never really cared for the series itself.

Neither it nor Superman had styles that interested me.

How did the DCAU (and other DC shows like Young Justice) have such perfect voice casting?

Shit is basically black magic.

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Best episode

I liked TAS
I still think BB was the best DCAU

>>83285834
I really liked the animation style in this episode. You could tell they contracted out the animation to this studio once in a while, not sure who it was. I could tell they also animated the robin origin story as well.

>>83285834

>that "I didn't mean to." in her real voice.

Rough

>>83285879
it is the same studio who did animaniacs
I can't recall the name now tho

Charlies lines to the Joker at the end of "Joker's Favor" were great.

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>>83285879

It was the same with tiny toons, you'd get that one studio (usually japanese) with more detailed art and fluid animation sometimes then the b-team.

Good thing most of the stories hold up regardless.

>>83285942

TMS, a Japanese animation studio. They also did Little Nemo back in the 80's, along with a ton of other stuff.

>>83285946

That episode to me is perfection, joe shmoe going about his humdrum life taking shit from everyone and the first time he decides enough is enough he cuts off the fucking Joker on the freeway.

It's also Harley's first appearance too.

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>>83286003
>Kennedy cartoons

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>>83285088
>they're releasing a new Batman animated film soon
>it has worse animation than the early 90s cartoon

what the FUCK happened?

>>83286595
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi3yJTc8Gjk

>>83285088
Freeze died a pitful death in Batman Beyond

>>83285946
Talk about a creepy freakin episode. Joker was obviously a gang stalker in Joker's Favor.

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>>83286613
>>83286595

>that Harley voice

>>83285233
New Adventures is awesome. Some really great animation. And I personally like the new aesthetic for the most part.

Some really good episodes too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_New_Batman_Adventures_episodes

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>>83285088
It's the best iteration of Batman outside of a handful of graphic novels. The animated movies, as well as Batman Beyond and it's animated movie, are also very good.

>>83285088
JLU is better but Btas was kino

>>83286672
4chan is almost exclusively gang stalkers.

One of the best TV shows ever made. Period. If they'd updated the animation a little better it would have been nice, still a great show, after. Just wish Joker had looked how he did in RotJ, and as anon pointed out, the city'd kept its 40s aesthetic qualities.

>>83287918
The animation had tons of character

>>83287540
We /co/ now?
>The Dark Knight Returns (keep away from the animated version)
>The Killing Joke (same deal, more so)
>Batman: Year One
>Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

Anything else? Apart from those I'm not sure what's on par with BTAS. Best part is most of these can be read with TAS in mind. My head canon includes all of these in the same timeline except maybe Arkham.

>>83286003
>that sexy Babs Bunny at Startoons
Not sure how I feel about this guys...

Fuck Joel Schumacher. because of him we will never get a kino live action version of heart of ice starring ben kingsley

>>83287965
I'll say there was something about Joker I liked, but I just didn't think he was colourful enough after.
Scarecrow almost excuses all the other changes though. I thought Penguin and Hatter and even Riddler looked pretty cool, too, in the update even though the latter never got an episode. Disappointing, to say the least.
Wait, did Penguin or Hatter ever get episodes in the new series, either? I know Penguin showed up once or twice but never as main antagonist, right? Except in that one Batwoman DVD, right?

>>83285088
anyone know where I can stream this online or maybe download it?

>>83288048
The Long Halloween is fantastic and Hush is a lot of fun, albeit not a stellar story in the end.

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90's animated KINO

>>83285946
>>83286672

I had a nightmare based on that episode once. I did something to piss off the Joker and thought I had gotten away safely, but I woke up one morning to find a knife stabbed into the pillow next to my head with a note from the Joker. Somehow that was more disturbing than most of the other screwed up crap I've ever dreamed about.

>>83288192
Still better than modern capes.

Heard he was trying to pay homage to the 60s show. Difference is the 60s show wasn't fucking gay.

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I think a really underrated episode is Eternal Youth. Fucking creepy, the show excels at horror.
>>83285350
Yeah the execs said Robin had to be in an episode at least once, but hey at least he was well written and voice acted.

>>83288230
toonnova or torrent anon

>>83288271
The Joker is basically the devil unleashed in a person, so, I don't blame you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Bbectzsw4

reminder that this is a thing.

>>83288302
thanks anon, was also trying to find Justice League Unlimited, seems I have my whole week planned out for me now

>>83288244
Forgot about Long Halloween. Definitely included.

>>83288048
>>83288244
If you like The Long Halloween, Dark Victory is also very good.

>>83288351
you're welcome

>>83288290
You should rewatch the Beyond episode "Earth Mover"
It's fucking fantastic.

Michael Keaton is the best live action film Batman.

Agree?

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Lyle Bolton did nothing wrong!

>>83288457
Tim Burton's Gotham is also spot on, if you consider the "modern" twist on Noir aesthetic to be the 80s.

BLACK & WHITE

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>>83286613
>record scratch
>stupid "indie" rock music choreographed into the scene.

I'm skipping this stupid shit.

>>83288671
Pretty sure it's meant to be ironic, but yeah, does not look worth anyone's time.

>>83288726
Ironic is not going to sell batman.

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>>83285088
It's okay. Pic related is the superior Batman series.

I really liked the Ace episode. It was so out of left field that she wasn't a real "I'm going to kill everyone for no reason!" Shit was trippy and it took me a while to understand what the fuck happened at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjAFbEP0wK4

>>83288351
For a cheap legal alternative...
Netflix has all of JL and JLU
Amazon Prime has the rest

>>83285088
capekino

>>83285597
Freeze is great because he is a brilliant man who had terrible things happen to him and through desperation and good intentions became the cold man he is today.

He is noble because he has no compunctions that alot of what he does is wrong but he does it for his wife.

>>83289174
>He is noble because he has no compunctions that alot of what he does is wrong but he does it for his wife.

>restore Nora
>can never be with her
>body starts to fail til only the head is left
>become a truly cold and bitter asshole and set out to completely ruin other people's lives

I'M MR WHITE CHRISTMAS I'M MR SNOW I'M MR ICICLE I'M MR TEN BELOW

>>83289353
>body starts to fail til only the head is left
>become a truly cold and bitter asshole and set out to completely ruin other people's lives
But he really did try to be a good person. He just got fucked over by the people who gave him a new body in Batman Beyond and he exacted vengeance on them.
>There may be some momentary discomfort.

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>goat episode coming through

>>83289454

Talking about before Beyond

>>83289636

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>>83285233
Replace on Leather Wings with The Gray Ghost

>>83288290
that episode creeped me the hell out

>>83288351
Kametsu probably has it on MEGA

>>83289636
>The Joker has a kazoo at the funeral.

I don't have a laughing picture great enough to express the hilarity.

>>83285088
With Mr. Freeze it was so tragic that you honestly want him to win in the end.

>>83289869

>Gray Ghost
>features one of the only instances of Bruce Wayne being a happy kid

Yeah it's pretty good.

>>83290880
"Who wants Chinese?" Fuck Luke Skywalker, I will always remember Mark Hamill as the Joker.

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>>83288405
Yeah, it's been years since I watched Beyond. I loved it, but find myself revisiting BTAS a lot more.

>>83289869
>As a kid, I used to watch you with my father. The Gray Ghost was my hero.
> So it wasn't all for nothing.

>>83292988
Kino.

>>83285088
Didn't this episode get an emmy or something like that?

>>83293216
Yup.

KINO

probably the best in depth depiction of Batman and his rogue gallary (apart from Mask of the Phantasam which rightfully is touted as one of the if not the best Batman movie of all time).
Shame all those greats didn't get the attention they deserve because >muh kids stuff preconception that still exists to this very day.

>>83293311
>>83293190

>when you have nothing intelligent to say

fuck off.

>>83294206
>>>/reddit/

>>83289869
Having Adam West voice the Gray Ghost was fantastic casting.

So good, didn't realize how much body horror there was in it and Batman Beyond until I re-watched them. It feels like people are getting mutated or disfigured ever other episode, especially in Beyond.

>>83294631
>the episode where it's Ra's in Talia's body.

gay

>>83294791
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBn8vXEArwM

Is this kino?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWHHsdE_oQg

>>83295092
Fuckin a.

Best scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BZbbG0XGhQ

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFoPc52Kd8I

>>83288611
How come everyone is so jacked?

>>83288351
Holy shit I was just doing the same thing last night

>>83295271
Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
That was the end,
Of Solomon Grundy

;_;

The Man Who Killed Batman was pretty solid

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>>83295271
JLU was kino

>>83295271
>>83295845
I cry every time. Not memeing I swear.

>>83296033
brings a tear to my eye that no matter what timeframe or who is trying his luck there will never be a proper live adaptation of the DC Animated Universe.

>>83295845
child wonder woman was cuter

>>83289869
Damn that was great.

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Underrated

>>83288048
Dark knight returns animated was great.

>>83286480
They got PAID to do it.

>>83295845
I'm dying very soon. Aren't I?
Yes. I'm sorry.
*sniffles* Can you stay with me. I'm scared
I wanted to protect Ace like she were my own daughter. She deserved to be happy and have a normal childhood. Timm and his crew played my heart strings like a goddamn fiddle.

>>83286613
>it's literally a buddy cop movie
Jesus Christ.

Sounds like a New Jersey jew too.

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r8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-AqoS3A2mw
>>83296473
Same here

I have a weakness for that shit since my main goal in life is to have a daughter of my own one day to be the best dad for

>>83296642
Same. Except I don't care if I have sons or daughters. I just wanna be a dad, ya know.

>>83294206
>when memes hurt your feelings because you weren't there for their inception

>>83296775
>tfw I will never become a dad

>>83285351
Wasn't Robin in the second episode?

>>83285594
He was Tim in name only. The DCAU had a tendency to use the name of whoever was relevant in the comics at the time, but have the origins of the more storied characters. Clayface, Robin, and Flash all adhere to this.

>>83288230
kimcartoon has absolutely everything.

>>83285879
That's just Timm doing the actual animation himself, not outsourcing it to Korea

>>83295611

>dat blazin' harmonica

FUCKIN BASED

>>83295307
Not sure, but it influenced a generation of /fit/ziens to lift.

>>83299053
Fuck. Meant to respond to this >>83295296

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>>83295271

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great writing and fantastic art style and aesthetic. the classic movie-like title cards were always my favorite. they're so comfy and really set the mood for the show. really unique little program and my favorite iteration of batman.

>>83285088
In general the first season is kino. There are of course outliers but I generally stick to just that.