Batman and Harley Quinn Day: DC releases "25 Years, 25 Harleys" video

In honor of "Batman and Harley Quinn Day" weekend and the jester girl's 25th Anniversary since her first appearance in "Batman: The Animated Series" - DC Comics has released a "25 years, 25 Harleys" video, which was shared by Comic Book.com and put up by DC Entertainment.

25 YEARS, 25 HARLEYS
As presented by co-creator Bruce Timm, that's a lot of outfits and appearances by The Joker's girlfriend and lovely adversary of Gotham's Dark Knight. Happy 25th Anniversary, Harley Quinn!

Happy 25th Anniversary, Batman The Animated Series!

25 YEARS... That's a long time coming since Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski collaborated together to create one of the most faithful and influential shows to ever present DC Comics' iconic Dark Knight vigilante to the small screen. Yes folks, the 1992 original "Batman The Animated Series" is now 25 years old, and along with that baggage comes a lot of classic moments, iconic portrayals, and memorable episodes and firsts for a TV Series that gave us a pretty awesome cartoon Batman - one who was voiced by the ever talented Kevin Conroy who has earned the title of being the one and only "Voice of Batman".

While the show is known for a lot of great stories and depictions of Batman's life and rogues' gallery, BTAS also introduced a lot of firsts - including the creation of The Joker's on-and-off girlfriend and iconic villainess Harley Quinn - aka Dr. Harleen Quinzel. She would spin-off the show to become her own prominent presence in the pages of DC Comics, and eventually be featured in live action as well through 2016's DC Extended Universe film "Suicide Squad". What's more Star Wars' star Mark Hamill signed on to voice the Clown Prince of Crime himself in The Joker - a role originally considered for Tim Curry but went to the Luke Skywalker actor instead.


Batman Animated Series Intro
While it certainly is all kinds of special, and influenced also by Tim Burton's Batman films (with star Michael Keaton celebrating his 66th Birthday today), BTAS is nothing short of groundbreaking and amazing... And will forever be a timeless piece of Batman lore that fans deserve and have gotten. Happy Anniversary!

Happy Birthday Kevin Conroy, aka Batman!

As one of the most recognizable voice actors to those who grew up with recent Batman related media, American stage and voice actor Kevin Conroy has been known collectively as the definite "Voice of Batman"... And today marks the man's 61st birthday! Beginning with 1992's "Batman: The Animated Series", Conroy's method of giving Bruce Wayne and Batman two distinct voices was critically acclaimed.

He went on to reprise the role for "The New Batman Adventures" and "Justice League" for the DC Animated Universe, and then lent his skills for the Caped Crusader in other mediums - including Rocksteady Studios' epic "Batman Arkham Trilogy" of games and most recently in the controversial DC Universe Animated Original Movie adaptation of "Batman: The Killing Joke" - where he reunited with his BTAS co-star and voice of The Joker himself, Mark Hamill!

New Justice League Action Clip - Let's Play A Game feat. Batman and Blue Beetle
Conroy will return once again to voice Batman in this December's "Justice League Action" series, which will debut in Cartoon Network.


I Am Vengeance! I Am The Night! I Am Batman!

All we can say is, Happy Birthday Batman!

Batman: The Killing Joke: Animated Movie Sneak Peek released

Hitting home video and digital formats later this year, a long sneak peek video of the animated movie adaptation of "Batman: The Killing Joke" has gone online, showing everyone their first glimpse of the long awaited film which features the voices of Batman: The Animated Series alum Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill - who reprise their roles as Batman and The Joker respectively.

Here's the trailer, as seen in YouTube along with Sneak Peek news reported in Bleeding Cool.

Batman: The Killing Joke Trailer Batman: The Killing Joke animated movie will premiere on SDCC this year.

Happy Birthday Kevin Conroy... Aka The Voice of Batman!

"I am Vengeance... I am The Night... I AM BATMAN~!"

Once you hear those words uttered by that iconic voice actor, you know The Dark Knight has been brought to life in a big way. After over two decades of voicing Bruce Wayne/ Batman since Batman: The Animated Series and the DC Animated shows and movies to the Batman: Arkham games, Kevin Conroy has cemented himself as the definite "Voice of Batman"... And November 30 also happens to mark the actor's birthday!

Here's a video from last year showing the actor utter those famous words...


Kevin Conroy Says The Famous "I Am Vengeance" Quote

And just to see the guy voice the character in action, here are some AWESOME Batman scenes to remember.
Batman scenes


Once again... HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN CONROY... I MEAN BATMAN!!!

Flashback Friday: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman and "Chase Me"

With this being the FINAL Flashback Friday and following the commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm", it's time to delve a little bit further back to Batman lore and celebrate another animated Bat-film and it's accompanying short's 10th Anniversary.

Released in October 21, 2003, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman was one of the final animated films released that was set on the DC Animated Universe and set on the same timeline as Batman: The Animated Series/ The New Batman Adventures. The film introduced viewers to a new "Batwoman", one heavily inspired in design by the costume worn by the Batman of The Future himself, Terry McGiness, aka Batman Beyond.

"Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman" (2003) Trailer
As the title notes, the identity of this Batwoman remains a mystery... Even to the deductive and brilliant mind of Batman himself. Wearing the symbol of the Bat, this Batwoman operates on a more ruthless scale, and takes down criminals and mob bosses like Penguin and Rupert Thorne without any moral restrictions like The Dark Knight and his allies practice. Ultimately, the plot thickens as Bane arrives, and the "identity" of the Batwoman is found to be quite the surprise.

Following the success of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, a film set on the timeline of The New Batman Adventures was inevitable, and Mystery of the Batwoman does not fail to entertain and does a good job of showing how intrinsic and elaborate Batman's universe can be. The Batwoman mystery was a good way of introducing a version of the character to the DC Univcrse, not to mention tying things in to Batman Beyond in a certain degree. In fact, some years later would see DC Comics adapting that approach and bring a regular Batwoman with a "Batman Beyond" inspired design to regular DC Continuity, with Kate Kane becoming the modern AND New 52 version of Batwoman to date.

Aside from the main feature of this direct to DVD release, Mystery of the Batwoman also included a short silent film featurette called "Chase Me", which saw The Dark Knight going after his on-and-off love interest Catwoman in, as you'd expect, a grand chase. The jazzy and excellent musical score just punctuates the feeling of this great showcase right here.

Catwoman: Chase Me
So there you have it... Happy 10th Anniversary to Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman and Chase Me! Next year, 75 years of Batman celebrated!

Spotlight on DC Showcase: Catwoman Animated Short!

It may be Batman month this October with the releases of Batman: Year One and Batman: Arkham City, but a certain feline love interest of the Caped Crusader also takes on part of the spotlight this month! Catwoman bursts into the scene in both mediums as co-star and playable character, but it's in the former animated movie package that features her in a solo adventure, in new short from DC Showcase! If you want a taste of this spectacular, sexy, and stylish animated feature, take a gander at this preview clip from DC Showcase: Catwoman!



DC Showcase: Catwoman clip
Pretty slick eh? It captures Selina Kyle perfectly to a tee, and it's writted by Batman: The Animated Series veteran and comic book scribe Paul Dini. Be sure to catch, watch, and get Batman: Year One, which will be available online and on home media, or you can see it now as it's featured in YouTube, but for how long is uncertain. Look forward to a review from me on both Warner Bros. Animated features soon!

"Beware the Batman" animated series debuts on 2013

Announced by Warner Bros. during the MIP Junior Market Convention in Cannes, France on Sunday and reported by sites Comic Book Movie and Superherohype, it appears that a new Batman animated series is in the works by Warner Bros. Animation, but will be done in CGI like that of the upcoming Green Lantern: The Animated Series.

Titled "Beware The Batman", Warner Bros. executive vice president for creative affairs Sam Register confirmed that the new series will debut sometime in 2013, and will feature "a classic looking Batman teaming up with a gun-totting Alfred Pennyworth and a female sidekick ninja named Katana (who may be THE SAME Katana from Batman's own team creation, The Outsiders).


Executive-produced by legendary and longtime Batman: The Animated Series collaborator Glen Murakami, Beware The Batman will explore the more obscure villains of the Bat-mythology, featuring the likes of Professor Pyg in his rogues gallery. However, that's not to say that classic villains like The Joker or Penguin won't be making any appearances either. Also, despite the fact that Batman will team up with a young female-sidekick named Katana, that doesn't mean she will be a replacement for Robin.

At this point, I don't know what to feel about a CGI Batman cartoon series, but it's too early to say, and no other noteworthy info about the series was given other than the announcement and year it will be released. For more info, visit the source posts at The World's Finest, CBM, and Superherohype.

Beware The Batman is slated for release sometime in 2013!