Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Batman: The Animated Series is a 1992 action & adventure series created by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski. It stars Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester and Mari Devon.
This is the Batman built out of shadow and jazz. Bruce Wayne works Gotham's rooftops and back alleys as its masked protector while keeping up appearances by day, facing a rogues' gallery drawn with real pathos: the Joker, Two-Face, Mr. Freeze, the Riddler. Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski painted the show on black backgrounds to give it the look of a moving comic panel, art-deco and timeless. Each episode plays like a self-contained crime story with room for tragedy, and it set the tone every Batman screen version since has answered to.
Quick answers
What is Batman: The Animated Series about?
This is the Batman built out of shadow and jazz. Bruce Wayne works Gotham's rooftops and back alleys as its masked protector while keeping up appearances by day, facing a rogues' gallery drawn with real pathos: the Joker, Two-Face, Mr. Freeze, the Riddler. Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski painted the show on black backgrounds to give it the look of a moving comic panel, art-deco and timeless. Each episode plays like a self-contained crime story with room for tragedy, and it set the tone every Batman screen version since has answered to.
When was Batman: The Animated Series released?
Batman: The Animated Series was released on 5 September 1992.
How many episodes does Batman: The Animated Series have?
Batman: The Animated Series has 85 episodes across 4 seasons.
Who made Batman: The Animated Series?
Batman: The Animated Series was created by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski.
Where can I watch Batman: The Animated Series?
Batman: The Animated Series is available on HBO (Via Hulu), HBO Max, MAX (Via Amazon Prime), Prime Video, Google Play and Amazon.
Where to watch Batman: The Animated Series
Stream: HBO (Via Hulu), HBO Max, MAX (Via Amazon Prime), Prime Video
Rent: Google Play
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
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Cast
- Kevin Conroy as Batman (voice)
- Loren Lester as Robin (voice)
- Mari Devon as Summer Gleeson (voice)
- Robert Costanzo as Detective Bullock (voice)
- Bob Hastings as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Alfred (voice)
- Mark Hamill as The Joker (voice)
- Richard Moll as Two-Face (voice)
- John Vernon as Rupert Thorne (voice)
- Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn (voice)
- Lloyd Bochner as Mayor Hill (voice)
- Brock Peters as Lucius Fox (voice)
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A few thoughts on Batman: The Animated Series
The same team's feature Batman: Mask of the Phantasm carries the show's mood to the big screen. Tim Burton's Batman shaped that gothic Gotham first, and Marie Lu's Nightwalker puts a young Bruce on the page for readers.
Shadowed, tragic Batman movies to watch next
Batman: The Animated Series drew Gotham on black backgrounds and gave every villain real pathos. These films carry that shadowed, tragic tone onto the big screen, from Burton and the Nolan trilogy to Matt Reeves and the animated Mask of the Phantasm, each treating the Dark Knight as a detective haunted by loss.
Read Gotham: Batman and his family in comics
The Animated Series pulled its rogues and its heart straight from the comics. These books open that world on the page, following Batman, Batgirl, Nightwing, and the future Batman Beyond through the crime stories and family drama that shaped the show's version of Gotham.
Step into the cowl: story-driven Batman games
Batman: The Animated Series has always made fans want to step into its Gotham, and these games let you. Telltale's choice-driven episodes, the Arkham City adventures, and older beat-'em-ups put you behind the cowl for detective work, brawls, and the moral calls that defined the show.
Self-contained crime shows you can drop into any night
Much of Batman: The Animated Series works as a self-contained crime story you can drop into on any night. These long-running procedurals share that case-of-the-week rhythm, closing a mystery each episode across cops, detectives, and investigators, easy to watch in any order the way the show always was.