Batman: The Animated Series is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and developed by Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski, Paul Dini, and Mitch Brian, it originally aired on Fox Kids from September 5, 1992 to September 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. The last 15 episodes aired under the on-screen title The Adventures of Batman & Robin, which was simultaneously used for Fox Kids' re-runs of earlier episodes. In 1997, The New Batman Adventures began airing on Kids' WB as a continuation of the series. Lasting 24 episodes, it featured a drastically different animation style, various character redesigns, and a few voice cast changes. Despite these differences, it has often been included in the same syndicated re-run packages and home media releases as the last season of the earlier series (under the original title and opening/closing theme).
Batman: The Animated Series was praised for its darker tone, mature writing, and thematic complexity compared to previous superhero cartoon shows, in addition to its artistic presentation, film noir aesthetics, voice acting, orchestrated soundtrack, and modernization of its title character's source material. IGN.com listed the series as the best adaptation of Batman anywhere outside of comics, the best comic book television show of all time and the second-best animated series of all time (after The Simpsons). Wizard magazine also ranked it No. 2 of the greatest animated television shows of all time (again after The Simpsons). TV Guide ranked it the seventh-greatest cartoon of all time. The series also won several Daytime Emmy Awards, as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.
The series became the first in the continuity of the shared DC Animated Universe, spawning further animated TV series, feature films, comic books and video games with most of the same creative talent. These include Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), Batman Beyond (1999–2001), Static Shock (2000–2004), Justice League (2001–2004), Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006), the theatrical film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), and the direct-to-video films Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998), Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003).
Cast[]
Character | Actor | ||
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Bruce Wayne / Batman
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Kevin Conroy | |
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Dick Grayson / Robin
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Loren Lester | |
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Barbara Gordon / Batgirl
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Melissa Gilbert | |
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Alfred Pennyworth
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Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | |
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Commissioner James "Jim" Gordon
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Bob Hastings | |
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Harvey Bullock
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Robert Costanzo | |
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The Joker
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Mark Hamill | |
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Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn
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Arleen Sorkin | |
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Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin
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Paul Williams | |
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Edward Nygma / The Riddler
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John Glover | |
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Selina Kyle / Catwoman
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Adrienne Barbeau | |
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Harvey Dent / Two-Face
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Richard Moll | |
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Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow
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Henry Polic II | |
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Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
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Michael Ansara | |
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Matthew "Matt" Hagen / Clayface
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Ron Perlman | |
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Waylon Jones / Killer Croc
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Aron Kincaid | |
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Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley / Poison Ivy
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Diane Pershing | |
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Hugo Strange
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Ray Buktenica | |
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Jervis Tetch / The Mad Hatter
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Roddy McDowall | |
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Bane
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Henry Silva |
International versions[]
Language | Title | Channels | |
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Albanian | Batman - Legjenda filloi | Bang Bang (formerly) |
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Arabic (Venus Centre) |
باتمان | Spacetoon (formerly) MBC3 (formerly) TV1 (formerly)[13] |
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Arabic (Image Production House) |
باتمان | MBC3 (formerly) Cartoon Network Arabic (formerly) |
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Arabic (Third dub) |
بات مان: سلسلة الرسوم المتحركة | Amazon Prime Video |
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Bulgarian (BNT 1) |
Батман | Channel 1 (formerly) Efir 2 (formerly) |
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Bulgarian (Diema Family) |
Батман – Пазителят на Готам | Diema Family (formerly) |
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Bulgarian (VHS) |
Батман: Легендата започва | direct-to-video |
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Cantonese | 蝙蝠俠 再戰蝙蝠俠[14][15] |
TVB Jade (formerly) i-CABLE Children's Channel (formerly)[16] |
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Czech | Batman | TV Nova (formerly) |
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Danish | Batman: The Animated Series | TV2 (formerly) TV2 Zulu (formerly) Amazon Prime Video |
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Dutch | Batman: The Animated Series | unknown Amazon Prime Video |
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Estonian (voice-over) |
Batman | TV3 (formerly)[17] |
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Filipino | Batman: The Animated Series | Amazon Prime Video |
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Finnish | Batman | PTV (formerly) Nelonen (formerly) SubTV (formerly) Sub Juniori (formerly) MTV3 (formerly) |
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French | Batman Les Aventures de Batman et Robin (most season 2 episodes) Batman, la série animée (VHS and DVD title) |
Canal+ (formerly) France 3 (formerly) Télévision Quatre-Saisons (formerly) Canal Famille (formerly) Amazon Prime Video |
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German | Batman Batman & Robin (season 3 title) |
ProSieben (formerly) Junior (formerly) K-Toon (formerly) Premiere Sci-Fi (formerly) Kabel eins (formerly) TNT Serie (formerly) |
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Greek | Μπάτμαν | ANT1 (formerly) |
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Hebrew (Ulpaneto Ltd./Elrom Studios) |
באטמן: איש העטלף | Channel 6 (formerly) |
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Hebrew (redub) |
באטמן: איש העטלף | DVDs (episodes 1-27, 29-56) Netflix (season 1) Amazon Prime Video |
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Hindi | Batman: The Animated Series | Cartoon Network |
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Hungarian (Masterfilm Digital, HBO) |
Batman: A rajzfilmsorozat | HBO (formerly) Max RTL Klub Viasat 6 (formerly) |
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Hungarian (Mafilm Audio) |
Batman: A rajzfilmsorozat | RTL Klub (formerly) Viasat 6 (formerly) RTL Spike (formerly) Amazon Prime Video |
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Hungarian (Viasat 6) |
Batman: A rajzfilmsorozat | Viasat 6 (formerly) |
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Hungarian (DVD) |
Batman: A rajzfilmsorozat | DVDs RTL Spike (formerly) |
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Hungarian (Masterfilm Digital, RTL Spike) |
Batman: A rajzfilmsorozat | RTL Spike (formerly) |
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Indonesian (First dub) |
Batman: The Animated Series | Trans7 (formerly) SCTV (formerly)[18] |
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Indonesian (Eltra Studio) |
Batman: The Animated Series | Amazon Prime Video Netflix (season 1 only) |
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Italian | Batman | Canale 5 (formerly) Amazon Prime Video |
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Japanese | バットマン | TV Tokyo (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) |
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Kannada | Batman: The Animated Series | Cartoon Network |
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Korean | 배트맨 | SBS (formerly) |
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Kurdish (Central) | باتمان | Pêlistank TV |
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Latvian (voice-over) |
Betmens | LNT (formerly)[19] |
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Lithuanian (voice-over) |
Betmeno nuotykiai | LNK (formerly) |
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Malayalam (Cartoon Network) |
Batman: The Animated Series | Cartoon Network |
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Malayalam (Surya TV) |
Batman: The Animated Series | Surya TV (formerly) |
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Malay | Batman: The Animated Series | HBO GO |
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Mandarin | 蝙蝠侠:动画系列 | Shanghai TV (formerly) SCTV-1 (formerly) GRT Satellite Channel (formerly) |
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Norwegian | Batman: The Animated Series | TV2 (formerly) Amazon Prime Video |
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Persian | بتمن: مجموعه پویانمایی | Namava |
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Polish (TVP2 voice-over) |
Batman | TVP2 (formerly) |
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Polish (Polsat voice-over) |
Batman | Polsat (formerly) ZigZap (formerly) |
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Polish (VHS dub) |
Przygody Batmana i Robina | direct-to-video |
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Polish (VHS voice-over) |
Batman: Serial animowany | direct-to-video |
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Polish (DVD/ZigZap) |
Batman Batman: Animacje |
DVDs ZigZap (formerly) Netflix (episodes 1–56) Amazon Prime Video (episodes 1–56) |
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Polish (Iyuno Poland) |
Batman | Netflix (episodes 57–65) Amazon Prime Video (episodes 57–109) |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | Batman: A Série Animada | Cartoon Network (formerly) Tooncast (formerly) Adult Swim SBT (formerly) Rede Record (formerly) Amazon Prime Video |
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Portuguese (Portugal) (Iyuno Portugal) |
Batman: The Animated Series | Amazon Prime Video Netflix |
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Portuguese (Portugal) (Somnorte) |
Batman | RTP1 (formerly) RTP2 (formerly) |
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Romanian | Batman: Serialul de Animație | Pro Cinema (formerly) Amazon Prime Video |
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Russian | Бэтмен | STS (formerly) 2x2 (formerly) |
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Serbian | Бетмен: Анимирана серија | BK TV (formerly) |
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Spanish (Latin America) | Batman: la serie animada | Warner Channel (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) Tooncast (formerly) Adult Swim Ecuavisa (formerly) Televen (formerly) Venevisión (formerly) Canal 6 (formerly) Canal 12 (formerly) Canal 5 (formerly) Cineclick (formerly) Canal 9 (formerly) Teledoce (formerly) Canal 10 (formerly) América Televisión (formerly) Panamericana Televisión (formerly) Telefe (formerly) The Big Channel (formerly) Repretel 6 (formerly) Repretel 4 (formerly) Repretel 11 (formerly) Televisión Nacional de Chile (formerly) Canal 13 (formerly) Telecanal (formerly) Energeek (formerly) Caracol Televisión (formerly) RPC (formerly) Max Amazon Prime Video |
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Spanish (Spain) | Batman | Canal+ (formerly) Telecinco 2 (formerly)[20] Amazon Prime Video |
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Swedish | Batman: The Animated Series | TV 1000 (formerly) TV4 (formerly) Kanal 5 (formerly) Amazon Prime Video |
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Tamil | Batman: The Animated Series | Cartoon Network |
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Telugu | Batman: The Animated Series | Cartoon Network |
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Thai | แบทแมน: ซีรีส์อนิเมชั่น" | Channel 7 (formerly)[21] Amazon Prime Video Netflix |
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Turkish | Batman: The Animated Series | ATV (formerly) D Çocuk (formerly) Amazon Prime Video |
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Ukrainian (QTV, voice-over) |
Бетмен: Мультсеріал Бетмен |
QTV (formerly) |
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Ukrainian (TET, voice-over) |
Бетмен: Мультсеріал Бетмен |
TET (formerly) |
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160401005701/http://dtv8.net/tv-listings/sunday/
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19950701&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CPrnNs5icw
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/share/v/ecMaM4p5vGf3Xb7c/?mibextid=tICARE
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_Irish_television#Network_2
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_in_Irish_television#Changes_of_network_affiliation
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_New_Zealand_television
- ↑ https://www.nairaland.com/3264716/watched-these-cartoon-series-not/3#48133474
- ↑ https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/06/15/88/09249/12-11-1998.pdf
- ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19930110-1.1.48
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- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160805084150/http://www.skynetdth.com/index.php/sport-schedule/tv-schedule
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070602121500/http://www.entv.dz/Programmes/index.php?j=6
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URhWb5J2Bgw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOuInJ1aL9I
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080407204047/http://www.21126888.com/timetable/tt_new.asp?chno=chil&yyyymmdd=
- ↑ https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=eestipaevaleht20010629.2.35.16.1&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA-------------
- ↑ Sign Off SCTV 2001+Footage image of Batman: The Animated Series
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121102221630/http://www.lnt.lv/lv/kids/
- ↑ https://www.vertelevisivos.es/viewtopic.php?t=17739
- ↑ https://www.kartoon-discovery.com/anime/retro-anime-0C.php