Batman - The Animated Series, Volume One (DC Comics Classic Collection)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790789033
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0790789035
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D31896D
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 06, 2004
Running Time: 625 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 05, 1992


 

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/24/2005 Run time: 625 minutes Rating: Nr

Amazon.com:
Warner Brothers' Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) remains a striking, stylized program that helped to revitalize the familiar comic book hero. Drawing on such diverse influences as Frank Miller's graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, the Fleischers' Superman cartoons of the early '40s, and contemporary Japanese animation, the filmmakers stress interesting designs and cinematography. The Caped Crusader prowls a sinister, Art Deco-styled world of tall verticals, sharp angles, silhouettes, searchlights, and grid-like shadows cast by window frames. Its visual pizzazz eclipses Filmation's pallid kidvid, The Batman/Superman Hour (CBS, 1968), which ran off and on in various incarnations through 1981. Many of the same artists worked on the Batman animated features (e.g., Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Batman Beyond--The Movie (1999)), which display similar strengths and weaknesses.

Ironically, Batman: The Animated Series looks better in stills than it does in motion. The artists fail to stylize the movements of the characters to match the dramatic settings, as Genndy Tartakovsky and his crew did in Samurai Jack. Batman uses sophisticated computers to combat the well-known villains--the Joker, the Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman--as well as some less celebrated baddies: Manbat, Clayface, The Mad Hatter. The bad guys cram a lot of plotting and scheming into each 22-minute episode, but the violence is kept to a broadcast standards minimum.

The Dark Knight's First Knight easily ranks as the most interesting of the extras. Producers Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski recount the genesis of the series, and show their mini-pilot, which is more violent and more fully animated. If the complete episodes had matched the pilot, the series would have been much more exciting. (Unrated, suitable for ages 8 and older: violence, mild grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon

Average Rating:

Rating: - Unrealiable Shipment
I placed my order on Nov 9th and received an email stating that I would receive it Nov 16th. Nov 16th came and no product. I tracked the package under my account and the shipment date switched to Nov 19th WITHOUT any notification to me nor explanation why. Well Nov 19th came and gone and STILL NO PRODUCT! I am very dissatisfied with the seller's performance and ability to get my ordered item to be by specified time.

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Rating: - Epic animated series, great story writing.
This is the best cartoon of the 90's, the story writing, characters, dark tone. Kevin Conroy IS Batman's voice in this and also a lot of dc's animated batman shows/movies. Mark Hammil Voices the Joker and does a amazing job, showing how crazy this villian truly is. Each episode has a good plot, good fights, imo this is the best cartoon ever, they will not make a show like this again.

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Rating: - Watch it with your son or nephew!
I was about nine or ten when this show came out and it has always been my absolute favorite cartoon and best incarnation of the caped crusader. They were really on to something special here with a grittier, darker, and more striking look than had ever been done before or since. Get these DVDs to watch with your son or nephew and you'll probably enjoy them too. I would go with seasons 2 or 3 first. I think the show really came into it's own in the second season. Now I'll be the uncle who got my ... Read More

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Rating: - Almost two decades later, still an enormously impressive series
When my daughter was extremely young, I would record BATMAN - THE ANIMATED SERIES on our VCR and after picking her up at the babysitter, she and I would watch that days episode. I was careful as a parent not to expose her to junk and anxious for her to see only the best entertainment suitable for kids. I also loved watching BATMAN with her because it was such an incredibly impressive show. The animation in almost every shot is carefully thought out and beautifully designed. Almost every shot ... Read More

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Rating: - Fantastic Artwork
I think this is one of the most impressive animated series I've ever seen, maybe the best. That's because, in my humble opinion, the artwork is so fantastic. I expected something colorful but this is beyond all expectations.

The brown skyscrapers of Gotham along with the blacks and blues and the tremendous 1940s atmosphere is just beautiful to see. The cars, buildings, clothing, etc., are incredible as is all the Art Deco look of the period. Like a good director with cameras, these ... Read More