DVD : Batman Gotham Knight (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

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Rating:

- A great addition
This animated Batman feature done in the style of the Animatrix is a great addition to the Batman universe. Using anime-style art it tells six short stories that interlock (more or less). However, the real gem here is the special features including 4 of the best episodes from Batman: The Animated Series, a good commentary by the creators and more, a documentary of the creator of Batman himself, and, my favorite, A Mirror for the Bat, a fantastic and in depth analysis of Batman and his villains. Well worth it.

Rating:

- Batman: Gotham Knight
Batman Gotham Knight (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

Interesting anime shorts and the second disk is full of great features

Rating:

- Paying Homage to the Dark Knight with a new twist on "Dark"
I first saw the commercial for this upcoming release on Adult Swim and since I'm into marvel and superhuman stuff that I would check out batman, originally I had seen lots of batman movies and the batman cartoon on some cartoon channel and I enjoy anything with the Dark Knight.

Now Batman has returned in a tale that shows how he transformed from novice crime fighter and into the Dark Knight, and the action and animation are excellent here! I found this 6 part film to be really dark for what I remember of Batman. Personally I feel as if it pays good homage to the dark knight as I remember but with a darker more sinister look into him and seeing crime as it really is.

I wasn't let down and I enjoyed every minute of it, especially the speculation from the youths in the beginning of the story. the only thing I would have wanted was a real plot. Since it's reminiscent of most cartoon series in how it tells a short story in each, it didn't exactly follow a major plot throughout them all aside from a mission to mission sorta thing. All in all I still enjoyed this and recommend it to anyone whom in not a super batman freakazoid that is obsessed since some people just can't seem to enjoy it, people are too picky these days. I hope I helped someone out there, good luck with your possible future purchases.

Rating:

- Not what you expect
Not all that great. I was really hoping for a pretty great story line with an infusion of anime & batman. What i got was a sub-par production of anime & a horrible storyline.

the only thing salvagable is the extras on this thing. Showing you the history of the creater of batman (Bob Kane) and the parrallel of batman and his nemesis.

Rating:

- Batman, Conroy & Anime
I would definitely recommend this DVD to any Batman fan, especially if you enjoyed Batman Begins and more recently, The Dark Knight (how could you not?) It has Kevin Conroy (of Animated Series fame) voicing Batman, done in anime style, and features the more dark tones experienced in Nolan's films (it shares producers). It is a kind of companion piece to Nolan's films though not meant to have any continuity with them. I'm not really into anime but still thoroughly enjoy this. It also continues a spectacular series of DC Universe Animated film series that includes Superman: Doomsday & Justice League: The New Frontier, which I also recommend.

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