Batman Ninja

Batman Ninja
North American cover
ニンジャバットマン
Directed byJunpei Mizusaki
Screenplay by
Based on
Produced byTakanari Yamaguchi
StarringRoger Craig Smith
Tony Hale
Grey Griffin
Tara Strong
Edited byKiyoshi Hirose
Music byYugo Kanno
Production
companies
Warner Bros. Japan
DC Entertainment
Kamikaze Douga
YamatoWorks
Barnum Studio
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Release dates
  • April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24) (United States)
  • June 15, 2018 (2018-06-15) (Japan)
Running time
85 minutes[1]
CountriesUnited States
Japan
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese

Batman Ninja (ニンジャバットマン, Ninja Batman) is a 2018 American-Japanese animated superhero film directed by Junpei Mizusaki, produced by Warner Bros., and animated by Kamikaze Douga and YamatoWorks, which features the DC Comics character Batman. Takashi Okazaki, the creator of Afro Samurai, is the character designer for the film. The first poster was revealed on October 5, 2017, and the trailers were released later on December 1, 2017.[2]

The film was released in the United States in digital format on April 24, 2018: it was released in physical formats on May 8 and was released theatrically in Japan on June 15.[3][4] In its American release, writers Leo Chu and Eric Garcia have admitted to rewriting the film from the original Japanese script written by Kazuki Nakashima, ultimately making two very different versions of the same film.[5]

A sequel, Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, has been announced.[6]

  1. ^ "Batman Ninja (12)". British Board of Film Classification. March 28, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Ashcraft, Brian (December 1, 2017). "First Look At The Batman Ninja Anime". Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group.
  3. ^ Gilyadov, Alex (February 13, 2018). "Batman Ninja Box Art and Release Date Revealed". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
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  5. ^ "Why Batman Ninja In English Is So Different From The Japanese Version". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. April 28, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  6. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 30, 2024). "Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Film Sequel to Batman Ninja Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2024.