November 13, 2022 : Kevin Conroy is Batman
Mark Hamill said it best: “He will always be my Batman.”
RIP 🙁
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February 24, 2021 : The Heart of Batman Documentary
It apparently came out in 2018, but there’s a documentary about Batman: The Animated Series – and DC just put it up on their YouTube Channel.
The history of the show’s development was really cool, with plenty of insight and interviews from all the key players… and even a Kevin Conroy sighting!
Throw in some character sheets, tons of stills and Boards, and a bunch of 2.5D parallax effect on photos; and it’s a nice stroll down memory lane.
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January 30, 2016 : Cartoon Network’s New Justice League Series
Unbeknownst to me, Cartoon Network announced (or rather confirmed, amidst speculation) a new Justice League series last Fall, entitled Justice League Action. This past week, a few more details have emerged about the show. Specifically, Kevin Conroy will reprise his role as Batman (awesome!). Similarly, Mark Hamill will once again voice the Joker (also sweet).
The episodes will only be 11 minutes long; and while they claim they will be action-packed and fast-paced, I do worry the plots will be simplified and skewed to a younger audience. Either way, I’m still watching it.
The release date for JLA has yet to be unannounced, although I wonder if it will coincide with the release of the Batman Vs. Superman movie – which is slated for the end of March.
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July 10, 2013 : A New Batman Series… Sans Kevin Conroy
Cartoon Network’s DC Nation block will premiere a new Batman series this Saturday, Beware The Batman. Different from previous reboots, this series will be CGI.
The bad news is Kevin Conroy isn’t involved with the show. Yet again, he hasn’t really been in any of the recent versions so it’s not all that surprising. However, the CGI element sounds interesting, and I’m curious how the show will look with this new medium. I was a fan of the recently cancelled Green Lantern CGI series, and Batman definitely has more name recognition than his Justice League associate so hopefully this series will fair better.
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February 2, 2012 : New Justice League: Doom Clip
A few months ago, I mentioned the new Justice League movie – which is set to come out in just a few weeks (Feb 28). A clip of the movie is now online:
It looks pretty sweet, and it doesn’t even showcase Kevin Conroy even though he and Tim Daly are in the movie. I’m still a little bummed that Hal Jordan will be in it rather than John Stewart, but I’ll live.
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December 2, 2011 : We Are… DC Nation
It’s not hot off the presses, but a few weeks ago Cartoon Network aired a trailer for its new Friday programming block set to start in 2012 – DC Nation.
The block will possess a mix of series and shorts, all supposedly DC Comics related. The three initial series are ThunderCats (is that DC related?), the new Green Lantern Series, and Young Justice. The shorts seem cool, but I’m more interested in seeing what other TV shows develop out of the programming block. If it’s succes sful, hopefully it will spawn some cool new shows – maybe a new Kevin Conroy voiced Batman series?
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October 18, 2011 : Justice League: Doom Trailer
Below is the trailer for the next DC animated movie, Justice League: Doom, set to come out early 2012.
Kevin Conroy voices Batman, while Tim Daly takes care of Superman – so all is right with the universe. Plus, most of the old school voices for the Justice League will also be in it. One big change is that the Green Lantern in the film will be Hal Jordan. Even though I don’t know much about Hal Jordan’s character, I have grown attached to Phil LaMarr’s portrayal of John Stewart. However, Hal will be voiced by Nathan Fillion, which is tough to complain about.
While the Justice League appears to be in full force, the Legion Of Doom cast is filled with unknowns – or at least significantly less popular villains. Bane is in it (I wonder why), but so is Vandal Savage – and he had a few good episodes in Justice League. Still, any time you include Kevin Conroy, it’ll capture my interest.
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December 14, 2010 : Batman’s Supporting Role
I finally got around to watching the newest Superman/ Batman movie, Apocalypse.
After finding out that Kevin Conroy and Tim Daly were voicing Batman and Superman, it peaked my interest. Unfortunately, the plot was more about Superman and the background of Supergirl. Batman played more of a supporting role, which should never happen. When it comes to story involvement, Batman is like cowbell – more is better.
Besides an alright story, the character design was off putting. They were going for more definition facially, among other things – but it strayed too far from the traditional look and seemed to hurt more than it helped.
With all that said, it was still worth a viewing. After all, it did have Batman in it. Besides, Darkseid’s mythology is somewhat interesting.
I don’t think anymore Batman/Superman movies are currently in development, but it would be sweet to see something with the Joker and/ or Lex Luthor (although that’s been done).
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October 16, 2009 : Kevin Conroy: Best Batman Voice Ever
A few weeks ago, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies came out. It’s the newest direct to video animated film in the DC Universe. Besides the fact that the story involves Batman, it also has Kevin Conroy doing his voice (not to mention Tim Daly reprising his role as Superman).
The character designs are slightly different from the Justice League days but not significantly. They still look pretty sweet, which is more than what could be said for The Batman and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. In any case, this is a must see on my list.
As a side note, other people in the movie include John C. McGinley (some know him as Bob Slydell from Office Space while most know him as Dr. Cox from Scrubs) and Rachael MacFarlane (Hayley from American Dad and also the brother of Seth).
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