Audience reviews
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TheWiseChampion
Growing up as a diehard Batman fan, this might have actually been my first anime. I watched it several times before knowing what anime even was. To me this is essential viewing for DC fans and anime fans should enjoy it as well. It consists of six stories produced from Studio 4 °C (Memories), Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell), Bee Train (.hack//) and Madhouse (Death Note). Although they range in quality, there's no bad one per se. I don't love the animation in the first story, Have I Got a Story for You, and the ending to the fifth one, Working Through Pain, admittedly has me puzzled. The rest are spot-on though. As usual it's great to hear Kevin Conroy's voice in this movie, which was his first outside of the DC Animated Universe started by Batman: The Animated Series. I might be biase…
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No spoiler review!
Batman: Gotham Knight is a mixed bag. While the animation style is visually striking, the stories in the anthology film are hit-or-miss. Some segments are engaging and well-written, while others feel underdeveloped and lacklustre. The voice acting is solid, but the overall experience is underwhelming. It's worth a watch for die-hard Batman fans, but it's not a must-see for general audiences.
The film's anthology format allows for a variety of different styles and perspectives, which is both a strength and a weakness. On one hand, it keeps the film fresh and allows for different takes on the iconic character of Batman. On the other hand, it makes the film feel disjointed and uneven.
Some of the segments stand out, such as the one directed by Shojiro Nishimi, which featu…
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Excuse me, I don't usually write in English. If you want you can read my review in Spanish.
After Animatrix (2003) and Genius Party (2007), the next famous anthology is the one dedicated to the bat man. Surely more than one of them will find his existence curious, but it makes sense when you realize the popularity of the hero in the second half of 2000 with the Cristopher Nolan films like Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008) ). We are facing an American and Japanese co-production. On the one hand, these shorts were produced by various Japanese studios such as Bee Train, Madhouse, Production I.G and Studio 4ºC. Additionally, each of these short films were directed by Japanese professionals such as Shojiro Nishimi, Hiroshi Morioka, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. On the other hand, the sc…
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As an avid Batman fan, I've heard of this anthology a long time ago but always thought it was a cheap promotional project for Nolan's Dark Knight. I had my doubts and never bothered to look it up until this day. And I have to say that I'm very surprised.
This film manages to encapsulate the very essence of Batman. Every story is independent from each other and each of them focuses on a certain aspect of our Caped Crusader.
When you look at every story altogehter, you can see that Batman is more than a hero. He represents something different for every part of the community in Gotham.
For the civilians, he is a mythical entity, like an urban legend. They find him very mysterious but also fascinating. People are having a hard time to describe him but they trust him dearly because of hi…
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What can I say? I'm a Batman fan. Though the "real" fans might run me over the coals for saying so. I like the movies, the animations, and have read my fair share of the more popular graphic novel compilations, but I don't have the gall to dedicate myself to the entire mythos. Regardless, Batman is runner-up to Spider-Man for my favorite western superhero, and the important thing is he maintains that status through the sheer great concept that's kept him going. More so a modern take - the gritty neo-noir detective stories set in a city as black and grimy as tar. I'm sure I don't need to explain Batman to anyone, but I'm left with a bit of a high after watching Gotham Knight, since it was bette…
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No spoilers (or only very minor)
Batman: Gotham Knight, seems like a very western cartoon but if you look closely and feel, you will quickly realize why this one is still an anime (besides the fact it is created by Japanese staff).
3 major things has to be taken in consideration when deciding to watch this one no matter of big or how little fan you are of batman.
- It is only 6 episodes and every episodes is 12 minutes long which is going to affect the series at whole (lesser frametime, lesser time for plot)
- This anime is somewhat a promotion for the movie Dark knight returns, released few weeks prior.
- Every episode has a different animation style (mainly the first is vastly different from the fifth others, the others are more similar but still different)
I am myself not a very big b…
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If you have ever wanted to see anime-esque Batman, you'll get your wish with Batman: Gotham Knight. Produced as a combination-collaborative project between Japanese and American animation studios, Batman: Gotham Knight is collection of six short animated segments/stories each with their own unique art style and interpretation on the caped crusader. The film is extremely similar in comparison and format to The Animatrix (2003).
Might I also add that this film once again features Kevin Conroy as Batman. He is known as the man who has been coined the character's most iconic and long-lasting voice. He has been playing the caped crusader since 1992 and continues to this day in multiple media forms. (Check out Batman: The Animated Series if you haven't ever seen it. It is, in my personal opinio…
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Speaking as a Batman Fan, this is horrid. Speaking as an anime fan then this is brilliant. Batman animated movies and anime are worlds I personally would appreciate to be kept away from each other. So I am going to review the parts which an Anime would normally cover.
The art works were different amongst each section of the movie but overall well drawn for each. A personal favourite would be the second section of this.
The sounds were well placed and well covered for each situation in between the fights and action scenes.
I'd strongly recommend staying away if you are a very strong fan of the batman animated film series.
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I went in with an open mind due to the mixed feedback and I can say this little mini-series was pretty good.
The story for each episode varies in quality but overall there was nothing overtly bad, completely serviceable Batman stories.
The cast was pretty standard Batman stuff. You had Batman, Alfred, Lucius Fox, the works. You also had some underappreciated Batman villains like Deadshot and Scarecrow mixed in there. The characterizations were pretty accurate and a fair chunk of the episodes had nice little character bits.
The art was pretty well done overall although I wish more of the bits were as visually interesting as the 1st episode, that was the best looking one of the bunch. Everything else was generic anime style, but still perfectly fine. On the last note for this section of t…
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Ayy, Go watch: Batman Gotham Knight
Batman Gotham Knight is a 6 part OVA produced with the collaboration of 3 household names: Production IG, Madhouse, and Studio 4C.
I'm not going to spend time summarizing the show, you can find that on Myanimelist or on someone else's blog, but I am going to tell you why I believe Gotham Knight is indeed worth the watch.
Due to the show being made by 3 different studios, there's an insane amount of budget and artistic style put into each story. The animation specifically of episodes 1 and 4 are absolutely phenomenal, and are almost on movie levels of fidelity. The artstyles also give great personality to each story and make it fun to try to figure out which studios did what episodes. That makes for a pretty fun guessing game believe it or not.
The to…
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It wasn't the best anime of Batman which I've seen to date, but I think that this anime was far better than the Chris Nolan Batman movies in comparison. The stories were all independent in my opinion. While the overall character development in this anime was interesting to watch, it didn't really hold that much value for me because I just felt in a transition.
The artwork was passable, if not average. On the whole, I think it was just able to keep my attention, but not such that I would watch it a second time.
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This anime gives a better portrayal of batman,not just as a crime fighting knight but also the very essence of bruce wayne. The awesome thing about this anime is that,the looks of batman changes and so his mentality.some of it's episodes reveals the beginning of batman and how he managed to become the greatest hero of all time .the story is great and so is it's animation.for an avid otaku Gotham knight is a must watch because it changes the perspective of what we call anime.it has potryed batman as the most badassed hero of all time.no other anime character could ever reach the level of how awesome he is.
story is great
art is very good
sound-though there is no opening or ending theme song,yet the original motion picture soundtrack and original Batman animated series music find it's place…
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okay when i first heard about this I was really looking forward to it. I mean I love batman but i have to say this really let me down. I mean these are some of the best writers of our time (or at least thats what they kept telling us) and this was the best tehy could come up with
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As a big fan of Batman and an obvious fan of anime, Gotham Knight was definitely something I had been looking forward to. While fun to watch though, this series of shorts kind of left more to be desired... then again, considering it's to lead into The Dark Knight, that may be a good thing.
STORY - It's kind of hard to review six standalone works all at once while simultaneously trying to be succinct, but I don't think I have the attention span right now to detail each one individually (and I'm long-winded enough as it is). The shorts collected within Gotham Knight are supposed to take place in between the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight; to that end then, they work okay, avoiding major villains and touching on various lesser themes within the Batman franchise. Each short sort…
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So, the much-anticipated series of animated batman shorts are finally upon us, and if you think it's just merely an excuse of the animators to flex their muscles while riding on the upcoming film's popularity, don't -- Batman: Gotham Knight is a great synthesis between visual artistry and storytelling, making it spectacle not to be missed.
The story of the six shorts follow the life of Bruce Wayne after he takes up the task of Gotham city's shadowy protector. Some of the them are closely connected chronologically, while others are temporally isolated from the events of the other shorts. While our hero still has to stop street gangs, old foes, and new enemies alike, the main conflict throughout Gotham Knight is the struggle within Bruce Wayne's mind between the anguish he suffers both phys…
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It's the goddamn Batmanime!
Just some quick comments here -- the first episode is probably the weakest of the lot, the art style is a 50/50 gamble. It's either gonna make it or break it for you. This is especially true you watch it with friends who don't see much anime.
Anyways, if you DO hate it, just keep watching -- you won't be dissapointed. It gets much better the more you watch. Each episode runs for about 12 minutes, done by a different art studio. My fave episode was probably the 5th one - "Working Through the Pain". Most of you will probably think the same. But really, all of the stories are well done.
7/10 -- anticipating The Dark Knight even more now!
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Gotham Knight is the best North American and Japanese collaboration in the production of an animation. It is neither an anime nor a cartoon, but a perfect blend of the two. After watching this it created even more anticipation for The Dark Knight live action film that will soon continue the story. The DVD has Japanese directors, American writers, Japanese and American Artists (who are also writers and directors, but also do animation and character design), and American Producers. One cool note that I found was that Emma Thomas one of the producers is Christopher Nolan's wife, and she produces most of the films that he directs. It is surprising that he did not direct at least one of the short stories. I guess he was too busy with The Dark Knight. My skin feels alive just thinking about the…
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