The Batman Ninja anime feature is streaming in about 35 countries at the moment through Netflix (check availability here) and now the folks at Warner Bros. are about to bring some new distribution to light for a different part of it. They’re bringing out the behind the scenes special created for the home video release for it as part of their #DCTuesdays events that they’ve been running. Check the video below for it as it goes live at 8pm tonight and will be available in full afterward as well.
Check out our review of the film.
Jumpei Mizusaki directed it based on the screenplay by Kazuki Nakashima. Takashi Okazaki worked with the character designs and Kamikaze Douga produced the animation for it. The Japanese cast includes Kouichi Yamadera as Batman, Wataru Takagi as Joker, Ai Kakuma as Catwoman, and Rie Kugimiya as Harley Quinn.
The English cast for the project includes Roger Craig Smith as Batman, Tony Hale as the Joker, Grey Griffin as Catwoman, Tara Strong as Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, Fred Tatasciore as Gorilla Grodd and Deathstroke, Yuri Lowenthal as Robin, Adam Croasdell as Nightwing and Alfred, Will Friedle as Red Robin and Red Hood, Tom Kenny as Penguin, and Eric Bauza as Two-Face.
Plot Concept: Batman Ninja takes a journey across the ages as Gorilla Grodd’s time displacement machine transports many of Batman’s worst enemies to feudal Japan – along with the Dark Knight and a few of his allies. The villains take over the forms of the feudal lords that rule the divided land, with the Joker taking the lead among the warring factions. As his traditional high-tech weaponry is exhausted almost immediately, Batman must rely on his intellect and his allies – including Catwoman and the extended Bat-family – to restore order to the land, and return to present-day Gotham City.
