Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010): Superman/Batman: Apocalypse functions as a standalone sequel to Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is streaming on HBO Max. The film was directed by Sam Liu and is based on the Superman/Batman crossover comic by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness. Other casting highlights include CCH Pounder as Amanda Waller, LaVar Burton as Black Lightning, and Bruce Timm voicing Mongul. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009): The 2009 Batman and Superman film Superman/Batman: Public Enemies sees Supes (voiced by Tim Daly) and Batman (Kevin Conroy) forced to team up when supervillain Lex Luthor (voiced by Clancy Brown) becomes President of the United States and begins recruiting superheroes to join him. Batman: Gotham Knight is streaming on HBO Max. Other voice actors include Will Friedle (who voiced Terry in Batman: Beyond), and Kevin Michael Richardson (who voices characters including Lucious Fox.) The anthology was sold both on its own and packaged with Batman Begins and with episodes of Batman:TAS. Kevin Conroy, who also voiced Batman in the Batman: The Animated Series continuity, lends his voice to Batman in the English dub. Despite being nominally set within the universe of Christopher Nolan’s films, Batman: Gotham Knight also functions as a standalone film. With stories by the Japanese animation studios Studio 4C, Bee Train, Production I.G., and, of course, Madhouse, this is essential viewing for fans of these studios’ works as well as for Batman aficionados.

A variety of actors from the late great Kevin Conroy, to Jason O’Mara, to Jensen Ackles have voiced the caped crusader in these films, each bringing their own unique take to the character.īatman: Gotham Knight (2008): The first Batman film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, Batman: Gotham Knight is an anthology of Batman stories set within the universe of Christopher Nolan ’s The Dark Knight trilogy of films.

Beginning in 2007, the DC Universe Animated Original Movies regularly release animated films based on DC Comics directly to streaming and DVD. Batman’s animated outings span many different timelines and verses and while many of Batman’s earliest and arguably best-animated films were set in the universe of the Batman: The Animated Series television show, the majority (though certainly not all) of the films in the DC Universe Animated Original Moviesline are either standalone stories or set in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Whether that’s because animation can capture the spirit of comics in a way live-action rarely can, or simply because the talent involved in many of the animated films is so impressive, there’s no Batman quite like animated Batman. As great as live-action Batman movies can be, there’s something special about his animated outings that just can’t be beaten.

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