Batman Ninja

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Yeah, this is as cool as it sounds. An anime based on the DC universe. Starting in Arkham, Gotham’s most notorious are transported back to feudal japan with the caped crusader and his sidekicks. It’s gorgeuos anime immersed in the ukiyo world, colorful and complex. The story gets absurd quickly SPOILER ALERT with giant transformer robots END SPOILER but it’s so visual, I didn’t care by then. It’s a Batman anime. Honestly what do you expect?  Swordfights? Oh hell yes! The finale is all swordfights - Lord Joker vs Batman Ninja - plus Two Face, Penguin, Poison Ivy, Deathstroke, Bane and Grood all have fight scenes. And who doesn’t want to see multiple throw downs between Harley Quinn & Catwoman? 

This is not something to watch for plot. It’s something to admire for stunning anime.

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Batman stage show coming to Tokyo with Batman Ninja battling Joker Daimyo

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Live-action adaptation of Japanese-produced animated movie has an extremely ambitious performance schedule.

A recent trend in the anime world is producing live-action stage shows for popular series. Fans get an event to gather at, cosplay enthusiasts get to see professional-grade costuming and makeup on the performers bringing the characters to life, and the series itself gets a boost in its buzz and revenue.
Oftentimes the series being adapted are popular with hard-core otaku and/or representative pillars of the world of Japanese animation, such as the stage shows for Naruto, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and Fushigi Yugi. The latest title to get the stage play treatment, though, is part of a franchise that began outside Japan: Batman.



Specifically, it’s the Batman Ninja (or Ninja Batman, as the title is ordered in Japan) direct-to-video animated movie, seen in the video above, that’s being adapted for the stage. Released in 2018, Batman Ninja time-warped the Cape Crusader, along with a number of his fiercest foes and finest friends, to Japan’s feudal Sengoku period, Originally written and produced by a Japanese creative team, Batman Ninja was a huge hit with critics and fans on both sides of the Pacific, and so a live-action Batman Ninja the Show will open this year at Tokyo’s Shinjuku Theater Moliere. Casting has yet to be announced, but the producers have promised that in addition to Batman and his nemesis the Joker, Harley Quinn and Catwoman will also appear.

Usually, Japan’s anime-adaptation stage shows run for extremely limited times, giving fans a very limited window in which they have to make the trip to wherever they’re being performed. But Batman Ninja the Show is currently scheduled to run from October 10 to December 31, during which time it’ll be performed 172 times. Oh, and that’s not counting the performances to be held as part of its “Premier Week” festivities on October 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9.
Tickets are currently on sale online here for Premier Week performances, priced at 7,900 yen (US$72), which includes your choice of a 15-centimeter (5.9-inch) die-cast Batman kunai ninja throwing knife or a Joker folding fan.
▼ The kunai comes with a wooden case, though sadly not multi-lingual printed explanations for if/when you get asked about it by baggage inspectors at the airport.

Pricing for regular tickets, which go on sale June 5, has yet to be announced.
Source: Batman Ninja the Show official website via IT Media
Featured image: @Press
Top image: Batman Ninja the Show official website
Insert images: Batman Ninja the Show official website (1, 2)

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I was discussing The Batman with a Kung Fu classmate and the question was posed ‘what is your fav Batman flick?’ Well, I love the Adam West  batman movie, but then I thought of this. My classmate is into anime so I recommended this and then realized that I didn’t remember what happened that well, so I revisited it just now. 

It’s still awesome. I didn’t remember the plot because its absurd - turns out what I did remember was all about right. It remains visually stunning, spectacular use of anime, almost to the point of self parody, but that works well here. 

I stand by my assertion that after West’s Batman, this is my favorite. It’s just so entertaining - a complex piece of eye candy that plays with Batman and ninja tropes for a perfect mash up to savor.

Totally D00M recommended even for those of you who don’t watch anime. 

Seen on HBO mad, which has all the dceu animated films.

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Batmsn Ninja vs Yakuza League

I am so in for this.

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