Batman Mania

As if the smashing box office is not enough, now .. there’s Bat Anime. they really know how to milk out the money from fans.

Got my copy of Batman: Gotham Knight last weekend at the usual place. It’s a two disc (DVD) special edition and priced at RM39.90. Batman: Gotham Knight is actually released prior to the opening of The Dark Knight.

It is a collection of six anime shorts which depicts a different side of Batman. There seems to be a certain continuity in the stories, but being written by different writers and produced by different anime studios, the link is quite weak. The stories are also not interrelated. Even the anime style if different from one another. Nevertheless, I am impressed.

Batman and Dark Knight fans will just love this.

Finished 4 episodes last night :). The first one, Have I Got a Story for You, is quite interesting. Batman from the views of 4 kids whom perceived him as a shadow, a monster, a machine and a normal human being. The characters are cartoon like but the background is highly detailed. Funny that it was done that way.

The 4th, In Darkness Dwells, looks more like a sequel of Batman Begins. Well, it’s written by David Goyer who wrote Batman Begins.

Anyway, I am not going to spoil it for you. Go and Get yourself a copy.