Everyone loves the caped crusader. From the movies to his animated series. There is one thing though. Everybody has their favorite movie whether it be: Batman 1989 or The Dark Knight (my personal best) to even the new one that's out now.
What about the animated specials?
I have two favorites, but for me, I think the original is the superior one. Started around 1992, when I was like eight years old, with voice acting from Kevin Conroy, Bob Hastings, Arleen Sorkin and even Luke Skywalker himself.... Mark Hamill as the joker.
Yes, that's right.... Mark Hamill as the villain. He did a splendid job voicing the evil clown that he is now known for that as well as Luke Skywalker. There are other masked figures in the show like Penguin, Riddler, Two-Face and many more. But I think this show is more known for the joker than any other villian
Even Robin is more fleshed out in this one than even the Batman and Robin movie. Robin was seen in some episodes but not all. They treated his character like aa real human being and not a throw away gag some shows do.
Robin could end up in peril (more than once) but he was more adult than Burt Ward in the Adam West Batman. Sometimes using a sidekick was not part of Batman's help, but he was always there when needed, even showing how he became an orphan in the cartoon.
However, there was a downgrade in animation when the second season hit. After going through 65 episodes, the animators decided to do something different with the style of animation. Making things more angular and changing the characters. Some were pretty positive, but there were more negative views.
The Joker had the worst look of all.... making his eyes darker and thinning out his chin to a point. Blessed Mark still voiced him, but it hurt the series in a bad way getting canceled after the design change in one season.
Another show I wanna talk about is called "The Batman" Lasting around 2005 to I think 2008, this was a different verson of The Batman. Voice acting was different, but recognizable to me, stories were somewhat toned darker.
Batman: The animated series had a dark tone as well but having different voices for the characters could either help or hurt the franchise. It did both
Designs were very different at the time. Making Robin into a tween, having the joker look more like a demon, the Penguin being fatter and Mr. Freeze unseen through a block of ice on his head. The voice acting... Well, you have Mr. Freeze being voiced by Casey Brow, who also voices Mr. Krabbs. The Penguin is voiced by SpongeBob SquarePants (look it up) and Mark Hamill does NOT voice The Joker.
Even though he is voiced by a talented voice actor, Kevin Michael Richardson, I still think Mark Hamill was better and more memorable. I still enjoyed this show. It had its moments, and it did feel somewhat dark like Batman: The animated Series
So....is Batman: The animated series the more superior Batman cartoon? Well, there are so many Batman cartoons that even Scooby Doo teamed up with him to find Alfred. In my opinion...they're both great, but the one with most memory is none other than Batman: the animated series. Even it had its downfall in later seasons, this show will always remain the most memorable one. Down to the caped crusader himself
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