Batman...anime?

[eastofthemoon]

I just learned something...different. They are making an anime version of Batman. @_@ Apparently, it's going to be a direct video movie.

http://warnervideo.com/batmangothamknight/

There's a bit more detail info Here

While, I'm glad the guys working on this are mostly the ones that worked on Batman: The Animated series...I honestly don't know what to think of this. Opinions?

Comments

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Seeing how Americans are clamoring for anime, I'm not surprised. I was actually just told by knightreborn the other night that Disney's having Lilo & Stitch animated in Japan for the Japanese audience, so maybe they're trying to get Batman known and more easily accepted over there as well?

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I heard about that too. They also made a TMNT anime like back in 1994. I never watched it though.

Here (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4107)

I guess it just seems a bit odd to me. Just because you draw something in the anime style, doesn't mean that's it's going to be better. Good animation depends more on the actual storytelling and characters themselves than the style. "Martin Mystery" and "Totally Spies" are good examples. They're western cartoons, but draw in the anime style. They're not horrible, but there are other cartoons/anime I would rather spend time watching.

Mind you, there's also a tendency to take Japanese live-action films and do an American adaptations to it. There's a horror movie that was done like that recently, I forget the name though.

(Did you know they're making a live action Astro boy movie? An American verison I might add. @_@ )

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Do you mean The Ring? They even released the manga over here. I never saw either movie, nor do I really care to. Horror's not really my thing.

I know what you mean about the cartoons that look like anime but really aren't. They're just trying to cash in on the anime market, really, and gain attention purely from the look. Personally, I loath American cartoons that look like anime. The animation is usually worse than in anime, the story is lacking, and the look just doesn't fit for the series.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Right! There was that one and another one I think that was about a hunted floor in an apartment building or something...anyway, I don't care for horror movies either. I don't understand why people would pay money to get themselves scared.