Batman: Gotham Knight

The producers of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight team with some of the most respected anime artists in Japan to explore Bruce Wayne's transition from tormented crime fighter to heroic icon of a crumbling metropolis. Separated into six distinct chapters but intended to be viewed as a whole, this ...more

Batman: Gotham Knight would seem to be a comic book enthusiast's dream project: take four anime studios, pair them with six writers, and create a "mature" (aka PG-13) anthology film based one of DC Comics' most enduring superheroes. And though the result doesn't quite live up to expectations, it's worth a viewing for fans of the Dark Knight. Its underlying flaw is the hit-or-miss nature of the anthology structure itself. Though there's a small narrative thread running through the six episodes, ...more