"The New Batman Adventures" (1997)TV series 1997-1999

Directors:

Tim Maltby
Toshihiko Masuda

Writer:

Michael Reaves (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

13 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

Plot:

The further and darker adventures of Batman with a new Robin, a closer association with Batgirl and the previous Robin now as Nightwing.

Plot Keywords:

Dark Hero | Haunted By Past | Invention | Henchman | Femme Fatale

Awards:

5 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Kevin Conroy	...	Batman / ... (24 episodes, 1997-1999)
Tara Strong	...	Barbara Gordon / ... (15 episodes, 1997-1998)
Mathew Valencia	...	Robin / ... (11 episodes, 1997-1998)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	...	Alfred Pennyworth / ... (11 episodes, 1997-1998)

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Series Directed by
Curt Geda		(7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Dan Riba		(7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Butch Lukic		(5 episodes, 1997-1999)
Atsuko Tanaka		(2 episodes, 1998)
Tim Maltby		(unknown episodes)
Toshihiko Masuda		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Bob Kane		(13 episodes, 1997-1998)
Paul Dini		(6 episodes, 1997-1999)
Hilary Bader		(6 episodes, 1997-1998)
Rich Fogel		(6 episodes, 1997-1998)
Stan Berkowitz		(4 episodes, 1997-1998)
Robert Goodman		(3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Steve Gerber		(3 episodes, 1998)
Bruce W. Timm		(2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Michael Reaves		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Haven Alexander	....	associate producer (24 episodes, 1997-1999)
Alan Burnett	....	producer (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Paul Dini	....	producer (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Bruce W. Timm	....	producer (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jean MacCurdy	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 1997-1998)

Series Original Music by
Shirley Walker		(3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Michael McCuistion		(3 episodes, 1998)
Lolita Ritmanis		(3 episodes, 1998)
Kristopher Carter		(2 episodes, 1998)

Series Casting by
Andrea Romano		(4 episodes, 1997-1998)

Series Art Direction by
Glen Murakami		(4 episodes, 1997-1998)

Series Production Management
Shaun McLaughlin	....	production manager (3 episodes, 1997-1998)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vincent Bassols	....	timing director (1 episode, 1997)
James T. Walker	....	timing director (1 episode, 1997)

Series Art Department
Dave Bullock	....	storyboard artist (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Michael Chutuk	....	painter (2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jonathan Fisher	....	property designer (2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Robert Fletcher	....	property designer (2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Michael Manley	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Bill Ohanesian	....	painter (2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Kim Pettijohn	....	painter (2 episodes, 1997-1998)
James Tucker	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1997-1998)

Series Sound Department
Robert Hargreaves	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Tommy Tejeda	....	character designer (2 episodes, 1997-1998)

Series Editorial Department
Rob Desales	....	assistant editor (1 episode, 1997)

Series Music Department
Shirley Walker	....	composer: theme music (3 episodes, 1998)

Series Other crew
A.J. Vargas	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 1997-1999)
Andrea Romano	....	voice director (3 episodes, 1998)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• CanWest Global Communications
• Kids' WB
• WB Television Network, The

Runtime:

30 min (24 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | USA:Unrated (DVD rating)

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

The New Batman Adventures episodes were part of The New Batman Superman Adventure programming block and are more commonly referred to as the Batman Gotham Knights episodes.

Quotes:

[Robin fights Two-face in a movie theater]
Robin: It's your kind of show, Puke face: a double feature.

Movie Connections:

Spin off "Gotham Girls" (2002)

Not as good as the original

This show needed a lot of improvements. While the first show had great animation and story line, this show has bad animation and replaces story lines for action sequences. What I did like about this show is that it was faithful to the comics even though they did skip Jason, the second Robin, but that is understandable since Jason does get killed by the Joker.