Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) (V)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Directors:

Yasuhiro Aoki
Yuichiro Hayashi (co-director) (segment "In the Darkness Dwells")
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Writers:

Bob Kane (creator: Batman)
Josh Olson (screenplay) (segment "Have I Got a Story For You")
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Release Date:

8 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Get Ready....To Rage Against Evil

Plot:

A collection of tales of The Dark Knight of Gotham City, as conceived by noted anime talents.

Plot Keywords:

Batman | Anthology | Anime | Based On Comic Book | Skateboarding

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Kevin Conroy	...	Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Jason Marsden	...	Thomas Wayne / Doctor / Cop / Youth 2 (voice)
Scott Menville	...	B-Devil / Cop (voice)
George Newbern	...	Man in Black / Guido / Man / Youth 3 (voice)
Corey Padnos	...	Porkchop (voice)
Crystal Scales	...	Meesh (voice)
Alanna Ubach	...	Dander (voice)
Hynden Walch	...	Woman / Young Cassandra / Young Bruce Wayne (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Scarecrow / The Russian / Ronald Marshall (voice)
Gary Dourdan	...	Detective Crispus Allen (voice)
Jim Meskimen	...	Lt. James Gordon / Deadshot (voice)
Pat Musick	...	News Anchor (voice)
Ana Ortiz	...	Detective Anna Ramirez (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Sal Maroni / Mole Man / Youth #4 (voice)
Andrea Romano	...	Martha Wayne / Dispatcher (voice)
Will Friedle	...	Anton / Cultist / Youth #1 (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Lucius Fox / Avery / Wounded Man / Bulky Man (voice)
Brian George	...	Cardinal O'Fallon / Arman / Scruffy Man (voice)
David McCallum	...	Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Parminder Nagra	...	Cassandra (voice)

Directed by
Yasuhiro Aoki		(segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Yuichiro Hayashi		(co-director) (segment "In the Darkness Dwells")
Futoshi Higashide		(segment "Crossfire")
Toshiyuki Kubooka		(segment "Working Through Pain")
Hiroshi Morioka		(segment "Field Test")
Jong-Sik Nam		(segment "Deadshot")
Shoujirou Nishimi		(segment "Have I Got a Story For You") (as Shojiro Nishimi)

Writing credits
Bob Kane		creator: Batman &
Josh Olson		screenplay (segment "Have I Got a Story For You")
Jordan Goldberg		story (segment "Have I Got a Story For You") &
Greg Rucka		screenplay (segment "Crossfire")
Jordan Goldberg		(story) (segment "Crossfire")
Brian Azzarello		(screenplay) (segment "Working Through Pain")
Alan Burnett		screenplay (segment "Deadshot") &
Jordan Goldberg		story (segment "Field Test")
Jordan Goldberg		(screenplay) (segment "Field Test")
Jordan Goldberg		(story) (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
David S. Goyer		(screenplay) (segment "In Darkness Dwells") (as David Goyer)
Jordan Goldberg		(story) (segment "Working Through Pain")
Jordan Goldberg		(story) (segment "Deadshot")

Produced by
Norifumi Fujita	....	line producer (segments "Have I Got a Story for You" & "Working Through Pain")
Yohei Hamada	....	line producer (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Toshi Hiruma	....	producer
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa	....	producer (segments "Crossfire" and "Field Test")
Rui Kuroki	....	line producer (segment "Crossfire")
Jungo Maruta	....	producer (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Masao Maruyama	....	producer (segments "In Darkness Dwells" and "Deadshot")
Kôichi Mashimo	....	producer (segment "Field Test")
Benjamin Melniker	....	executive producer
Fumiaki Otake	....	line producer (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Kimberly Smith	....	consulting line producer (as Kimberly A. Smith)
Kazuma Taketani	....	assistant line producer (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Daisuke Tanaka	....	line producer (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Eiko Tanaka	....	producer (segments "Have I Got A Story For You" and "Working Through Pain")
Emma Thomas	....	executive producer
Bruce W. Timm	....	executive producer
Michael E. Uslan	....	executive producer
Alex Yeh	....	producer (segment "In Darkness Dwells")

Original Music by
Christopher Drake		(segment "Have I Got a Story For You") (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Robert J. Kral		(segment "Field Test") (segment "Deadshot")
Kevin Manthei		(segment "Crossfire") (segment "Working Through Pain")

Cinematography by
Michiya Katou		(segment "In the Darkness Dwells")
Kenji Takehara		(segment "Field Test")
Kôji Tanaka		(segment "Cross Fire")

Film Editing by
Joe Gall
Taeko Hamauzu		(segment "Crossfire")
Kashiko Kimura		(segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Mutsumi Takemiya		(segment "Working Through Pain")

Casting by
Andrea Romano

Art Direction by
Kaoru Inoda		(segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Shinji Kimura		(segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Naoyuki Onda		(segment "Working Through Pain")
Shinobu Tagashira		(segment "Crossfire")
Shinobu Takashira		(segment "Cross Fire")
Yoshimi Umino		(segment "Field Test") (as Yoshimi Unno)

Production Management
Maki Terashima-Furuta	....	production supervisor (segment "Field Test)

Art Department
Naoki Aoyama	....	background art
Daren Bendall	....	skate board design (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Bo-Yoei Cho	....	background art
Hee-Nom Cho	....	background art
Tomoyasu Fujise	....	background art
Tomoyasu Fujise	....	background design
Yasuhiro Hayashi	....	storyboard artist
Futoshi Higashide	....	storyboard artist
Syuchi Hirata	....	background art
Yasunori Hishinuma	....	background art
Kaoru Inoda	....	background art
Hiroyuki Ito	....	background art
Satomi Katou	....	background coordinator
Fumie Kawai	....	background art
Jong-Sook Kim	....	background art
Shinji Kimura	....	storyboard artist
Naruyo Kiriyama	....	background art
Makiko Kojima	....	ink and paint (segments "Crossfire" and "Field Test")
Akemi Konno	....	background art
Satoe Matsuzawa	....	background art
Kuniko Miyake	....	background art
Toshiharu Murata	....	storyboard artist
Aya Ohuchi	....	color designer (segment "Field Test")
Masako Okada	....	background art
Wakaba Okamoto	....	background art
Kayo Otani	....	ink and paint (segment "Crossfire")
Makoto Shiraishi	....	background art
Yoshikazu Suehiro	....	background art
Hachida Takayama	....	background art
Shin Watanabe	....	background art
Katsuhiro Yamada	....	background art

Sound Department
Robert Hargreaves	....	sound designer
Robert Hargreaves	....	sound effects editor
Robert Hargreaves	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Misaki Horiuchi	....	digital touch up operator (segment "Field Test: )
Ayumi Kamo	....	special effects (segment "Field Test")
Masahiro Murakami	....	special effects (segment "Field Test")
Eri Ohtsuka	....	digital touch up operator (segment "Field Test")
Yasuyo Yaegashi	....	digital touch up operator (segment "Field Test")

Visual Effects by
Shinichi Igarashi	....	composite camera operator (segment "Field Test")
Katsuaki Kamata	....	composite camera operator (segment "Field Test")
Yuki Kawashima	....	mechanical designer (segment "Cross Fire")
Yasutaka Kubota	....	mechanical designer (segment "Cross Fire")
Koji Sawada	....	compositor (segment "Field Test")
Yoshimi Umino	....	mechanical designer (segment "Field Test")

Animation Department
Kei Ajiki	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got a Story For You")
Kazunori Akiyama	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Yasuhiro Aoki	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got A Story for You")
Yuka Asai	....	inbetween animator (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Yumi Chiba	....	key animator (segment "Working Through Pain")
Hong Chonghee	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Hanako Enomoto	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Takayuki Hamada	....	assistant animation supervisor
Tatsuya Hamamoto	....	production coordinator (segment "Field Test")
Hideki Hashimoto	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Koichi Hashimoto	....	key animator (segment "Working Through Pain")
Motonobu Hori	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Arifumi Imai	....	in-between animator (segment "Crossfire")
Miho Imoto	....	inbetween animator: segment "Field Test"
Kaoru Inoda	....	character designer
Mai Ishii	....	key animator (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Takashi Iwao	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Akiko Izumi	....	in-between animator (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Ii Juyonn	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Kanta Kamei	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Masayuki Kato	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got A Story for You")
Daisuke Kikuchi	....	animation scanner (segment "Field Test")
Shinji Kimura	....	animation staging and layout (segment "Have I Got a Story For You")
Shinji Kimura	....	character designer
Shinji Kimura	....	layout artist (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Eiji Komatsu	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire") (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Fumiaki Kota	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire") (as Fumiaki Kouta)
Masahiko Kubo	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got a Story For You")
Satoshi Kunitsune	....	animation scanner (segment "Field Test")
Ai Kuwabara	....	in-between animator (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Mikine Kuwahara	....	key animator (segment "Working Through Pain")
Noriyuki Matsutake	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Michio Mihara	....	key animator (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Kiyomi Miyakawa	....	key animator (segment "Working Through Pain")
Hiroshi Morioka	....	animation director (segment "Field Test")
Toshiharu Murata	....	character designer (segment "Field Test")
Toshiharu Murata	....	key animator (segment "Field Test")
Hirofumi Nakata	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got a Story For You")
Jong-Sik Nam	....	animation director (segment "Deadshot")
Jong-Sik Nam	....	key animator (segment "Dead Shot")
Masahiro Natsushita	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Syojiro Nishimi	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got A Story for You")
Dong-Whan Oh	....	layout artist (segment "Dead Shot")
Naoyuki Onda	....	character designer
Kondo Ritsuko	....	in-between animator (segment "Field Test")
Yuka Saito	....	inbetween animator (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Oasamu Sakata	....	key animator (segment "Working Through Pain")
Naruhito Sekikawa	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Asuka Shinbo	....	inbetween animator: segment "Field Test"
Shinobu Tagashira	....	character designer
Shinobu Takashira	....	character designer
Masako Terada	....	inbetween animator (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Syunichi Tomizawa	....	inbetween animator (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
Katsuyuki Tsubouchi	....	key animator (segment "Working Through Pain")
Kei Tsushima	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Masaharu Uemura	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Jamie Vickers	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got A Story for You")
Mami Yamaguchi	....	key animator (segment "In Darkness Dwells")
Mao Yamazaki	....	inbetween animator: segment "Field Test"
Takanori Yao	....	key animator (segment "Crossfire")
Hisao Yokobori	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got a Story For You")
Masayuki Yoshida	....	key animator (segment "Have I Got A Story for You")
Yi Mi Young	....	inbetween animation supervisor (segment "Field Test")
Yeong-Gi Yun	....	layout artist (segment "Dead Shot")

Editorial Department
Christopher D. Lozinski	....	on-line editor
Hidetoshi Okuno	....	assistant editor (segment "Crossfire")

Music Department
Christine H. Luethje	....	music editor (segment 3 & 6)

Other crew
Lori Blackstone	....	business and legal affairs
Julie Moskowitz	....	business and legal affairs
Bonnie Negrete	....	business and legal affairs
Andrea Parrish	....	business and legal affairs
Andrea Romano	....	voice director
Peter Steckelman	....	business and legal affairs
Dane Taylor	....	production technology

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Animation (in association with)
• Bee Train
• DC Comics
• Madhouse
• Production I.G.
• Studio 4°C

Distributors

• Warner Home Video (2008) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Japan) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Cyclone Graphics (segment 4)
• RaceTrick (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
• Studio Twinkle (segment "Field Test")
• Team Taniguchi (segment 4)

Other Companies

• A.C.G.T  in-between animation (segment 1)
• A.C.G.T.  in-between animation (segment 1)
• AIC  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Anime Spot  in-between animation (segment 1)
• ArgyleAsahi Production  in-between animation
• Asahi Production  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Bee Train  editing facility (segment 3)
• Bee Train  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Bones  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Buyu  ink and paint (segment 3)
• D-Colors  ink and paint (segment 1)
• DigiPost.TV  post-production sound services
• Dong Woo Animation Co.  additional animation services
• Dr. Movie  in-between animation
• Front Line  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Gonzo  in-between animation (segment 1)
• IngresA  in-between animation (segment 1)
• La-La Land Records  score album released by
• Madhouse  ink and paint (as Mad House)
• Madhouse  ink and paint (segment 4)
• Minamimati Bugyousho  in-between animation
• Minamimati Bugyousho  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Minamimati Bugyousho  ink and paint (segment 1)
• Nomad  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Oh Production  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Production AI  background art (segment 1)
• Production Reed  in-between animation (segment 1)
• R.I.C.  key animation (segment 2)
• RaceTrick  additional composting (segment 1)
• Rikuentai  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Sakura Create  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Studio Bihou Art Design  background art (segments 1 and 2)
• Studio DEEN  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Studio Easter  ink and paint (segment 1)
• Studio Elle  ink and paint (segment 4)
• Studio Fantasia  ink and paint (segment 4)
• Studio Gallop  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Studio Gimlet  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Studio Line  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Studio MAT  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Studio Mu  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Studio Rong  ink and paint (segment 3)
• Studio Step  ink and paint (segment 1)
• Sunshine Digital  ink and paint (segment 1)
• T2 Studio  ink and paint (segment 1)
• T2Studio  ink and paint (segment 1)
• Warner Bros. Animation  recording facility
• Xebec  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Yohodou  in-between animation (segment 1)
• Yumeta Company  in-between animation (segment 1)

Also Known As:

Batman Anime (USA) (working title)
Battoman - Gossamu Naito (Japan)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for stylized violence, including some bloody images.

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA | Japan | South Korea

Language:

English | Japanese | Spanish | Portuguese | Thai

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Brazil:14 | UK:15 | USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario)

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Trivia:

On the DVD commentary, Kevin Conroy admits that he had never read about the Dark Knight until he originally auditioned for the part back in 1992 on Batman: the Animated Series. When he was told the back-story of murdered parents and a quest for revenge, Conroy, who was a trained Shakespearean actor, thought they were telling him the story of Hamlet.

Goofs:

Continuity: Even though this film is intended to act as a loose bridge between Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008), during the period when Wayne Manor is being rebuilt, the final segment, "Deadshot," shows Bruce Wayne and Alfred living in the manor.

Quotes:

Lt. James Gordon: [Batman's been bitten by Croc] Are you in pain?
Batman: I work through pain.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#40.1)" (2008)

Very Helpful To Watch Before Watching The Dark Knight

I saw this before I watched the Dark Knight. It proved to be very much worth my time. I was introduced to characters like the Russian, Sal Maroni, and Officer Ramirez. I learned more about Wayne Enterprises' plans to advance technology.

Another thing that was nice is it continued the character development for Bruce Wayne since the Dark Knight did not really have any room for his character to be more explored.

The illustrations were very impressive. The stories were well-written. My favorite two stories were the first one and "Working Through Pain". I recommend this to all true fans of the new Batman Universe that started with Chis Nolan's Batman Begins.