What's the difference between "Batman - the Animated Series" and "The Batman?" Mature qualified answers only..

Question

I have recently purchased a few single-DVDs of "Batman the Animated Series" and have enjoyed them. I am considering buying some complete-season sets. While at Wal-mart the other day, I saw DVDs for another animated series "The Batman." I really enjoy/appreciate the story, voice, and animation quality of the "Batman - the Animated Series" episodes I have seen. Will I also enjoy "The Batman" series? Note 1: I am in my 40's and was a comic book fan as a child and teen. So - I'm not looking for a "SuperFriends" type of cartoon. Note 2: Please answer only if you really know what you are writing about. Don't just paste-in a handful of Internett links. I want to hear from people who have viewed both series, and can offer an intelligent opinion. Thanks!

Answer 1

The big difference between Batman: The Animated Series (and its successors Gotham Knights and Beyond) and the Batman are the art styles and the continuity they follow. Batman: That Animated Series fit into the Animated DC Continuity that ended with Justice League Unlimited, and was a distinctive art and story style by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini. Neither are involved in the Batman.

The Batman was brought in to in a way Re-Imagine the Batman and his villains (Mainly because of the new interest in Batman after the Batman Begins Film). All of the Villains in the Batman are different looking than their counterparts from the original series. The Batman also is taking place in what would be the third year of Batman’s mission, but this series is not a part of any other Animated continuity at this time.

Of note, this series had an indirect influence on the Justice League and other DC Animated Continuity as it caused a Bat Embargo to be placed on all of the Bat Villains that were present in The Batman from appearing on at that time Justice League Unlimited.

As of this past season, the series was redefined a little, Batman’s jaw was fixed, Robin was introduced as well as Batgirl returns from last season. This season also introduced a few more elements for Fans such as a homage to “The Dark Knight Returns” comic storyline. Previous seasons were ok, but as of now this series has picked up a bit.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The animation is the only part of The Batman that is even close to well done, and the animation in Batman TAS is much better. The Batman has rather childish plots, and they all go something like this: a villain shows up in town. There's a fight and Batman gets beaten by the villain early on. Then he does two things that are either completely obvious or absurdly non-sequitorish to figure out what the bad guy's deal is. And then there's another fight at the end and Batman wins. Silliness. Stick with the Animated Series. ..And Slappy's suggestion to try Justice League is a good one, too.

Answer 4

Batman TAS is generally considered to be one of the best, if not the best, depictions of Batman. It has it's own continuity separate from the books and movies, but stays true the characters. It created a consistent world that evolved throughout Superman TAS, Batman Beyond, and the recent Justice League cartoons. There was a consistently high level of art, voice-acting, and storytelling throughout.

The Batman is a completely separate series, not a prequel as someone else said. It's almost like Batman TAS is the regular comic book, while The Batman is more of an Ultimate version, i.e. Ultimate Spider-Man. It takes the basic story but changes it for a more modern audience. Many of the characters have different origins and there is almost a dumbing-down of many aspects. It is definitely a more action-oriented show. It is still enjoyable in many ways--especially a recent episode which focused on a future Batman--but nowhere near the level of quality of Batman TAS.

Answer 5

Tim Burton's was much more artistic, making the setting of Gotham City into a work of art, from the buildings to the people.
Nolan's used modern day settings, normal architecture.

Burton's had the character of Batman already developed, has been fighting crime for some time, and had his first encounter with the Joker.
Nolan's Batman shows the progress and training he had to develop into Batman.

Burton had Kim Basinger
Nolan had Katie Holmes.

Overall, I enjoyed Batman Begins more than Batman because of the overall depth of the story, I found it compelling, gripping and great.


Tim Burton was original, dark, and set the tone for the modern conflicted hero movie.

Chris Nolan tried to be all of those things in explaining the backstory of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman

you like batman the animated series
1. riddler in the batman looks older and was an employee of bruce wayne while in batman the animated series he was a game designer who was fired by mayor hill...
2.joker's hair was shorter in batman the animated series and in the batman it's longer...and finally
3. pengin in the batman was bruce wayne bunkee from prep school while in batman the animated series he was just a crook.


Tim Burton made Batman a Tim Burton movie,stylish, but Batman Begins was a little darker, and more intense. But I like both, the other sequels reek.

Christopher Nolan took the material seriously, portrayed it as if it could be a real person with real problems

Burton turned it into playground fantasy.

They're made by different people

The reason that so many people enjoyed these comics over the years is not because of the fantasy side of it - it was the material that touched upon real issues that we experienced or dealt with in our lives. A good example it the movie "Batman and Robin". That movie was ALL bubble gum fantasy, and look how well it did.


feature film in the '60s, presenting Batman (and his alter ego, millionaire Bruce Wayne) as a hopelessly earnest do-gooder oblivious to the oddball dysfunction involved in slapping on a pair of gray tights and fighting cackling supervillains.

The show featured lots of action (including comic book-style animated "pow," "zap" and "thud" flashing onscreen when somebody got hit), bright costumes and simple conflicts for the kids, and a relentless earnestness and occasional double-entendres for the adults.


Batman followed although with only thirty-three episodes between 1968 and 1977

The series, Batman: The Animated Series, started in September 1992


Clearly a different focus, different animation styles are in use. Though it has the same cast, and many of the same producers, the two shows are very different in my opinion.



Batman: The Animated Series is one of the most perfect cartoon series ever created. The dark, film nor style, the brooding protagonist, the charming side characters and the well-rounded villians all ring true to Bob Kane's original vision, as well as borrowing heavily from Tim Burton's excellent movie incarnations.


the difference between a Hanna-Barbera Batman and BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES and you see the difference between a series of waxwork dummies and actual movement.) Still, these were adventures: morality plays of good vs. evil, that served in a very real way to spark the imaginations of their
viewership.


1989 Batman as far as his being true to the comics is that he is the type of superhero who would fit in a series called Detective Comics.



Miller writes Batman as being a raving lunatic at times, someone who is obsessive and miserable and arguably not even a "hero" . Nolan's version Batman is the standard noble,self-less,altrustic,black& white hero.



also the difference is one is animated & the other is not
as well as the fighting tactics and moves are much more intense then in animated or cartoon versions.


I myself Loves the Batman Begins best, for It was more intense and showed How He became batman and How is parents died and why in more details and bout the scarecrow too.

Answer 6

The Batman is kiddie-ish compared to the Animated Series. Stick with DVDs of the Animated Series. There are plenty of seasons to keep you entertained. If you get through all of that, I recommend the Justice Leage (later known as Justice Leage Unlimited) series made by the same people who made Batman TAS. It's actually even more mature, complex, and interesting than Batman TAS. It gets into political plots and relationships between heroes. Great stuff!

Answer 7

hey i have watched both seires. i watch batman the animated seires when i was a child and now i'm an adult and i watch the batman and here are some differences between the two 1. riddler in the batman looks older and was an employee of bruce wayne while in batman the animated seires he was a game designer who was fired by mayor hill...2.joker's hair was shorter in batman the animated seires and in the batman it's longer...and finally 3. pinugen in the batman was bruce wayne bunkee from prep school while in batman the animated seires he was just a crook..but if you like batman the animated seires then you'll love the batman.

Answer 8

The Batman is the prequel of the animated series. It show a young 23 yrs old Bruce Wayne who just graduated from Princeton, just took over the family business, and his early crime fighting days as The Batman. That's why Gordon, Barbara, Dick, and the villains in the show looks very different than the animated series because they are much younger.

Answer 9

Batman the animated series was at least tolerable. THE Batman is garbage, the characters look like crap and it's dumb as all hell

Answer 10

I think you would i watch The Batman nearly everyday and i really like it. It's realy good plus it sticks to the main story pretty well.