Warner Bros. Japan revealed a character clip and more of the Japanese cast on Friday for Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, its new Batman Ninja CG anime film.
The additional Japanese cast includes:
- Yūki Kaji as Robin
- Kengo Kawanishi as Red Robin
- Daisuke Ono as Nightwing
- Akira Ishida as Red Hood
- Hōchū Ohtsuka as Alfred
- Masaki Terasoma as Gordon
The anime will be a part of the “Bats in Translation” panel at New York Comic-Con on October 17 at 3:00 p.m. EDT.
Junpei Mizusaki, the producer of the opening animation sequences for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and Kamikaze Douga CEO/founder, is returning from Batman Ninja to direct the film alongside Shinji Takagi (unit director for Blood: The Last Vampire). Kamikaze Douga is again animating the film. Returning staff members also include scriptwriter Kazuki Nakashima, character designer Takashi Okazaki, and composer Yūgo Kanno.
Kōichi Yamadera returns to voice Bruce Wayne/Batman.
Warner Bros. released the Batman Ninja anime film digitally in April 2018, and on home video in May 2018. The release included the Japanese audio track as well as the English dub. The anime debuted in Japanese theaters in June 2018 with the Japanese voice cast. The film aired on Toonami in October 2021.
In Batman Ninja, Batman travels back to Japan’s Warring States period and defeats villains such as The Joker, who have become feudal lords.
Masato Hisa (Nobunagun, Area 51) launched a manga adaptation of the anime in Monthly Hero’s magazine in June 2018, and ended it in September 2019. The manga won a Seiun Award in August 2020.
The anime film also inspired a stage play that ran in November 2021.
