Batman : Gotham Knight

Another one of those projects where they ask Jap animators to do a compendium of stories based on a popular American character or movie.

Unlike "Animatrix" which was heavily stylised, the animation here is pretty sub-standard and I don't like the heavily shaded artwork much. There's also too much disparity in the art for all seven stories, and Batman looks totally different in each episode and Bruce Wayne even looks Jap in one segment.

There are recurring characters in all the episodes and the main plot interweaves, though the story in each segment is stand-alone.

I generally don't like the "dark" tone at all, there's no humour whatsoever. Why can't they at least balance it with some light-hearted fun? The villains are also second stringers - Killer Croc, Scarecrow, Deadshot. No Joker, Two-Face or Catwoman....

Crap. I should've bought that "Brave and The Bold" movie, which had the campier Batman.