Batman is receiving a new animated series, one that was passed over by its home in DC, before it was recused by Amazon. The show is going to take a unique approach to the character of Batman, stripping away his gadgets and gizmos and pitting him against this iconic rogue’s gallery in the backdrop of the United States in the 40s.
Batman: Caped Crusader is certainly a unique take on the character, especially for the modern day, where Batman is either imagined as a contemporary of the audience or living in the future. The show has revealed multiple first looks via Entertainment Weekly, where the crew revealed a slew of juicy details about the show.
Batman: Caped Crusader‘s first look has already wowed fans with its aesthetic
Batman: Caped Crusader revealed its first look online, and fans are already hyped for the show. Sort of like a reverse Batman Beyond, the show takes the Bat of Gotham back in time, beginning his story in the 1940s. There are no phones, no computers, and no fancy gadgets. Batman even sports a suit that is closer to his earlier incarnation. Fans are very impressed by what they see, and cannot wait for the show to start airing:
This is going to be another masterpiece pic.twitter.com/2sqcKjGia1
— Fernansh Era (@BrunoFernanshh) May 9, 2024
Peak I repeat PEAK!
— Purp? (@purpyisgreat) May 9, 2024
This is getting qued up and ready to be watched!
Gonna be good! pic.twitter.com/PG849WuWxa
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August first we feast no Time
— JM (@slasherJM) May 9, 2024
With the overwhelmingly positive response that has come with the show’s first look, it seems that fans of the Dark Knight are really eating well this summer, as the show is looking to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in August 2024. With Bruce Timm at the helm of the project, who has delivered some of the Caped Crusader‘s greatest hits like Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond, fans are very excited to see what the show brings to the table.
The show has reinvented some of Batman’s classic villains
Given that the story is set in the 1940s, the show has taken a lot of inspiration from the media of the time. Be it films or comics, every character that is set to appear in the show has gotten a revamp that is more accurate to the period that the show is going to depict. According to Bruce Timm, speaking with EW:
“James and I are both really big fans of movies from that era, so we decided to really lean into that in terms of the clothes, the cars, the architecture, and the level of technology. Early on, we decided there would be no computers and no cell phones. That changed everything.β
The show is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on 1st August 2024, which would serve as the second high-profile animated series that has come to the service this year, following behind Invincible. 2024, in general, has been a great year for animated superhero shows, with Invincible and X-Men ’97 receiving rave reviews, while shows like My Adventures with Superman and Batman: Caped Crusader receive immense praise from fans ahead of their release.
