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77-426: The Batman Adventures was created as a comic book tie-in to Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures . Various titles related to the animated series ran from 1992 to 2004, along with various mini-series and one-shots. Similar to The Batman Adventures , Superman Adventures was created as a comic book tie-in to Superman: The Animated Series . It ran between 1996 and 2002. Adventures in

154-516: A Disney alumnus, was brought in to head the new division, which was set up in Sherman Oaks near the television studio in nearby Glendale . Turner Feature Animation, later merged and named Warner Bros. Feature Animation, like all of the in-house feature animation studios, proved an unsuccessful venture, as five of the six films, under-performed during its original theatrical releases (due to lack of promotion). The first of Warner's animated features

231-527: A crystal ball . Late at night, three children - Matt, Nick, and Carrie - read a report on a mysterious arsonist and tell each other their perceptions of Batman. In these stories, Batman and Robin respectively fight the Joker, who seeks to steal valuable instruments and music sheets, and a gang of thugs dubbed the Mutants. As the three head home, they are attacked by Firefly before Batman rescues them. While reporting on

308-452: A Golden Globe win. The fourth animated feature from Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Brad Bird 's The Iron Giant (1999), received widespread acclaimed reception from critics and audiences. However, the studio decided to rush its release to the end of the summer with a rushed marketing push. The studio's next film, Osmosis Jones (2001), was another animated/live-action mix that suffered through another troubled production. This time,

385-507: A Puddy Tat with Sylvester , Tweety , and Granny , which was released with Happy Feet Two ; Daffy's Rhapsody with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd , which was released with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island ; and Flash in the Pain starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner . All of these 6 shorts, directed by Matthew O'Callaghan and produced by Reel FX Creative Studios are available on

462-408: A dark suit, no goggles, and red eyes with black sclera. Poison Ivy 's appearance also changed, her skin tone is chalk white and her costume is now black with leaf-green highlights. Bane 's redesign outfit is completely black with silver accents and his mask no longer has red lenses. Killer Croc received a major redesign with a more reptilian appearance, with Brooks Gardner replacing Aron Kincaid in

539-616: A division of Warner Bros. Entertainment , which is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery and serves as the animation division and label of Warner Bros. As the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons , which was active from 1933 to 1969, the studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. Warner Bros. re-established its animation division in 1980 to produce Looney Tunes –related works, and Turner Broadcasting System merged with WBD predecessor Time Warner in 1996. In March 2001, Hanna-Barbera

616-459: A former model and spokesperson who retired after turning 30 and being subjected to ageism . They manage to defeat her and rescue her captives, but she has a mental breakdown after Harvey Bullock removes her mask, no longer able to see her beauty. While attending an auction, Bruce and Tim reunite with the former's friend Jason Blood. However, Klarion the Witch Boy , who was also in attendance, steals

693-463: A magic branding iron with which he separates Blood from Etrigan the Demon , who Merlin had bonded him with centuries prior, and takes control of the latter. Without Merlin's curse to sustain his youth, Blood begins to rapidly age, forcing Tim to take care of him while Batman races to retrieve the iron and reunite the two. He eventually succeeds, after which Etrigan helps defeat Klarion and imprisons him in

770-426: A majority of its staff from said studio, making Cats Don't Dance the second film from Warner Bros. Feature Animation. The following year, its third film, Frederik Du Chau 's Quest for Camelot (1998), underwent production difficulties and also received mixed reviews from critics. However, its soundtrack (such as one of the songs, " The Prayer ") received some praise and accolades, including an Oscar nomination and

847-482: A mature hero in his own right. The short spiky hair that Grayson wore as Robin had grown longer, styled to flow down the back of the neck. In his civilian guise, he wore it in a ponytail. As Nightwing, he wore a V-shaped mask and an all-black unitard with light blue hawk emblem that borrowed some elements of the comics version from the 1990s. The costume also featured collapsible wings under the arms that allowed Nightwing to glide for short distances. The designs of most of

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924-480: A new Warner Bros. Animation staff, composed mainly of veterans from the golden age of WB cartoons, including writers John Dunn and Dave Detiege. By 1986, Freleng had departed, and Hal Geer also stepped down the following year. Geer was briefly replaced by Steven S. Greene, who in turn was replaced by Freleng's former secretary Kathleen Helppie-Shipley, who would spearhead a major revival of the Looney Tunes brand in

1001-691: A planned series of new Looney Tunes theatrical shorts, produced by Back in Action writer and producer Larry Doyle . After Back in Action , directed by Joe Dante (live-action) and Eric Goldberg (animation), received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office, production was shut down on the new shorts, and, in 2004, Warner Bros. Feature Animation was folded and merged into Warner Bros. Animation, and Looney Tunes has been mostly relegated on television until 2021's Space Jam: A New Legacy . Warners' parent company Time Warner merged with Turner Broadcasting System in 1996, not only regaining

1078-433: A reboot of ThunderCats , and several series based on DC Comics properties such as MAD , Green Lantern , and Young Justice . Warner Bros. Animation is also producing DC Showcase , a series of short subjects featuring lesser-known comic book superheroes, to be released in tandem with direct-to-video films based on DC Comics properties. On July 30, 2010, Coyote Falls , a 3D cartoon featuring Wile E. Coyote and

1155-521: A series of direct-to-video films with Turner which starred Tom and Jerry. Besides producing content for the daytime market, Warner Bros. Animation also produced Baby Blues with sister company Warner Bros. Television and 3 South with MTV Animation for primetime. The series which Hanna-Barbera had been producing for Turner's Cartoon Network before and during the Time Warner/Turner merger were shifted to production at Cartoon Network Studios ,

1232-564: A sister company to Warner Bros. Animation. WBA is today exclusively involved in the production of animated television programming and direct-to-video features. It produced many of the shows airing on the Kids' WB Saturday morning programming block of The CW until May 24, 2008. These programs included Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! , Krypto the Superdog , Xiaolin Showdown , The Batman , and

1309-533: A sleeker, redesigned look with a dark color scheme. Bruce Wayne's appearance was also changed from the previous series: his hair was brushed back to highlight his face, with blue eyes instead of black, and his regular business suit was changed from brown to black. Kevin Conroy 's voice for Batman became more stern, as well as less distinguishable from his voice for Bruce than in the original series. The writers made an effort to keep Batman's dialogue terse and grim to heighten

1386-523: A steady stream of Scooby direct-to-video films and two new series, What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006) and Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008). The Turner merger also gave WB access to the pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, which included its classic cartoon library (including such characters as Tom and Jerry (originally created by the H-B duo), Droopy , Barney Bear , Screwy Squirrel , and George and Junior ). WBA has since co-produced

1463-523: A stop-motion animated adaptation of the New Line Cinema film Elf and its musical adaptation —as a Christmas special for NBC , starring Jim Parsons . On June 11, 2018, a new series of shorts, Looney Tunes Cartoons , was announced by Warner Bros. Animation. Set for release in 2019 on both linear and streaming television platforms, its first "season" would feature 1,000 minutes (or 16 hours and 40 minutes) of new one-to-six minute cartoons featuring

1540-450: A success at the box office. Animation production for Space Jam was primarily done at the new Sherman Oaks studio, although much of the work was outsourced to animation studios around the world. Before the success of Space Jam , a Turner Entertainment -run studio that spun off from Hanna-Barbera were already producing animated features following the success of the Disney features. The first

1617-411: A team of lawyers to erase his criminal records and replace Harley with a new hench-girl. However, he eventually learns that most of the money is counterfeit and is ultimately defeated and arrested. A mysterious masked criminal dubbed " Calendar Girl " attacks youth-oriented events on specific dates and kidnaps the businesspeople behind them. Eventually, Batman and Batgirl discover that she is Page Monroe,

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1694-514: Is an American animated superhero television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman , which aired on Kids' WB from September 13, 1997 to January 16, 1999. Produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation , it is a continuation of Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995) and the third series in the DC Animated Universe . It was followed by Batman Beyond (1999–2001). The series

1771-451: Is similar to the first one worn by Dick Grayson and identical to Tim Drake's original Robin costume from the comics, but the color scheme was simplified to red, black and yellow, eliminating green entirely. The costume retained the familiar red short-sleeved shirt, as well as the black cape with yellow inner lining. New elements included black sleeves, gloves, trunks and boots with red leggings. The familiar domino mask had also changed, giving

1848-545: The DC animated universe . A Batman spin-off feature, Mask of the Phantasm , was produced in 1993 and bumped up to theatrical release. The film was near universally-well received by critics but performed poorly at the box-office, though it eventually became a commercial success through its subsequent home video releases. In 2003, Warner Bros. Television Animation was folded and was subsequently merged with Warner Bros. Animation. During

1925-645: The Justice League and Justice League Unlimited comics did use many characters from the DC Universe, some characters never made it to the screen. Those that did not appear in the television series are listed below: The entire Marvel Family (except for Captain Marvel , who made a one-time appearance) were unable to appear on Justice League Unlimited for legal reasons. The New Batman Adventures The New Batman Adventures (often shortened as TNBA )

2002-439: The Justice League , but set in the continuity (and style) of the television shows Justice League and Justice League Unlimited ; as opposed to the regular DC Universe. It is a sister title to The Batman Adventures (based on Batman: The Animated Series ) and Superman Adventures (based on Superman: The Animated Series ). Justice League Adventures ran for 34 issues from 2002 to 2004 before being restarted under

2079-508: The Animals . These specials, and a 1975 Looney Tunes retrospective feature film titled Bugs Bunny: Superstar (distributed by United Artists , the previous owner of the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library), led Jones to produce The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie for Warner Bros. in 1979. This film blended classic Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies shorts with newly produced wraparounds of Bugs Bunny introducing each cartoon. Warner Bros. responded to

2156-514: The Bold in production at the time. To expand the company's online content presence, Warner Bros. Animation launched the new KidsWB.com (announced as T-Works) on April 28, 2008. The website gathers its core animation properties in a single online environment that is interactive and customizable for site visitors. The Kids' WB website offers both originally produced content along with classic animated episodes, games, and exploration of virtual worlds. Some of

2233-625: The Brain (1995–1998), and Freakazoid! (1995–1997) followed in continuing the Looney Tunes tradition of cartoon humor. Warner Bros. Animation also began developing shows based upon comic book characters owned by sister company DC Comics . These programs, including Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999), Batman Beyond (1999–2001), and Justice League / Justice League Unlimited (2001–2006) proved popular among both children and adults. These shows were part of

2310-516: The DC Universe is the title of a comic book published by DC Comics. Following on from The Batman Adventures and Superman Adventures , Adventures in the DC Universe used the same "animated style" as seen in the DC Animated Universe , but focused on a rotating cast of characters from throughout the DC Universe. Most of the characters appearing in this series had yet to be seen in any DC Animated Universe series and, as such, their designs and histories were quite different from their appearances in

2387-537: The Demon and The Creeper , characters who would later appear with Batman in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited . The 2001 video game Batman: Vengeance and its 2003 follow-up Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu are based on this series. The New Batman Adventures premiered on Kids' WB two years after Batman: The Animated Series ended its original run on Fox Kids . While working on Superman: The Animated Series ,

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2464-425: The Joker hijacks a broadcast of a football game to announce that he has decided not to kill anyone in the following year, but plans to kill several people before then with a sonic bomb. After Batman and Robin stop him, the former meets with Gordon to celebrate the new year. Notes : Following the death of crime boss Edward Barlowe, the Joker is selected to receive his $ 250 million will. With his money, he recruits

2541-466: The Joker rejects Harley, leading her to leave him. As she laments her life, flashbacks reveal that she was originally a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum before the Joker manipulated her into joining him by claiming to have an abusive childhood. Harley then attempts to kill Batman by having him be eaten alive by piranhas before being defeated and imprisoned in Arkham. On December 6, 2005, The New Batman Adventures

2618-421: The Road Runner was released, being the first time WB Animation produced theatrically released content since The Karate Guard (the last Tom and Jerry short) in 2005, and the first time the animation studio used full CGI and stereoscopic 3D. Two more theatrical Road Runner cartoons have followed during the year ( Fur of Flying and Rabid Rider ). On June 8, 2011, three more shorts were announced: I Tawt I Taw

2695-560: The WB, we usually get maybe two paragraphs of stuff we can't do. At Fox, they were really picky, not just about things you couldn't do, but just in terms of content and story. They had a million opinions about what we should be doing. Nobody bothers us like that at the WB". Three holiday-themed vignettes: (1) On December 22, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are staying in a hotel when they become depressed over their financial situation and decide to brainwash Bruce Wayne to gain access to his money. However,

2772-605: The aforementioned Loonatics Unleashed and Tom and Jerry Tales . By 2007, the studio had downsized significantly from its size during the late 1990s. Warner Bros. downsized the studio further in June, shut down the Sherman Oaks studio, and had Warner Bros. Animation moved to the Warner Bros. Ranch in Burbank, California . In early 2008 after the demise of Kids' WB!, Warner Bros. Animation became almost dormant with only Batman: The Brave and

2849-482: The animal-like appearance from Batman Returns . The Riddler 's redesign now sported a green bodysuit with a question mark in the center and his domino mask and red hair are removed, while his bowler hat is retained. The Scarecrow was redesigned to have long black hair, a zombie-like face, and a dark preacher -like outfit. Henry Polic II was recast with Jeffrey Combs as the voice of the Scarecrow. Mr. Freeze now has

2926-483: The animation sequences, directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito , were completed long before the live-action parts were filmed, eventually directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly and starring Bill Murray . The resulting film received mixed reviews and underperformed, although it was successful enough on home video for Warner's Television Animation department to produce a related Saturday morning cartoon, Ozzy & Drix (2002–2004) for its WB broadcast network. Following

3003-460: The anniversary of the accident at Ace Chemicals that created the Joker, Jack Ryder is attacked by him, exposed to a combination of chemicals and Joker venom, and transformed into the Creeper. He attempts to get revenge on the Joker before Batman creates a skin patch to return him to normal. However, Ryder doubts the patch's effectiveness and secretly removes it. While planning better ways to kill Batman,

3080-439: The box office due to lack of promotion. Three years later after the release of Rover Dangerfield , Warner distributed Don Bluth 's Thumbelina , which also received mixed reviews from critics and under-performed at the box office. That same year, Warner Bros., as well as several other Hollywood studios , moved into feature animation following the success of Walt Disney Feature Animation 's The Lion King . Max Howard ,

3157-471: The brand's marquee characters, voiced by their current voice actors in "simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories" that are rendered by multiple artists employing "a visual style that will resonate with fans." Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation, and Peter Browngardt , creator of Secret Mountain Fort Awesome and Uncle Grandpa , would serve as executive producers. In August 2021, it

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3234-537: The characters to be used in the project from the Warner libraries include those of Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera , pre-1986 MGM animated characters and DC Comics . In 2009, sister network Cartoon Network announced Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated in the Fall 2009–2010 season by Warner Bros. Animation. Warner Bros. Animation recently announced several new projects, such as The Looney Tunes Show (formerly called Laff Riot );

3311-598: The contrast between him and the lighthearted supporting cast; this also highlighted his character change from the original series. Batgirl 's costume was changed to a look similar to her original outfit from her comic debut in Detective Comics #359 and in her appearance in the Silver Age of comics , which is now a black bodysuit with yellow gloves and boots, but keeps her blue cape and cowl and yellow bat-symbol and utility belt. Her father Commissioner Gordon 's appearance

3388-428: The control wears off shortly after they return home, enabling him to defeat them. (2) On December 24, Barbara Gordon is shopping to get a gift for her father while Harvey Bullock and Renee Montoya are there investigating a shoplifting criminal. Eventually, Barbara discovers that the culprit is Clayface, who has split himself into several children, and works with Montoya and Bullock to stop him. (3) On December 31,

3465-412: The episodes of all four volumes that were released in 2004/2005. The series has also been released for online media distribution services such as iTunes and Google Play specifically as "Season/Volume 4" of the complete animated series when the original two-season animated series was broken out differently into three seasons. The series was released on Blu-ray as part of Batman: The Complete Series in

3542-459: The fall of 2018. It is subsumed as Season 3 of the original series when it debuted on HBO Max on January 1, 2021. Capstone publishes children's chapter books containing illustrations with character designs from The New Batman Adventures . Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation Inc. is an American animation studio which is part of the Warner Bros. Television Group ,

3619-500: The last "big name" studios with a Hollywood zip code. Studio operations, archives, and its extensive animation art collection were then moved northwest to Sherman Oaks. Hanna-Barbera occupied space in the office tower adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria along with Warner Bros. Animation. Following the death of William Hanna in 2001, Warner fully took over production of H-B related properties such as Scooby-Doo , producing

3696-501: The many characters that inhabited Gotham City . Batman was given a sleeker, brawnier appearance with an overall darker costume : the yellow ellipse surrounding the bat emblem on his chest and the blue highlights of his cape and cowl were both removed and his utility belt has pouches instead of capsules and is now light brown instead of yellow, which resembles his appearance in Batman: Year One . His gadgets and vehicles were given

3773-443: The merger with Turner and Warner Bros.'s parent company Time Warner in 1996, Turner Feature Animation completed its second and last feature, Cats Don't Dance (1997), directed by Mark Dindal , which was met with warm critical and audience reception but under-performed due to little marketing and fanfare. By the time of the film's release, however, Turner Feature Animation had merged with Warner Bros. Feature Animation and transferred

3850-462: The network approached the creative team asking them if they could do more episodes of Batman, which would air alongside Superman. To freshen the look of the new show, the art style was revamped from Batman: The Animated Series for more consistent and fluid animation, as well as to keep similarity with Superman: The Animated Series. The show also had a significant change in focus from the original series, with episodes focusing less on Batman and more on

3927-596: The new Robin in the episode "Sins of the Father". However, Dini remarked that "the Tim Drake origin in the comics as written now didn't work for us with him having a father and living so close to Wayne Manor. It seemed to work fine in the comics, but we needed our own little family unit of Batman, Robin, Batgirl and occasionally Nightwing – and Alfred of course". For these reasons, the production team came up with their own origin for Tim Drake, though they later realized this new origin

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4004-519: The new Robin a more wide-eyed, innocent look. The color scheme would later appear as Tim Drake's Robin costume in the post- Infinite Crisis comics, while the original costume worn by Dick Grayson was seen in the episodes "Old Wounds" and "Over the Edge". Dick Grayson , having abandoned his Robin persona as a result of a falling out with Batman, adopted the identity of Nightwing . Grayson's build became sleeker, with broader shoulders, showcasing his emergence as

4081-490: The newer Bugs Bunny shorts, before leaving to form Renegade Animation in 1992. The first Warner Bros. original animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995) was produced in conjunction with Amblin Entertainment , and featured young cartoon characters based upon specific Looney Tunes stars, and was a success. Later Amblin/Warner Bros. television shows, including Animaniacs (1993–1998), its spin-off Pinky and

4158-455: The official Warner Bros. Animation YouTube channel. On October 27, 2014, Warner Bros. Animation collaborated with sister studio Williams Street for the first time for its first production for Adult Swim , Mike Tyson Mysteries , which satirizes the style and conventions of cartoons from the 1970s (such as Scooby-Doo) and celebrity-driven series such as Mister T . Warner Bros. Animation also produced Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas —

4235-428: The releases of The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones , the feature animation staff was scaled back, and the entire animation staff – feature and television – were moved to the larger Sherman Oaks facility. Warner Bros. Feature Animation's sixth and final project, Looney Tunes: Back in Action was released in 2003. It was intended to be the starting point for a reestablishment of the classic cartoons brands, including

4312-488: The rights to the previously sold Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts but also taking on two more animation studios: Turner Feature Animation and Hanna-Barbera Productions . Turner Feature was immediately folded into Warner Bros. Feature Animation, while Hanna-Barbera merged with Warner Bros. Animation itself. Until 1998, Hanna-Barbera operated on its original lot at 3400 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California , one of

4389-538: The rise of the animation renaissance in the early 1990s, Warner Bros. distributed its first animated films: The Nutcracker Prince in 1990, which is a Canadian-produced feature film based on E. T. A. Hoffmann 's classic holiday tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King ; and Rover Dangerfield in 1991, whose title character is a dog whose look and mannerisms are inspired by his voice actor Rodney Dangerfield . Both films received negative reviews and under-performed at

4466-404: The rising costs and declining returns of short subject production. Outside animation companies were hired to produce new Looney Tunes -related animation for TV specials and commercials at irregular intervals. In 1975, Warner Bros. Cartoon alumnus Chuck Jones began producing a series of Looney Tunes specials at his Chuck Jones Productions animation studio, the first of which was Carnival of

4543-428: The role. Harley Quinn , Two-Face , Clayface , Alfred Pennyworth , and Harvey Bullock were among the few characters who did not receive any drastic change in appearance or color alterations. Harley Quinn is also the only villain aside from the Joker who appeared in six or more episodes. Ra's al Ghul and his daughter Talia also did not receive any drastic re-designs, although their only appearance during this time

4620-677: The same year. The series is written by J. M. DeMatteis and James Tucker and illustrated by Ethan Beavers. Batman Beyond also received a number of ongoing series and miniseries related to the TV series. Due to the popularity of the Batman Beyond concept, numerous tie-ins and cameos were created as a bridge between the DC Animated Universe and the DC Universe . Since 2012, DC Comics publishes three weekly digital series related to Batman Beyond and prints them monthly as Batman Beyond Unlimited . While

4697-725: The success of this film by reestablishing its own cartoon studio. Warner Bros. Animation opened its doors on March 15, 1980, to produce compilation films and television specials starring the Looney Tunes characters. The studio's initial head was Hal Geer , who had been the original studio's sound effects editor during its final days, and he was soon joined by Friz Freleng , who left DePatie–Freleng (which became Marvel Productions after being sold to Marvel Comics ), and returned to Warner as executive producer. The new wraparounds for The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) and Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983) featured footage by

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4774-425: The television series, such as Justice League . For example, Kyle Rayner often appears in this series, but he appears to be far less like his animated-series counterpart (who had not yet appeared on Superman: The Animated Series ), and is more reflective, both visually and historically, of the character appearing in the regular DC Universe comics. Justice League Adventures is a DC comic book series featuring

4851-689: The title Justice League Unlimited (to match the recreation and renaming of the television series). The new title ran for 46 issues from 2004 to 2008 before being canceled in May 2008, ending the last production of the DC Animated Universe. Justice League Infinity is a comic book continuation of the animated series Justice League Unlimited; the series picked up where the original show ended and expanded on loose ends that were left unsolved. It debuted May 2021 in digital format and then physically released in July of

4928-403: The villains from Batman's rogues' gallery were also redesigned, some more so than others. The Joker was redesigned to have white eyes with black sclera and a purple and green suit. However, this was not well-received by fans, and this led to him being redesigned again for Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000), Static Shock (2002) and Justice League (2002–04), where his appearance

5005-415: The voice of Batgirl, as the creative team wanted a younger-sounding voice. While Batgirl did not appear in every episode, she did appear more often than Batman's other partners in the series. She also was Batman's main partner in the series rather than Robin, which differs the series from most Batman television series and in the comics (as Robin is usually Batman's main partner). Tim Drake was introduced as

5082-710: The years that followed. The studio continued production on special projects starring the Looney Tunes characters, sporadically producing new Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies shorts for theaters such as The Duxorcist (1987), Night of the Living Duck (1988), Box-Office Bunny (1990), and Carrotblanca (1995). Many of these shorts, as well as the new footage in the compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (which includes The Duxorcist ), were directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, as well as Darrell Van Citters . Beginning in 1986, Warner Bros. moved into regular television animation production. Warners' television division

5159-460: Was Space Jam (1996), a live-action/animated hybrid which starred NBA star Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny (Jordan had previously appeared with the Looney Tunes in a number of Nike commercials). The film featured live-action sequences directed by Joe Pytka and animated sequences directed by Bruce W. Smith and Tony Cervone . Space Jam received mixed reviews from critics but proved to be

5236-404: Was The Pagemaster , a fantasy adventure directed by Joe Johnston (live-action) and Maurice Hunt (animation) that starred the performances of Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd with the live-action segments serving as bookends for the film's story. Released by 20th Century Fox , the film under-performed and received negative reviews from critics during its holiday release of 1994. After

5313-546: Was revamped from BTAS , replacing its art style with streamlined designs to allow for more consistent animation and maintain similarity with the simultaneously running Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), with episodes airing on Kids' WB under the title The New Batman/Superman Adventures . Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's supporting characters, which include fellow crimefighters Robin , Nightwing and Batgirl , among others. The show also features guest characters such as Supergirl , Etrigan

5390-478: Was a mix of his look from the original series and this one. Catwoman 's redesign now sported an all-black bodysuit (similar to her appearance from Batman Returns ) and her hair is changed from blonde and shoulder-length to short and black while keeping her green eyes, matching her appearance in the comics. The Penguin 's redesign resembled his appearance from the Golden Age and Silver Age comics instead of having

5467-598: Was absorbed into the studio. In recent years, Warner Bros. Animation has specialized in producing television and direct-to-video animation featuring characters from other properties owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, including Turner Entertainment (which owns the rights to properties originally created by the MGM cartoon studio ), Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears , and DC Entertainment . The original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, as well as all of Warner Bros. 's short subject production divisions, closed its doors on October 10, 1969, due to

5544-472: Was also altered, with a more slender build and a flat-top hairstyle. Producer Paul Dini said that Batgirl would appear in every episode of the new series because " Kenner wants to do a line of toys, we're taking advantage of the publicity from her being in Batman & Robin , and we just love Batgirl". In addition, Melissa Gilbert was recast with Tara Strong (credited under her maiden name Tara Charendoff) as

5621-491: Was announced that Jason DeMarco had been named SVP Anime & Action Series/Longform for Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios . On May 11, 2022, Warner Bros. Animation was moved under Warner Bros. Television after the dissolution of the Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics division by new owner Warner Bros. Discovery . On October 11, 2022, Warner Bros. Animation merged its development and production teams with Cartoon Network Studios as part of

5698-507: Was established by WB Animation President Jean MacCurdy , who brought in producer Tom Ruegger and much of his staff from Hanna-Barbera Productions ' A Pup Named Scooby-Doo series (1988–1991). A studio for the television unit was set up in the office tower of the Imperial Bank Building adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria northwest of Los Angeles . Darrell Van Citters, who used to work at Disney , would work at Warner Bros. on

5775-455: Was extremely similar to Jason Todd . Dini and Timm later revealed that the new Robin was always intended to have Jason's origin story and characteristics of both Jason and Tim. The decision to implement some of Todd's characteristics on Drake came up after Timm and Dini decided to not adapt the violent " Batman: A Death in the Family " comic book storyline for the show. Batman made a new suit which

5852-575: Was in the episode "The Demon Reborn" from Superman: The Animated Series . Koko Enterprise Co., LTD. , TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation , and Dong Yang Animation Co., LTD contributed some of the animation for this series. The Kids' WB censors were much more flexible with episode content than the Fox Kids censors were with Batman: The Animated Series . Producer Bruce Timm recounted that "when we were at Fox, after every single storyboard, we would get five single-spaced pages of notes on things we couldn't do. On

5929-439: Was released on DVD by Warner Home Video (via DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment ) under the title of Batman: The Animated Series - Volume Four (from The New Batman Adventures) to coincide with the previous three-volume DVD sets of Batman: The Animated Series . The series was released a second time on November 4, 2008, as part of a DVD release entitled Batman: The Complete Animated Series , which contained

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