A new main key visual and teaser trailer have been revealed for the upcoming Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League. Warner Bros. Japan unveiled the visual and trailer during its panel at Anime Expo 2024. A premiere date for the film was not revealed.
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League features many of the staff who worked on the first Batman Ninja anime film. Jumpei Mizusaki and Shinji Takagi are directing the new film, with Kazuki Nakashima as screenwriter, Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai) as character designer, and Yugo Kanno as music composer. Kamikaze Douga is handling the animation production.
Koichi Yamadera is reprising his role as Batman from the first film.
The first Batman Ninja was released in the U.S. on April 24, 2018 and in Japan on June 15, 2024.
A manga adaptation by Masato Hisa was launched in Monthly Hero’s magazine in June 2018, which concluded in September 2019. A stage play based on the film ran in November 2021.
Warner Bros. Japan describes the synopsis of Batman Ninja as:
Batman Ninja takes a journey across the ages as Gorilla Grodd’s time displacement machine transports many of Batman’s worst enemies to feudal Japan – along with the Dark Knight and a few of his allies. The villains take over the forms of the feudal lords that rule the divided land, with the Joker taking the lead among the warring factions. As his traditional high-tech weaponry is exhausted almost immediately, Batman must rely on his intellect and his allies – including Catwoman and the extended Bat-family – to restore order to the land, and return to present-day Gotham City.
Source: Batman Ninja Official Anime Twitter
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