‘Absolute Batman’ animated series announced as DC expands slate with new Joker anime and Krypto show
Unlike the traditional origin story, this version sees Bruce lose only one parent and grow up in Gotham’s working-class neighborhoods instead of the city’s wealthiest circles. Animation also announced Joker: Laugh Riot, DC’s first anime series. The show offers a radical twist on the Clown Prince of Crime by placing him in the role of an unlikely detective after Batman is murdered.
- ▪Unlike the traditional origin story, this version sees Bruce lose only one parent and grow up in Gotham’s working-class neighborhoods instead of the city’s wealthiest circles.
- ▪Animation also announced Joker: Laugh Riot, DC’s first anime series.
- ▪The show offers a radical twist on the Clown Prince of Crime by placing him in the role of an unlikely detective after Batman is murdered.
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Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios have officially announced an animated adaptation of Absolute Batman, bringing one of DC’s biggest comic book successes in recent years to the screen. ‘Batman: Knightfall’ trailer: Epic animated adaptation of DC’s most brutal Batman showdownThe project was unveiled during a joint presentation by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where the studios also revealed a new anime centered on the Joker and an original animated series starring Superman’s canine companion, Krypto.Based on the hit comic by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, Absolute Batman reimagines Bruce Wayne in an entirely new continuity.
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