NYCC2017 DC Animation Recap: Constantine & Vixen Trailers ; Batman Ninja ; Gotham By Gaslight

 
There’s a lot going on for DC Animated right now.

Courtesy: DC Comics

 

Although the footage shown at NYCC wasn’t in English, an English dub adaptation of Batman Ninja, an upcoming Japanese-produced Batman tale, is on the way. Similar to the next Batman tale we’re gonna get into, Batman Ninja is a feudal-era take on the legendary DC Comics character that will see a mess of appearances by other members of the Batman rogue gallery including Nightwing, the Joker, Penguin, Gorilla Grodd, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, and Robin.

To help give the American property a proper introduction to Japanese culture, Warner Bros. has tapped character designer Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai), director Jumpei Mizusaki, screenwriter Kazuki Nakashima and English-language screenwriters Leo Chu & Eric Garcia.

A direct-to-home release is coming sometime in 2018.

 


 

While Japanese producers are working on presenting Batman one way, Warner Bros. was also on hand at Comic-Con NY to show off another 2018 release with Gotham By Gaslight. 

The film’s producers were on hand including Bruce Timm, producer Sam Liu (Teen Titans: The Judas Contract), and writer Jim Krieg (Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox) to show off some clips of the potentially R-rated feature

Gotham by Gaslight is a DC Comics one-shot by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola, with inks by P. Craig Russell. It spawned a sequel, Master of the Future (1991), also written by Augustyn, but with drawings by Eduardo Barreto.

Although not originally labeled as such, Gotham by Gaslight is considered to be the first Elseworlds story, where DC Comics heroes are taken out of their usual setting and put into alternate timelines or realities. Subsequent printings have included the “Elseworlds” logo.

The producers noted that if this one does well, Superman Red Son is another Elseworlds story that they’d like to adapt as a feature-length along with Batman & Dracula: Red Rain. 


In not Batman news, CW Seed has released new trailers for both Vixen season two(?) and the upcoming season of Constantine.

About Constantine

“Armed with an arcane knowledge of the dark arts and a wicked wit, he fights the good fight with his soul already damned to hell, he’ll do whatever it takes to protect the innocent. With the balance of good and evil on the line‎, Constantine uses his skills to face the supernatural terrors that threaten our world and send them back where they belong. After that, who knows… maybe there’s hope for him and his soul after all.”

About Vixen:
Originally from Africa, Mari McCabe’s parents were killed by local greed, corruption, and wanton violence. But the orphaned Mari refuses to succumb to the terrors surrounding her.
Inheriting her family’s Tantu Totem, Mari can access the powers of animals – anything from the super-strength of a gorilla to the speed of a cheetah. As Vixen, she fights valiantly to protect the world from threats like those that claimed her family.