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John Glover, who later voiced the Riddler, also auditioned for the Joker role. The role was originally given to Tim Curry, but he developed bronchitis during the initial recording sessions. Most notable was Mark Hamill, previously famous for his role as Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, whose prominence as a voice actor was heightened through his 'cheerfully deranged' portrayal of the Joker. Numerous known actors provided voices for a variety of recognizable villains.

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The series is also notable for its supporting cast. Burnett also intended to make an episode featuring a female vampire that would bite Batman to suck his blood, but plans never materialized. During the series' production, producer Alan Burnett wrote an episode without dialogue entitled 'Silent Night' to explore more of Batman's sexual life, but this was never produced. First-time producers Timm and Radomski reportedly encountered resistance from studio executives, but the success of Burton's first film allowed the embryonic series to survive long enough to produce a pilot episode, ' On Leather Wings', which, according to Timm, 'got a lot of people off our backs'. The show depicts outright physical violence against antagonists, including realistic firearms (though only one character, Commissioner Gordon, was ever depicted as having been shot, in the episode 'I Am the Night'). The score of the series was influenced by Elfman's work on the Burton films, as well as music of 1940s film noir. The series initially took a variation of music written by Danny Elfman for the Burton films as its theme later episodes of the series used a new theme with a similar style by Shirley Walker, an occasional collaborator of Elfman. The distinctive visual combination of 'noir' imagery and Art Deco design was dubbed 'Dark Deco' by the producers. In addition, Radomski issued a standing order to the animation department that all backgrounds be painted using light colors on black paper (as opposed to the industry standard of dark colors on white paper). The visual style of the series was based on the artwork of Radomski, and the gothic look of Gotham City was derived from his initial designs. In designing the series, Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski emulated the Burton films' 'otherworldly timelessness', incorporating period features such as black-and-white title cards, police airships and a 'vintage' color scheme with film noir flourishes. The series took influence from Tim Burton's live-action films, Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), and the acclaimed Superman theatrical cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios in the early 1940s.

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The series became the first in the continuity of the shared DC Animated Universe, which spawned further animated TV series, feature films, comic books and video games with much of the same creative talent, including the 1993 theatrical release Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. The acclaim led to multiple Daytime Emmy Awards, as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Programming. Lasting 24 episodes, it has often been included in the same syndicated re-run packages and home media releases as the final season.īatman: The Animated Series was hailed as a groundbreaking superhero show, receiving praise for its writing, art design, voice acting, orchestrated soundtrack, and modernization of its title character's source material. After the series ended its original run, a follow-up titled The New Batman Adventures began airing on Kids' WB in 1997 as a continuation of the series, featuring a revamped animation style to match that of the concurrently running Superman: The Animated Series, which was also set in the same continuity. Animation, it originally aired on Fox Kids from September 5, 1992, to September 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. Developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski, and produced by Warner Bros. Batman: The Animated Series (often shortened as Batman TAS or BTAS) is an American animated superhero television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman.