CinemaBlind’s Review: 90%
Suppose you have already watched Batman: The Animated Series a hundred times and wanted a show that reminds you of the brilliant DC series while also being different and great in its own right. Then you are in luck as the co-creators Bruce Timm, JJ Abrams, and Matt Reeves have brought you the perfect animated Batman series with enough nostalgia and well-written characters to get you going.
We are talking about Prime Video’s upcoming animated DC series Batman: Caped Crusader, which feels like a love letter from the creators to the golden age of comic book characters. Set in what feels like the 1940s, Caped Crusader follows Batman, who is a bit new to the hero game as he tries to fight crime and catch the ever-growing population of costumed weirdos and supervillains in Gotham.
Just like every well-written series, Caped Crusader shows us characters with a lot of work to do on themselves, and throughout the series, the unique challenges they face change them in different ways. This applies to almost all of Caped Crusader’s characters as we get to know a brash and unemotional Bruce Wayne hiding his pain behind his costume.
The main character of the series had to be well-written but what this series great is that other iconic Batman comics characters including Barbara Gordon, Commissioner Jim Gordon, Detective Renee Montoya, Harvey Dent, and even Harley Quinn feel justified in their actions and that’s why almost all of the characters are so interesting and entertaining to watch.
The visuals feel like they are heavily inspired by The Animated Series while also cementing their own identity as different from the original series. In an animated series like this, the animation is key to what your audience is going to feel after watching the series, and from what I can tell after watching the Prime Video series, the creative team behind the series worked literal magic on screen. While the visuals are great on their own, they are made wonderful with a great musical score by Frederik Wiedmann, which helps you feel completely immersed in the world of Gotham and Batman.
In the end Batman: Caped Crusader does fumble a bit in some places like its pacing, but overall it is a great series, and the fans of the original Batman: The Animated Series should fall in love with the new episode from its very first episode. I think Prime Video knows that and that’s why they have already renewed the animated Batman series for another season.
The DC superhero series will be available on Prime Video on August 1, 2024, with all of its episodes, also check the full episode guide for Batman: Caped Crusader and the trailer below:
