With Suicide Squad ISEKAI right around the corner, DC Comics tipped the scales of justice today with the announcement of a sequel to 2018’s Batman Ninja anime film titled Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, which will once again star Koichi Yamadera (Spike in Cowboy Bebop) as the Caped Crusader.
Junpei Mizusaki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure OP) also returns to direct the new feature at studio Kamikaze Douga, with co-direction by Shinji Takagi, a screenplay by Kazuki Nakashima (Promare), character designs by Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai) and music by Yugo Kanno (PSYCHO-PASS).
More information is set to be announced at the “Warner Bros. Japan presents Suicide Squad ISEKAI and Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League” stage event at Anime Expo 2024 in July.
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DC describes the original Batman Ninja anime film:
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: Press Release
