Batman Ninja

East meets west.

RELEASED 24 Mar 20181h 25m★ 5.9 TMDB

Batman, along with many of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transported to feudal Japan by Gorilla Grodd's time displacement machine.

Why it matters in DC

Transporting Batman's allies and enemies to feudal Japan changes the conditions under which their familiar rivalries operate. The appeal is in that radical change of setting, making it a separate imaginative variation rather than a required chapter between conventional Gotham adventures.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Batman Ninja is title 24 of 40 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Batman Ninja moves familiar Batman characters into a radically different historical setting for a separate animated adventure. It is not a period chapter of the standard Gotham timeline. Follow the film's own setup rather than assuming that earlier animated or live-action Batman events explain how these versions arrive in that world.

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