Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League

Who can face the chaos if not Batman?

RELEASED 17 Mar 20251h 30m★ 6.7 TMDB

The Batman family has returned to the present to discover that Japan has disappeared, and a giant island - Hinomoto - is now in the sky over Gotham City. At the top sit the Yakuza, a group of superpowered individuals who reign without honor or humanity and look suspiciously like the Justice League. Now, it’s up to Batman and his allies to save Gotham!

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Joker: Folie à DeuxOptional background2h 18m★ 5.4+1 before this
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Where it fits in the DC universe

Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League is title 93 of 118 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Begin with Batman Ninja, which takes the Bat-family away from its familiar Gotham. Yakuza League opens after their return to the present and builds its new crisis on that shared adventure.

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