The New Batman Adventures

RELEASED 13 Sept 19978h 24m · 24 episodes★ 8.1 TMDB

After a long hiatus -- The Caped Crusader is back and cooler then ever, in the animated action-packed series -- The New Batman Adventures. Picking up years after Batman: The Animated Series, the series highlights Batman and his crimefighting cadre of Nightwing, Robin and Batgirl, as they join forces to battle Gotham City's classic super-villains.

Why it matters in DC

The continuation places greater emphasis on Batman's partners, including Nightwing, Robin and Batgirl. It matters to a watch through the animated continuity because Gotham's defence increasingly depends on relationships within the wider crime-fighting family, not just Bruce Wayne's individual mission.

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3 titles to watch before The New Batman Adventures — 51h 20m in total.

Batman: The Animated SeriesRecommended31h 10m★ 8.6
Batman: Mask of the PhantasmRecommended1h 16m★ 7.5
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Where it fits in the DC universe

The New Batman Adventures is title 5 of 13 in our DC Animated Universe viewing sequence. The New Batman Adventures continues the Gotham world of Batman: The Animated Series with an expanded emphasis on Bruce's partners. It helps connect the earlier animated Batman material to later stories involving the wider family. It should be distinguished from The Batman and Batman: Caped Crusader, which start other animated interpretations.

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