#Onthisday 31 years ago...
#Onthisday 31 years ago, the classic DC Animated Universe was launched with the debut of the television show ‘Batman: The Animated Series.’ Originally developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski, the show's visual style of the 1940s “dark deco†and film noir was influenced from Tim Burton's recent Batman films at the time, “Batman†(1989) and “Batman Returns†(also released in 1992), even in the first season sampling Danny Elfman‬'s theme for the opening credit scenes.
Spanning from 1992 to 1999 on various networks and under three different show titles (‘Batman: The Animated Series’ (1992 - 1995), ‘The Adventures of Batman and Robin’ (1995 - 1997) and The New Batman Adventures (1997 - 1999)), the show re-introduced to the modern fan the Dark Knight's mythology, such as supporting characters and infamous rogues, including a new origin for the gimmick villain Mr. Freeze, a more complex tale for Harvey Dent's transformation into Two-Face, and the debut of the now ever popular character of Harley Quinn. Along with memorable story plots taken straight from Batman comics over the past 50 years, the voice casting of Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Mark Hamill as The Joker unknowingly created the quintessential 'sound' for some of DC’s most popular characters. Happy 31st anniversary to arguable one of the greatest interpretations of the Caped Crusader in any DC media.🦇📺🎂
🖼ï¸: ‘Batman: The Animated Series’ poster by Timothy Anderson: timandersonart | Instagram.