Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Really Surprised!

Purely Joyful Movie!

Fantastic!

As a fan of both DC Comics and Anime in general, I was hugely disappointed. This movie had so much going for it, DC's animated stuff is almost always good and it had big anime creators working on it. The movie fails at being both a good DC animated movie and a good anime, there is so much wrong with this movie.While I didn't go out of my way to find the subbed version like I do for most anime, I don't see how the dialogue could be any better. All the villain interactions are basically one-liners except always bad, and the heroes just describe what there doing all the time. Speaking of characters, there are to goddamn many of them, there never needed to be more hero characters than just Batman. It's hard to feel like there are any stakes for him since he has the entire bat family to back him up. They also barely get any screen time and don't really need to be there. The villains have the same problem. While I can see why they would include multiple villains rather then just the Joker, they're only there to fight the unnecessary hero characters, so it's just unnecessary heroes we don't care about fighting unnecessary villains with little to no screen time. There's so many known DC characters I constantly forgot this even takes place in Japan.The plot is also a huge mess. For one, Batman is the biggest dumb-ass. He's supposed to be the worlds greatest detective yet he falls for every single one of the Joker's traps and he can't solve the most obvious of things. He also felt very inexperienced like he's only been Batman for a few months, which he is certainly not considering he has cycled through all of the Robins in the comics. I cringed when he questioned what to do without his technology. There's also this bat ninja clan who prophesied the arrival of Batman, no, it's not explained. They're only there to shatter your disbelief and lower the stakes even more because Batman didn't have enough allies already. There was also this part where Joker loses his memory and becomes a farmer and then Red hood beats him up in hand drawn animation. That part only exists to waste your time and to make you uncomfortable.The finale, oh my god the finale. If you didn't think this movie was dumb before, the finale cranks the bulls**t meter up to 11. It involves Gorilla Grodd handing a flute to Robin's baby monkey friend who also has a baby monkey girlfriend, them playing the flute to summon a giant army of monkeys which then pile up and morph into a giant monkey to fight five giant robot castles which combined like Voltron into one big robot castle. Then the giant monkey swarm in the shape of a big monkey merges with a swarm of bats which were summoned by the bat ninja clan to form a giant 1950's batman. I cannot make this s**t up. I don't remember the comics or cartoons ever getting this absurd, even anime never really goes this far without an in continuity explanation.The animation is CGI with cel-shading to give it a more rough sketch/hand drawn look. While the environments and characters look nice, the character movement is quite stiff and robotic at times. The fight scenes aren't very well choreographed and are often interrupted with talking. The facial animations aren't very pleasant to look at, especially the male characters without their masks. There is a completely hand drawn animation section in the middle of the movie which I previously mentioned. It looks really cool but is a complete waste of time.With Marvel stepping into Animation with "Big Hero 6" and "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", DC is in a bit of a weird spot. While their animated stuff is recognized and praised, they are mainly direct to DVD and watched by fans only. If this is their attempt at trying something new, then they are in serious trouble. With their live action stuff failing miserably, they need to step up their game real fast.

This is the greatest Batman movie of all time. The supreme silliness melds with the underlying emotional connection to the characters perfectly. Robots, giant monkeys, feudal Japan...it's more fun than DC has ever provided. For all you scoring this movie under 8.5 stars: whatever's wrong with you is no little thing.

Batman Ninja is whimsically animated with a creative direction that is surprisingly good. Going into this movie with any expectations may cause you to be disappointed as this movie plays to its own beat. Very interesting art style and almost like an amalgamation of everything great in Japanese anime in the last decades mixed with Batman. Must Watch for any Batman or Action Anime fans.Pros: -Great Animation and Graphics -Fun Character re-imagination -Tons of Action -Better than expected voice over -Lots of fun anime clichesCons -Some Action scenes are a bit short -General audience may not get the film (you have to remember this is from a Japanese angle) -Same old plot (its Batman)In conclusion this is a really great film. It is a shame there are so many lower review for it. I feel the largest drawback for the majority of viewers is that they cannot appreciate the art style and direction and expect the film to revolutionize Batman which no other production has ever done. This is really a must watch that children and adults both can enjoy. 8 out of 10 Solid Film !

Not a fan of The Joker's english voice. The sub version is probably better.