Quick Gotham Knight review
I don’t give two shits about American comics or this Batman character, but I did watch The Dark Knight only because of the block-busting lines at The Uptown (it was an ok movie) and when some of my coworkers decided to screen Gotham Knight at my workplace, I figured I’d watch it since a) I saw the associated movie already, and b) It’s anime!
Out of all of the shorts, I’d have to say my favourites were the two by Studio 4c and the last one by Production IG, with MadHouse’s entry getting an honorable mention. Production IG’s first entry just looked uninspired and the plot was dumb, while BeeTrain’s short was… made by BeeTrain. The writing across all of them was pretty simple, and at times really stupid. The one with the best writing was probably the first one, only because it was so incredibly creative and funny.
Since this was screened at my workplace in front of me and like thirteen little kids, we played it in English. This was fine, since apparently the thing was made to be in English anyway, but that won’t keep me from hating on the performances! Overall the voices were pretty bland, but professional sounding. The best performances came out of the villains– Scarecrow’s performance in particular was pretty cool.
One thing that struck me about these shorts was how not-Japanese they all looked. They all went for that super-realistic Amerikkkan look (except the first one) and it really bothered me. What’s the point in getting Japanese studios to make this stuff when it doesn’t have that wacky Japanese flare that makes anime SO KEWLLL. That said, it’s not like the design work was bad, and if I had to choose a favourite I’d choose the last one. It had this very cool and stylized realism that just looked rad. Like, everyone looked like the stepped out of some 1950s billboard.
Anyways, it was fine. Nothing spectacular, but a good way to kill an hour.
So is your address listed on that sexual offender website yet or have you not gotten that far?
It looks American because it’s made for Americans. Obviously. And only a weeaboo would want to listen to Batman in Japanese. Weeaboo.
Why don’t you have a seat right over there?
Do you think harassing young girls on the internet is fun?
THE FACT THAT YOU CONSIDER THE DARK KNIGHT TO BE ONLY “OK” MAKES ME ANGRY WITH RAGE! CAN YOU NOT SEE THIS BY THE WAY I AM TYPING IN ALL CAPS?
Joking aside, I didn’t care for Gotham Knight either. It was kind of dissapointing, I was expecting something like The Animatrix, but the end result wasn’t even close. I am surprised you liked “Have I Got A Story For You!” A lot of people thought it was a ripoff of an even better “multiple versions of Batman” from an episode of the Animated Series: “Legends of the Dark Knight”. You should check out the animated series if you haven’t already, it’s considered to be one of the best of all time.
Actually that raises a question: Would wah here watch Batman TAS in it’s japanese dub version?
I watch Naisho No Tsubomi for the lolis.
I make sure that they do not get sexually harassed.
Or do I…
This post depressed me kid. Lost some hope for the future….
>>They all went for that super-realistic Amerikkkan look (except the first one)
You didn’t notice Bruce Wayne looked like a bishonen homo in the 3rd story?