Batman: The Animated Series, by George Caltsoudas Happy 29th anniversary to Batman: The Animated Series September 5, 1992, the classic #DCAU 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, 1989’s 'Batman’ and 1992’s 'Batman Returns' (released in theaters month prior), 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 origins, 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’s Batman and Mark Hamill as The Joker unknowingly created the quintessential 'sound' for some of DC Comics most popular characters. Happy 29th anniversary to what many believe to be the greatest interpretation of the Dark Knight in any DC media.
