Warner Bros. Japan on Thursday revealed that it is producing a sequel to the CG animated Batman Ninja film titled Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League.
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Junpei Mizusaki, producer of the opening animation sequences for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and Kamikaze Douga CEO/founder, will return from Batman Ninja to direct the film alongside Shinji Takagi (single director). flavor of Blood: The Last Vampire). Kamikaze Douga again served as animator for the film. Returning staff members also include screenwriter Kazuki Nakashima, character designer Takashi Okazaki, and composer Yūgo Kanno.
Kōichi Yamadera returns to voice Bruce Wayne/Batman.
Warner Bros. Japan will host”Warner Bros. Japan Presents Suicide Squad ISEKAI and Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League” at Anime Expo on July 4. The panel will reveal more details about the film.
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Warner Bros. released the animated film Batman Ninja digitally in April 2018 and on home video in May 2018. The release includes a Japanese audio track as well as an English dub. The anime debuted in Japanese theaters in June 2018 with a Japanese voice cast. It aired on Toonami in October 2021.
In Batman Ninja, Batman travels back to Japan's Warring States period and defeats villains like The Joker, who have become feudal lords.
Masato Hisa (Nobunagun, Area 51) launched an anime manga adaptation in Monthly Hero magazine in June 2018 and ended it in September 2019. The manga won the Seiun Award in August 2018. 2020.
The anime film also inspired a stage play that ran in November 2021.
Source: Press release