Batman Animatrix?
Set in the period between BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT, this brand new adventure follows BATMAN as he unravels a mystery over six original stories done in the style of Japanese Anime. Each of the six original stories has been written by a highly respected screenwriter or comic book creator. The talent includes Academy Award nominee Josh Olsen (The History of Violence), screenwriter of the BLADE films and BATMAN BEGINS David Goyer, and famed comic book writer Brian Azzarello, among others. The Batman Anime DVD is viewed as a perfect companion piece to BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT. The original stories introduce a number of classic characters from the DC Comics BATMAN universe as well as following up on characters and storylines that were introduced in BATMAN BEGINS.
I’ve got to say that I am COMPLETELY there, as the Animatrix was the only decent ‘sequel’ that the Matrix movies spawned. I’ve watched the first movie several times; same with the animated short stories that followed, but I have yet to see the sequels again since I saw them originally in the cinema. I was talking to Ryan about this and they’ve got to be some of the most anticipated movie sequels ever (after maybe Star Wars) and the single biggest disappointments ever (I’d say more than Star Wars because I actually liked the Phantom Menace).