Batman: Gotham Knight, seems like a very western cartoon but if you look closely and feel, you will quickly realize why this one is still an anime (besides the fact it is created by Japanese staff).
3 major things has to be taken in consideration when deciding to watch this one no matter of big or how little fan you are of batman.
- It is only 6 episodes and every episodes is 12 minutes long which is going to affect the series at whole (lesser frametime, lesser time for plot)
- This anime is somewhat a promotion for the movie Dark knight returns, released few weeks prior.
- Every episode has a different animation style (mainly the first is vastly different from the fifth others, the others are more similar but still different)
I am myself not a very big batman fan, I am much more of a Joker girl. But I must say this anime was quite interesting and I think it did a very good and interesting job of portraying batman even though there lack depths. You cannot deny that even with the different animation styles it really captured Gotham city and the mystery surrounding batman, I must praise the first episode for being quite a jolly ride and a very different and original way of presenting batman.
the rainbow faeces of the Unicorn - the good things
- I love the fact that they used different animation styles, it really gave a experimental fell to it :) (also making it somewhat more tolerated that it lacked frametime, and needed a better plot and character development.)
- it is batman? That makes it also less needing for that character development because we already somewhat know the main characters.
- The dub was great (can´t speak for the sub, haven´t heard it)
The flip coin - either cons or pros depending on your taste.
- I liked it for being somewhat short and not that character/plot developing because that is already taken cared of with all the movies, western cartoons and the comics. So I liked it for being this more experimental kind of series showcasing batman in different ways. I was indeed entertained ^^
- Either you hate or love the changing animation style for each episode.
- The animation of the first episode of the characters.... I both loved it and hated it. I definitely loved the design of the scenery, that was fucking eyecandy, but it was a very weird animation for the characters XD
All the hurtful.... cringe! - The cons
- Yes it is short, lacking plot and character development, I want to watch more, without any doubt :3
- The music/music effects... For me I didn´t really notice it at all o.o or maybe it was just me. I only noticed it in the second episodes where it did a great job :P
It was more presenting batman as a concept instead of being original stand alone complex itself. But they could have been more experimental with the animation style, I loved the first for its AMAZING urban scenery and the second for its whole execution but the last 4 was very similar (I would have loved batman in a really classic anime animation style, maybe corpse party ish for a more darker feel, haha XD))
