{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68ad5ed7982c36846eb9c587/6a23d847a2db34bb8959eba9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"39-1 - Batman: The Animated Series - Episodes 1-2","description":"<p>September 1992. Fox Kids. The opening notes of Danny Elfman's Batman theme over a city drawn in shadow and dark watercolour. One of the greatest animated series ever made has just begun.</p><p><br></p><p>This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam start a brand new series: Batman: The Animated Series, we’re going to be covering the show from the very first episode (in production order).</p><p><br></p><p>\"On Leather Wings\" is the premiere and it starts in classic monster movie fashion as Batman tracks down Dr. Kirk Langstrom, a scientist who has developed a formula to turn himself into a fusion of man and bat. A Man-Bat if you will.</p><p><br></p><p>Then \"Christmas with the Joker\" sees Mark Hamill make his debut as the Joker, in a story where Joker captures Gotham PD’s top brass on Christmas Eve and throws Batman into a race against time to save them.</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss if Batman: TAS holds up today, the significance of Kevin Conroy's voice work, and how this show has heavily shaped all of our lives and all superhero media that followed it.</p><p><br></p><p>🔔 Subscribe for our ongoing episode-by-episode watch-through of Batman: The Animated Series!</p><p><br></p><p>📌 Topics covered this episode:</p><p>– Batman: TAS Episode 1 \"On Leather Wings\" recap &amp; review</p><p>– Batman: TAS Episode 2 \"Christmas with the Joker\" recap &amp; review</p>","author_name":"Toonami Absolution"}