Review of Batman Ninja (2018) by Omar L — 10 May 2018

Less an Elseworlds story than anything else, this Japanese take on the Dark Knight is one of the silliest and carefree interpretations of Batman. Complete with title cards announcing characters and giant mechas (in feudal Japan!), this movie answers a question that the Batman: TAS episodes "Night of the Ninja" and "Day of the Samurai" once posed: Is Batman more of a samurai or a ninja? "Batman Ninja" (title notwithstanding) seems to say Batman is both samurai and ninja.

I felt that this would have been a good miniseries that could have explored the ways all of the heroes and villains adapted to being displaced from 21st Century Gotham City to feudal Japan. The movie's ambitious premise is underserved with a shortened story.