“Will someone make that Dragon’s Lair movie already so we get a turn?”
Space Ace #2
CrossGen Publishing & MVCreations (September, 2003)
WRITER: Robert Kirkman
ARTIST: Paulo Borges
COLORIST: Grafiz Sismik
LETTERING: Lithium Pro
It’s interesting that Batman is actually known in Japan. He and Robin even had their own manga series, which a few years ago was translated into English as Bat-Manga if you want to look up their adventures against Lord Death Man. So a Batman anime isn’t all that surprising. Besides, as Gaijin Goombah once discovered, Batman is totally a ninja anyway. So when 2018’s Batman Ninja was announced it didn’t surprise anyone, and the curiosity began.
Was this going to be an Elseworlds story, like the adapted Gotham By Gaslight, or a time travel story? It turned out to be the latter, and thanks to Toonami (part of the Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network) I was able to finally see it. For the record it was the English version they aired and that’s what I’ll be using but since the English trailer spoils part of Batman’s character arc (nice going, nitwits, and that was the official Warner Entertainment trailer) I went with the Japanese trailer instead. This may be one of the shorter waits since starting this series, which may end up being an unintentional theme for this week, but was it worth waiting for at all?
RELEASE DATE: 2018
RELEASED BY: Marvel Studios & Walt Disney Pictures
RUNTIME: 1 hour 25 minutes
RATING: unrated (apparently direct to video doesn’t get an MMPA rating, but this isn’t a movie for kids)
STARRING: Roger Craig Smith, Tony Hale, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Fred Tatasclore, Yuri Lowenthal, Grey Griffin, Eric Bauza, & Adam Croasdell,
SCREENWRITERS: Kazuki Nakashima (original), Leo Chu, and Eric S. Garcia (English)
DIRECTOR: Junpei Mizusaki
BOX OFFICE: it’s a direct to video movie
ESTIMATED BUDGET: darned if I know
Tell others about the Spotlight:
“I need to start wearing a parachute.”
Sonic X #9
Archie Comics (July, 2006)
“Wicked Sweet Shuttle Shenanigans” part 2
WRITER/LETTERER: Joe Edkin
PENICLER: Tim Smith 3
INKERS: Andrew Pepoy and Rick Koslowski
COLORIST: Tom Chu
COVER ART: Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante
EDITOR: Mike Pellerito
Tell others about the Spotlight:
I promised you guys four movie reviews this week and I plan to stick to that. I have run into a problem today. Last night I had trouble sleeping, and it’s not just one factor to blame. Short version is I ended up sleeping most of the day. I do not want to give you guys a crap article, especially with this one due to various factors. I’ll be moving it to maybe Friday and I’ll do a special installment of Finally Watched on Saturday (probably in place of the Scooby-Doo Team-Up review) and the planned Finally Watched edition of Saturday Night Showcase.
Sorry for the situation but it seems like somebody down there doesn’t want me to empty the Finally Watched list.
Tell others about the Spotlight:
I was getting tired of the foreshadowing, too.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #14
Marvel/Paramount Comics (January, 1998)
“T’Prell Revealed” part 1: “Betrayal”
WRITER: Chris Cooper
PENCILER: Chris Renaud
INKER: Andy Lanning
COLORIST: Kevin Somers
LETTERER: Jim Novak
EDITOR: Bobbie Chase
