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60-523: It is the eighth and final series of the DC Animated Universe , serving as the conclusion to a shared universe which began with Batman: The Animated Series . Notably, it is the most continuity heavy show of the DC Animated Universe , and weaves together characters and plot lines from past series. Justice League Unlimited received critical acclaim. According to producer Bruce Timm , the series finale of Justice League , "Starcrossed",

120-730: A Batman Beyond series had been planned. In January 2015, DC published The Multiversity Guidebook which revealed a universe inspired by the DCAU is Earth-12 in the DC Multiverse , and currently in the Batman Beyond era, while the Justice Lords Earth from those Batman Beyond comics has also been added to the canon as Earth-50. Friends and Heroes Friends and Heroes is a Canadian animated Christian children's television program that airs on TBN , Smile of

180-410: A Catwoman direct-to-video feature film as a tie-in with the 2004 live-action film . Although the script was written, the project was soon scrapped after the poor reception of the live-action film. Also, a direct-to-video feature-length animated film entitled Justice League: Worlds Collide was planned to connect Justice League with its follow-up Justice League Unlimited , but the production

240-733: A Child TV , and was also shown on BBC TV . It takes place from 69–71 AD, during the First Jewish–Roman War . There are three seasons or "series", each comprising 13 episodes: Season 1 is set in Alexandria, Egypt; Season 2 in Jerusalem and Season 3 in Rome. The series was created by Brian D. Brown and Eric J. Danenberg, who also worked on The Storykeepers. Gary Kurtz , the producer for season one, also produced American Graffiti , Star Wars , and The Empire Strikes Back . Starting with

300-659: A Senator, Antonius, who takes Macky as a slave. Macky discovers that Antonius is a secret Friend of Jesus and that at night, he dons a mask and goes out and rescues fellow Friends of Jesus from jail or helps them escape from slave-masters. Soon Macky in a disguise of his own starts helping the Senator. Antonius has an enemy in the Senate named Marcus, who blames all the Empire's woes on the Friends of Jesus. Marcus would like to prove

360-624: A commander for the rebels in Judea, sends his daughters, Leah and Rebecca, to live with Samuel's family. In episode two, Macky and Rebecca have an encounter with a girl named Portia while riding horses. After talking, they find out that she is the Governor's niece. She becomes fast friends with Samuel's family, but they never tell her that they are rebels. Episode three introduces the characters of Miriam and Nathan, Samuel and Diana's friends, as well as fellow rebels. Their adopted African son, Sollie,

420-623: A different note, issue #22 of DC Comics' Superman/Batman series, which explores alternate realities, had Bizarro transported to an alternate version of Gotham City that was patrolled by a Batman using the Batman Beyond version of the costume. A version of the future of Batman Beyond made an appearance in Countdown to Final Crisis #21, as part of the new Multiverse in the wake of the Infinite Crisis and 52 series, and

480-564: A different team than the animated crew, such as the Ty Templeton penned The Batman Adventures comic series. However, some of the comics, such as the Batman: The Adventures Continue comics were written by the animated series writers, Paul Dini and Alan Burnett . Per the opinion of Bruce Timm , who has commented about the canonicity of the DCAU comics previously, said "we didn't have any direct input on

540-524: A follow-up for Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero , and Boyd Kirkland was attached to write and direct; but the project was soon scrapped. A second Batman Beyond movie was planned for release but was finally scrapped due to the dark tones and controversies of Return of the Joker in 2001. Around 2003, during the production of Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman , Warner Bros. approached Kirkland to write

600-698: A jointly produced, six-issue miniseries comic titled Batman/TMNT , where the New 52 Batman encounters the IDW incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . The success of this miniseries inspired a similar crossover story, with Batman's DCAU incarnation meeting the Amazing Adventures comic version of the 2012 CGI series' Turtles. Titled Batman/TMNT Adventures , the concept was first announced in late July 2016 and scheduled for

660-510: A member of the production team, left the show later for the TV series Friends and Heroes , and writer Matt Wayne was contracted to replace him. According to Matt Wayne, if the show had been renewed for a fourth season, he would have liked to write more episodes focusing on Superman and Wonder Woman . DC Comics created an ongoing monthly comic book series based on the TV series, as part of its Johnny DC line of "all ages" comics, which did not have

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720-680: A number of DCAU tie-in video games released to correspond with the various animated television series and films. Some of these games have original plots, while others follow previous stories; their status in DCAU canon is unknown. The games are: Six of these games feature voice acting from the casts of the original shows. These are: The Adventures of Batman and Robin (SEGA CD/Mega CD version), Superman , Batman Vengeance , Superman: Shadow of Apokolips , Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu , and View-Master Batman Animated VR . The SEGA CD/Mega CD game, The Adventures of Batman and Robin , also features animation from one of

780-521: A particular situation, with a focus on both action and character interaction. This extension of the Justice League was originally planned to be explained in a planned direct-to-video feature film , but the project never materialized. Justice League Unlimited features both episodic and serialized episodes, the first major overarching story arc involves the growing conflict between the League and

840-496: A secret government agency known as Project Cadmus . This plot line builds upon events that occurred during the second season of Justice League (which in turn built upon events in Batman: The Animated Series , Superman: The Animated Series , Batman Beyond , Static Shock , and The Zeta Project ), and would go on to affect the plotlines of most of its episodes. It was resolved in a four-part story at

900-482: A six-issue release starting November 9, 2016. A comic book continuation of seven-issues of Justice League Unlimited , called Justice League Infinity , was released monthly between July 2021 and January 2022; the series is set after the show's finale and explores the consequences of Darkseid 's disappearance and the League clashing with alternate versions of themselves within the Multiverse. There have also been

960-515: Is also introduced. The entire first season is primarily a series of journeys, trying to protect rebels without the Governor or his cronies finding out. In the third-to-last episode, however, Tobias finds out the truth and they are all forced to flee Alexandria. Macky and Portia arrive in Jerusalem during the Roman siege . The people inside are starving, whilst the Romans grow desperate to break through

1020-887: Is largely standalone, two characters outside of the normal Batman canon, Zatanna and Jonah Hex , would guest star. However, the first series to indicate a shared continuity with other well-known characters was Superman: The Animated Series , in which the title character encounters heroes such as Batman, the Wally West version of Flash , the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner , Aquaman , and Doctor Fate . The follow-up sequel to Batman: The Animated Series , titled The New Batman Adventures would feature an art style revamp similar to Superman: The Animated Series , and these two shows would feature crossovers. Both of those shows would be followed by Batman Beyond , which featured an elderly, retired Bruce Wayne passing on

1080-449: Is listed as one of the best animated television shows of all time. IGN named Justice League/Justice League Unlimited as the 20th best animated television series of all time. Similarly, IndieWire also ranked the series as the 20th best animated show of all time. James Whitbrook, editor of io9 , wrote "Justice League Unlimited is simply the greatest superhero show of all time", further stating "it embraced its source material wholly, and

1140-526: Is only loosely based on the DCAU. The 2017 film Batman and Harley Quinn features the animation style of The New Batman Adventures , though co-writer Jim Krieg has stated that the film is DCAU adjacent, due to the sillier and raunchier elements of the film. Justice League vs. the Fatal Five is a 2019 film done in the style of Justice League Unlimited , but the film's canonicity is considered to be open-ended. It has been stated by Bruce Timm that

1200-479: Is possible, so conceivably that could change someday -- instead of saying "THE DCAU IS DEAD", maybe we can just say it's in a state of suspended animation until further notice...? On June 8, 2015, during an interview with Nerdist about his new film Justice League: Gods and Monsters , Bruce Timm was asked if the DC Animated Universe will return someday. Although Timm stated that the DCAU continuity

1260-528: The Teen Titans comic books was planned for the DC Animated Universe during the mid-1990s, but was ultimately scrapped, however the team was confirmed to exist in the universe in the Static Shock (which was also not initially intended to be part of the DCAU until the second season) episode "Hard as Nails" with Robin confirmed to be a member by Batman. Instead a Teen Titans series not related to

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1320-439: The Justice League soundtrack sells. DC Comics published a series of 46-issue numbered comics based on the television series, between 2004 and 2008. It is a sequel comic to Justice League Unlimited, written by James Tucker and J.M. DeMatteis with art by Ethen Beavers . 7 numbered issues were published by DC Comics between 2021 and 2022. DC Animated Universe The DC Animated Universe ( DCAU , also referred to as

1380-740: The Timmverse or Diniverse by fans) is a shared universe centered on a group of animated television series based on characters by DC Comics and produced by Warner Bros. Animation . It retroactively began in 1992 with what came to be called Batman: The Animated Series and ended in 2006 with Justice League Unlimited . The associated media franchise also includes theatrical and direct-to-video feature films, as well as shorts, comic books, video games, and other multimedia adaptations. The DC Animated Universe has received acclaim from critics, being lauded for its storytelling, voice acting, animation, and maturity, with several of its shows listed among

1440-631: The Australian Christian Channel in Australia. The show starts with a recap of last week's episode, relevant or not. Then the theme song plays. Act 1 begins with the name of the episode. There's usually about ten minutes of story and then a Bible story, followed by Act 2. There's more story and then another Bible story. Unless it is a two-part episode, the problem is resolved after the second Bible story. There are, however, three Bible stories in one episode. The series begins in

1500-462: The DC animated universe was released. Also, after the success of Batman: The Animated Series in the early 1990s, Fox approached producer Bruce Timm to create a spin-off series focusing on Catwoman , but the project never materialized. In 1998, writer John P. McCann had been tasked with coming up with a Lobo animated series in the DC Animated Universe, with Brad Garrett set to reprise his role as

1560-600: The DC universe in return. The following characters were originally created for their respective series in the DCAU, but were eventually adapted via retroactive continuity into the mainstream DC comic continuity: In addition, the backstory of Mr. Freeze was adapted from his portrayal in Batman: The Animated Series , and the visuals and/or characterization of Green Lantern , Supergirl , Toyman , Two-Face , Parasite , Metallo , Clayface , and many others have been applied to their comic counterparts. On

1620-682: The DCAU, was released in February 2012. This series published monthly triple-sized issues, containing three stories of Terry McGinnis, Clark "Cal" Kent, and the future Justice League Unlimited, respectively. Batman Beyond Universe succeeded Unlimited in August 2013, condensing to double-monthly issues upon the elderly Superman's rejoining the future Justice League. Terry McGinnis was the central figure in The New 52: Futures End weekly series. In 2015–2016, DC Comics and IDW Publishing released

1680-514: The Joker, and a posthumous Kevin Conroy in his final performance as Batman. The Batman Beyond comic series is a loose adaptation of the Batman Beyond franchise, intended to fit the character and storylines from the series into the mainstream DC continuity. The miniseries began in June 2010, under the title Future Evil . In August 2010, the series was announced to continue following the completion of

1740-434: The League roster and was the final series set in the DC Animated Universe. In between these shows was also Static Shock , which told the story of Virgil Hawkins and showcased a different aspect of the DC Animated Universe. It was the first time an African American superhero was the titular character of his own animated show, and the show explored many diverse stories and characters throughout its run. Another show that aired

1800-402: The animated series." In terms of feature films, the 2006 feature film Superman: Brainiac Attacks has been stated by writer Duane Capizzi that it was not intended to be part of the DCAU, despite using the same animation style and many of the voice actors from Superman: The Animated Series . The 2007 film Superman: Doomsday has similar animation styles but used new animation models and

1860-428: The casting of different voice actors than those of the DCAU. In 2009, Bruce Timm was asked at a ToonZone forum if the DCAU will return in the future, and he stated this: I very much appreciate that so many of you guys have so much love for the old series, from BTAS through JLU (I do too) -- but frankly, I doubt that we'll be formally, "officially" doing another movie or TV series set in that continuity (...) anything

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1920-433: The character, but the show had been cancelled right before production. A few elements of the show would find its way in the 2000 Lobo webseries, an online Flash animated series starring Lobo, the galactic bounty hunter, however whether the webseries is part of the official DCAU is unclear. A wax statue with the same character design as Lobo in this series appeared in an episode of Gotham Girls which somewhat support that

1980-404: The city walls. Outside the city, Macky makes several key acquaintances. One is Isaac, who pretends to be senile most of the time, but is actually an active member of the rebel underground. His house, filled with hidden rooms and secret passages, is a safe house for the oppressed. Here Macky links up with the rebels (zealots) who live inside Jerusalem and soon becomes a courier between Jerusalem and

2040-441: The comics...DC never solicited our opinions on what they were doing, nor would we have had time to give them notes if they had--I learned very early on not to get my nose bent out of joint if they did something in the comics we would never have done--my own personal way of dealing with it was to consider only the animated episodes themselves as true canon-which means that even Mad Love wasn't purely canonical until we adapted it for

2100-424: The development of a pilot for a live-action series featuring the character as a young man (planned to be a spin-off of Smallville ). To compensate for this, the last season focused their stories on previously overlooked DC Comics characters and mythos. These included characters like Deadman , Viking Prince , Warlord , and an unnamed modern equivalent of The Seven Soldiers of Victory . The series, along with

2160-584: The end of the second season of Justice League Unlimited . The third and final season story arc focuses on the new Secret Society (which is based on the Legion of Doom of the Challenge of the Superfriends season of Super Friends ), a loose-knit organization formed to combat the increased superhero coordination of the first season. Towards the end of the series, certain characters became off-limits to

2220-478: The end of the siege, Macky takes greater risks, and is finally captured by the Romans. Portia tries to intervene, but can't get him released. Instead she ensures that Macky is sent to Rome, her next destination, and his only hope. Arriving in Rome, Macky finds himself in a gladiator school for the Circus Maximus, where the only rule is kill or be killed. Macky wants to do neither, so Portia intervenes with

2280-436: The entire DC animated universe , was originally planned to end after the second-season finale "Epilogue", which concluded the story of Batman Beyond and thus the entire DCAU chronologically. But a third season was greenlit by Cartoon Network. The third season started in 2005 with the episode "I Am Legion" (which was written before the announcement of a third season) and ended in 2006 with the episode "Destroyer". Stan Berkowitz,

2340-401: The film is set within the DCAU sometime after the end of JLU , although in the audio commentary for the film, Timm also mentioned that due to the film's production (it was originally slated to be done in a different art style before being changed during post production) the film would cause some continuity issues, and that fans could ultimately decide on their own. An animated series based on

2400-401: The first arc as an ongoing series. That series concluded alongside the entire line of ongoing monthly DC Comics superhero books during the 2011 revamp and relaunch, titled The New 52 . Superman Beyond , a one-shot comic set in the same universe as Batman Beyond , was released in 2011. Batman Beyond Unlimited , a title chronicling the adventures of the future Justice League introduced in

2460-411: The following feature films: The DCAU also includes tie-in materials such as comic books, video games, and direct-to video films with a similar animation style; however, their canonicity is disputable. While they are sometimes marketed as being part of the DCAU, some of these works have contradictory elements or are written by a different team. For instance, many of the DCAU tie-in comics were written by

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2520-399: The greatest animated television series of all time. It has also influenced the mainstream DC Comics in various ways, such as introducing new characters, revamped backstories, and character designs. While there are many animated projects based upon DC Comics characters, the DC Animated Universe consists of TV series and films that spin off from Batman: The Animated Series . While the series

2580-530: The idea of producing a revival of Batman: The Animated Series set after the events of The New Batman Adventures , but Timm refused to develop a Batman show that was a continuation to The Animated Series , with Timm instead developing a new series, Batman: Caped Crusader . The setting of the DCAU was briefly revisited in Part 3 of the animated movie Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths , which featured Will Friedle as Terry McGinnis, Mark Hamill as

2640-522: The mantle to Terry McGinnis, the Batman of the future. After Batman Beyond' s third season, the Justice League show followed, which starred Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman , The Flash ( Wally West ), Green Lantern ( John Stewart ) Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) , and Hawkgirl . After two seasons, the series was rebranded as Justice League Unlimited , a successor series which expanded

2700-433: The notorious masked rebel is actually his enemy, Antonius, but Antonius is too clever for him. Marcus enlists the help of Tiberius, Brutacus, Tobias and Tobias' mother Luciana, an expert manipulator and political in-fighter with friends in high places. Marcus begins to tighten his grip on Macky and Antonius, and Macky's and Portia's relationship deepens and matures through the difficult choices they have to make. The program

2760-489: The original series—now referred to as "founding members"—are joined by many other superheroes from the DC Universe ; in the first episode, well over 50 characters appear. A number of these were heroes who had made guest appearances in Justice League , but many heroes and other characters made their first animated appearances in this series. The general format of each episode is to have a small team assemble to deal with

2820-473: The outside world. Inside Jerusalem, Macky meets a girl, Sarah. Macky is drawn to Sarah's idealism, which puts a strain on his relationship with Portia. He also meets a Roman officer named Lucius, widowed father of two young children and secretly a Friend of Jesus – he was one of Paul's guards, many years earlier in Rome. Macky learns to trust Lucius and he becomes a valued secret ally as Macky faces two old adversaries from Alexandria: Tobias and Brutacus. Towards

2880-526: The same restrictions regarding character appearances. Justice League Unlimited , like the second season of Justice League , is animated in widescreen . The show also features new theme music and intro (nominated for an Emmy). The two-part series finale was aired in the UK on February 8 and 18, 2006, and in the United States on May 6 and 13, 2006. Justice League Unlimited received critical acclaim and

2940-573: The second season, the show is produced in HD. All three series have now been translated and dubbed into Arabic, Chinese (both Mandarin, and Taiwan Mandarin), French, German, Hindi, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Latin American Spanish. The first season was also dubbed in Manx Gaelic , being the first animated series to be dubbed in said language. The series was also broadcast on

3000-431: The show, particularly characters associated with Batman and those who appeared in Batman: The Animated Series (aside from Batman himself) were restricted due to the unrelated animated series The Batman and Christopher Nolan 's live-action The Dark Knight Trilogy , in order to avoid continuity confusion, thus leading to the popular term known as “Bat-embargo". Aquaman and related characters were unavailable due to

3060-577: The studios that worked on Batman: The Animated Series . A 90-minute documentary film was released on October 16, 2018, as part of the Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition and Batman: The Complete Animated Series Blu-ray/Digital box set, and was later made available on the official Warner Bros. Entertainment YouTube channel. Though the DCAU is an offshoot of the mainstream DC comics universe, it has also affected

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3120-509: The various DC comics properties rather than reviving the DCAU counterparts. The last script written for DCAU continuity was titled Justice League: Worlds Collide . This screenplay was created to bridge the several month gap between Justice League and Justice League Unlimited . The draft was eventually adapted into the February 2010 film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths , with the removal of any references specific to DCAU continuity, replacing Green Lantern John Stewart with Hal Jordan, and

3180-416: The webseries is part of the official DCAU, although this is still disputed. Unlike the other shows set in the DCAU, it has graphic violence, sexual content, strong profanity, and a lack of tie-ins with the greater DCAU. Before the release of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker , a third animated feature based on Batman: The Animated Series was planned, entitled Batman: Arkham . The film was supposed to be

3240-704: The year 69 AD, in Alexandria . There is a rebellion going on in nearby Judea by the Jews and Christians . In response, the governor , Tiberius orders his men, led by Brutacus and Tobias, to crack down on the Jews and Christians. The first episode introduces the family of Samuel, Diana, their son Macky, and their rarely seen parrot, Pontius, who live in Delta Quarter on the port of Alexandria . They are rebels who hide other rebels in their house. Samuel's friend,

3300-402: Was The Zeta Project , which was a spin-off series based on the character Zeta from the Batman Beyond episode of the same name, a humanoid robot who is on the run from NSA agents. While minimal, the show had a few continuity tie-ins with the larger DC Animated Universe as well. The DC Animated Universe consists of the following animated television series: The DCAU continuity also includes

3360-512: Was also released on Blu-Ray. Warner Home Video also released another DVD set titled Justice League: The Complete Series . It contained all 91 episodes of Justice League and Justice League Unlimited on a 15-disc set with the 15th disc containing a bonus documentary. The same episodes were later sold as a 10-disc set without the bonus documentary. La-La Land Records released a 4-disc Justice League soundtrack on July 29, 2016. A potential Justice League Unlimited soundtrack depends on how well

3420-551: Was finally cancelled in 2004, and the script was later rewritten for the animated film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths , removing all connections to the DCAU. Many of the DCAU productions have also had comic books created based on the characters of the various series, though their canonicity is disputable. The comics are: With the conclusion of the Justice League Unlimited animated series, Warner Bros has moved on to producing standalone films based on

3480-408: Was possibly meant to be the final episode of the series; however, Cartoon Network ordered the production of season 3 and 4. The network wanted the show to be rebranded, including changing the episode format, so instead of two-part episode stories, the standard half an hour format was used. Additionally, alongside the name change, the show features a greatly expanded League, in which the characters from

3540-453: Was unafraid to be the wildest, biggest, comic-book-iest show it could be." Producer Bruce Timm has stated that amongst all the shows he has worked on, this show is his favorite. From 2006 to 2007, Warner Home Video (via DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment ) released the entire series of Justice League Unlimited on DVD. The series is presented in original broadcast presentation and story arc continuity order. The series

3600-518: Was unlikely to return, the possibility always exists. In 2018, Kevin Conroy said work on the DCAU had stalled because the writers ran out of ideas for stories and believed stopping was best, as they did not want to "compromise on the quality of what they had and start creating kind of silly stories". The cast of Justice League has been vocal about wanting a revival of the series, while Bruce Timm has said he would return as well if they were asked. Warner Bros. Animation approached Bruce Timm with

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