Warner Bros. Japan began streaming a “GO! Bat Phoenix” video on Friday for Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, Warner Bros. Japan‘s new Batman Ninja CG anime film. Mitsuko Horie performs the song in the video, with composition by Yūgo Kanno and lyrics by Kazuki Nakashima.
The film will premiere digitally in the U.S. on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu, and other services on March 18. The film will then ship on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Disc on April 15. The film will be available in Japanese with subtitles in various languages including English, and with an English dub.
There will also be a two-film digital collection featuring both Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League and Batman Ninja.
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The film will begin streaming on various platforms in Japan on March 21.
The anime stars:
Junpei Mizusaki, the producer of the opening animation sequences for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and Kamikaze Douga CEO/founder, is returning from Batman Ninja to direct the film alongside Shinji Takagi (unit director for Blood: The Last Vampire). Kamikaze Douga is again animating the film. Returning staff members also include scriptwriter Kazuki Nakashima, character designer Takashi Okazaki, and composer Yūgo Kanno.
Warner Bros. released the Batman Ninja anime film digitally in April 2018, and on home video in May 2018. The release included the Japanese audio track as well as the English dub. The anime debuted in Japanese theaters in June 2018 with the Japanese voice cast. The film aired on Toonami in October 2021.
In Batman Ninja, Batman travels back to Japan’s Warring States period and defeats villains such as The Joker, who have become feudal lords.
Masato Hisa (Nobunagun, Area 51) launched a manga adaptation of the anime in Monthly Hero’s magazine in June 2018, and ended it in September 2019. The manga won a Seiun Award in August 2020.
The anime film also inspired a stage play that ran in November 2021.
