The Adventures of Batman and Robin

Batman: The Animated Series
End credits logo featuring Batman
Also known as	The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Genre	Superhero fiction Action/Adventure Detective fiction Thriller Drama Science fiction
Created by	Characters: Bob Kane Bill Finger (uncredited) Series: Bruce Timm Eric Radomski
Written by	Laren Bright Alan Burnett Sean Catherine Derek Paul Dini Steve Perry Michael Reaves Randy Rogel Brynne Stephens
Directed by	Kevin Altieri Kent Butterworth Boyd Kirkland Frank Paur Eric Radomski Dan Riba Dick Sebast Bruce Timm
Voices of	Kevin Conroy Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Bob Hastings Robert Costanzo Loren Lester Mark Hamill Arleen Sorkin
Theme music composer	Danny Elfman
Composer(s)	Shirley Walker Harvey Cohen Lolita Ritmanis Michael McCuistion Stuart Balcomb Richard Bronskill Carl Johnson Kristopher Carter Carlos Rodriguez Wayne Coster
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2 (by production order) 4 (by original airdates)
No. of episodes	85 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jean MacCurdy Tom Ruegger
Producer(s)	Alan Burnett Paul Dini Eric Radomski Bruce Timm
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	DC Comics Warner Bros. Animation
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Fox (Fox Kids)
Original release	September 5, 1992 (1992-09-05) – September 15, 1995 (1995-09-15)
Chronology
Followed by	Superman: The Animated Series The New Batman Adventures
External links
Website	web.archive.org/web/20100918051130/http://batmantas.com/

Batman: The Animated Series
Soundtrack album by Shirley Walker, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, and Danny Elfman
Released	December 16, 2008
Length	137 minutes
Label	La La Land Records

Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. It was developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it originally aired on Fox Kids from September 5, 1992, to September 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. For the final fifteen episodes, the series was given the on-screen title The Adventures of Batman & Robin, which was also used for reruns of earlier episodes. The series eventually spawned a continuation show, The New Batman Adventures.

The series was praised for its thematic complexity, darker tone, artistic quality, film noir aesthetics, and modernization of its title character's crime-fighting origins.IGN listed The Animated Series as the best adaptation of Batman anywhere outside of comics, the best comic book television show of all time and the second best animated series of all time (after The Simpsons).Wizard magazine also ranked it #2 of the greatest animated television shows of all time (again after The Simpsons). TV Guide ranked it the seventh Greatest Cartoon of All Time. The widespread acclaim led the series to win four Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program.

The series was also the first in the continuity of the shared DC animated universe, spawning further animated TV series, comic books and video games with most of the same creative talent. Its ratings success and critical acclaim led the series to spawn two feature films: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (released to theaters in 1993) and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (a direct-to-video release in 1998).