Max Streams Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Film on July 3
The film premiered digitally in the U.S. on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu, and other services on March 18. It then shipped on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Disc on April 15. The movie is available in Japanese with subtitles in various languages including English, and with an English dub. There is also a two-film digital collection featuring both Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League and Batman Ninja.The film began 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, returned from Batman Ninja to direct the film alongside Shinji Takagi (unit director for Blood: The Last Vampire). Kamikaze Douga again animated 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.Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery, Deadline (Sara Merican)
