User blog:ARTaylor/20 Years of The New Batman Adventures

Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the premiere of The New Batman Adventures. It is the continuation of Batman: The Animated Series featuring animation that was closer to the other concurring airing series Superman. The series continued the adventures of Batman and his colleagues, both new and old ones changed, as they battle to save Gotham City while expanding on the animated universe with more figures. Like the previous series, the show continued its high critical and fan acclaim.

Paul Dini continued to serve as writer and producer who also played himself.

The series featured the returning talents of Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as butler Alred Pennyworth,Loren Lester as Dick Grayson who has gone on to take the mantle of Nightwing as his own superhero, Mark Hamill as Joker, Richard Moll as Harvey Dent also known as Two-Face, Ron Perlman as Clayface, Michael Ansara as Victor Fries also known as Mister Freeze, and Earl Boen as Rhino. It features the newcoming talents of Tara Strong taking over the role of Barbara Gordon also known as Batgirl, Jeff Bennett as Jack Ryder also known as the Creeper, Michael Ironside as the children's story time version of 1980s Batman, Corey Burton as Joe, Jeffrey Combs as Jonathan Crane also known as Scarecrow, Scott Cleverdon as Thomas Blake also known as Catman, Michael Donovan as a gun runner, Billy West as Cur, Neil Ross as Dean, Thomas F. Wilson as a Gotham Angels biker, Dorian Harewood as a judge, Kevin Michael Richardson as a cop, Steven Weber as J. Carroll Corcoran, Cree Summer as an ice maiden, Ed Gilbert as a photographer, Bumper Robinson as a henchman, as well as Elizabeth Daily doing additional voices.