Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

Directors:

Eric Radomski
Bruce W. Timm

Writers:

Alan Burnett (screenplay)
Alan Burnett (story)
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Release Date:

25 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Crime | Family | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

The Dark Knight fights to save Gotham city from its deadliest enemy.

Plot:

Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually done by a new vigilante assassin.

Plot Keywords:

Gotham | Vigilante | Murder | Revenge | Flashback

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kevin Conroy	...	Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
Dana Delany	...	Andrea 'Andi' Beaumont / The Phantasm (voice)
Hart Bochner	...	City Councilman Arthur Reeves (voice)
Stacy Keach	...	Carl Beaumont, Voice of The Phantasm (voice)
Abe Vigoda	...	Salvatore 'Sal the Wheezer' Valestra (voice)
Dick Miller	...	Charles 'Chuckie' Sol (voice)
John P. Ryan	...	'Buzz' Bronski (voice)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	...	Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Bob Hastings	...	Commissioner Jim Gordon (voice)
Robert Costanzo	...	Detective Harvey Bullock (voice)
Mark Hamill	...	The Joker (voice)
Marilu Henner	...	Veronica Vreeland (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jane Downs	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ed Gilbert	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Charles Howerton	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Pat Musick	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Thom Pinto	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Peter Renaday	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Neil Ross	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Vernee Watson-Johnson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arleen Sorkin	...	Bambi (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Eric Radomski
Bruce W. Timm

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alan Burnett		screenplay
Alan Burnett		story
Paul Dini		writer
Bob Kane		comic book & characters
Martin Pasko		writer
Michael Reaves		writer
Jerry Robinson		character: The Joker (uncredited)

Produced by
Alan Burnett	....	producer
Norio Fukuda	....	animation producer: Spectrum Animation Studio
Myung-Ok Jeun	....	animation producer: Dong Yang Animation
Benjamin Melniker	....	producer
Eric Radomski	....	producer
Tom Ruegger	....	executive producer
Ki-Soo Seo	....	animation producer: Dong Yang Animation
Bruce W. Timm	....	producer
Michael E. Uslan	....	executive producer
Jung-Bum Youn	....	assistant producer: Dong Yang Animation

Original Music by
Shirley Walker

Film Editing by
Al Breitenbach

Casting by
Andrea Romano

Production Management
Haven Alexander	....	production manager
Joey Franks	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Troy Adomitis	....	storyboard designer
Kevin Altieri	....	storyboard designer
Trish Burgio	....	vehicle and prop designer
Gregg Davidson	....	storyboard designer
Ronaldo Del Carmen	....	storyboard designer
Joe Denton	....	storyboard designer
Jonathan Fisher	....	vehicle and prop designer
Curt Geda	....	storyboard designer
Michael Goguen	....	storyboard designer
Boyd Kirkland	....	storyboard designer
Butch Lukic	....	storyboard designer
Doug Murphy	....	storyboard designer
Frank Paur	....	storyboard designer
Shayne Poindexter	....	vehicle and prop designer
Brad Rader	....	storyboard designer
Dan Riba	....	storyboard designer
Jeff Snow	....	storyboard designer
Bruce W. Timm	....	storyboard designer
Mark Wallace	....	storyboard designer

Sound Department
Julia Evershade	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	foley artist
Oscar Mitt	....	assistant sound editor
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist (as Rick Partlow)

Visual Effects by
Alan G. Brown	....	digital animator (as Alan Brown)
Bo Ferger	....	digital animator
Hiroki Itokazu	....	digital animator
Vicki Latham	....	digital animator
Eric Radomski	....	digital animator
Eugene Jeong	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sung-Il Choi	....	camera director: Dong Yang Animation

Animation Department
Troy Adomitis	....	key background designer
Chel Woo Ahn	....	clean-up artist: Dong Yang Animation
Hyun Ju Ahn	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Tae Kun Ahn	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Eun Soo An	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Young Yoo An	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Hee Jeong Back	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Jung Ah Bang	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Ok Ra Ban	....	clean-up artist: Dong Yang Animation
Maxwell Becraft	....	timing director
Ted Blackman	....	background design supervisor
Jan Browning	....	animation checker
Brenda Brummet	....	animation checker
Steve Butz	....	background painter
John Calmette	....	background painter
Chen-Yi Chang	....	character designer
Hay Youn Chang	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Yosio Chatani	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio (as Yoshio Chatani)
Yosio Chatani	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio (as Yoshio Chatani)
Eun Young Choe	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Geum Nam Cho	....	animation production: Dong Yang Animation
Jeong Jin Choi	....	inbetween animation checker: Dong Yang Animation
Russell G. Chong	....	background painter
Wook Cho	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Woo Yong Chung	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Richard Collado	....	timing director
Jennifer Damiani	....	animation checker
Michael Diederich	....	character designer
Bunty Dranko	....	animation checker
Geno DuBois	....	mark-up (as Jean DuBois)
Ana Durand	....	animation checker
Kathryn Gilmore	....	color key stylist (as Kathy Gilmore)
Carolyn Guske	....	background color correction
Hae Ran Ha	....	animation production: Dong Yang Animation
Byoung In Han	....	clean-up artist: Dong Yang Animation
Yae Roo Han	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Robert Haverland	....	key background designer
Jong Hwa Im	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Karl Jacobs	....	animation checker
Kyoung Koo Jang	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Sung Hi Jang	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Young Yoon Jang	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Hea Kyung Jeong	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Min Yong Jeong	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Aee Lyoung Jun	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Hang Sook Jung	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Hye Young Jung	....	clean-up artist: Dong Yang Animation
Shingo Kaneko	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Shingo Kaneko	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Robin D. Kane	....	painter (as Robin Kane)
Sun Mi Kang	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
David S. Karoll	....	key background designer (as David Karoll)
Craig Kellman	....	character designer
Chung Ho Kim	....	animation director: Dong Yang Animation
Dae Ryoung Kim	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Hi Whan Kim	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Hyea Ju Kim	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Hye Soo Kim	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Hyun Soo Kim	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Shigeru Kimiya	....	assistant animation director: Spectrum Animation Studio
Jong Tae Kim	....	animation production: Dong Yang Animation
Jun Hee Kim	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Kyoung Ae Kim	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Lawrence Kim	....	key background designer
Mi-kyung Kim	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation (as Mi Kyoung Kim)
Mi Sung Kim	....	animation production: Dong Yang Animation
Se-won Kim	....	animation director: Dong Yang Animation
Song Hee Kim	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Tae Hyoung Kim	....	animation production: Dong Yang Animation
Tae Jun Kim	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Masahito Kimura	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Masahito Kimura	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Yong Sung Kim	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Chung Wook Koh	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Yoshishige Kosako	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Yoshishige Kosako	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Hidemi Kubo	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Hidemi Kubo	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Joung Ran Ku	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Hiroshi Kuzuoka	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Hiroshi Kuzuoka	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Chui Woo Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Eun Kyoung Lee	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Eun Mi Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Gun Sig Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Gwan Woo Lee	....	clean-up artist: Dong Yang Animation
Je Dong Lee	....	assistant animation director: Dong Yang Animation
Joung Min Lee	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Jun Ho Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Kang Ro Lee	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Ki Sup Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Sang Wan Lee	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Sung Sook Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Sun Hee Lee	....	animation director: Dong Yang Animation
Lisa Leonardi-Knight	....	mark-up (as Lisa Leonardi)
Joung Sook Lim	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Pamela Long	....	color key stylist
Richard Machin	....	overseas animation supervisor (as Ric Machin)
Jung Won Ma	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Akihiko Mamashita	....	inbetween animation checker: Spectrum Animation Studio
Rae McCarson	....	key background designer
Tom McLaughlin	....	timing director
Hye Kyoung Min	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Kôji Miura	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Kôji Miura	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Felipe Morell	....	key background designer
Bunny Munns	....	ink and paint supervisor
Glen Murakami	....	character designer
Young-Cho Myung	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation (as Yung Jo Myung)
Eric Nordberg	....	painter
Ung-Hwan Oh	....	background art director: Dong Yang Animation (as Eung Whan O)
Yutaka Oka	....	animation director: Spectrum Animation Studio
Yutaka Oka	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Yutaka Oka	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Bong-Il Park	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation (as Bong Il Park)
Eun Ah Park	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Hae Sung Park	....	animation production: Dong Yang Animation
He Joung Park	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Kyeong Sook Park	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation (as Kyong Sook Park)
Kyoung Sun Park	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Min Ho Park	....	assistant animation director: Dong Yang Animation
Sung Sook Park	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Charles Pickens	....	background painter
Eric Radomski	....	background stylist
Young-Hwan Sang	....	animation director: Dong Yang Animation
Howard Schwartz	....	animation checker
Don Schweikert	....	overseas background supervisor
Chung Hwa Se	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Hyun Kyoung Seo	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Masahiro Shigemoto	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Masahiro Shigemoto	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Nobumasa Shinkawa	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Nobumasa Shinkawa	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Mi Jin Shin	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Sang Kyoun Shin	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Jee Joung Sim	....	background artist: Dong Yang Animation
Dexter Smith	....	character designer
Jeff Snow	....	character designer
Sook Young Song	....	animation production: Dong Yang Animation
Hyoung Lim Son	....	clean-up artist: Dong Yang Animation
Jae Yong Son	....	animation production: Dong Yang Animation
Jeff Starling	....	key background designer
Gil Suk Sun	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Yukio Suzuki	....	animation director: Spectrum Animation Studio
Noboru Takahashi	....	animation director: Spectrum Animation Studio (as Noburu Takahashi)
Noboru Takahashi	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Noboru Takahashi	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Masaki Tamakoshi	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Masaki Tamakoshi	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Bruce W. Timm	....	character designer
James T. Walker	....	supervising timing director
Valerie Walker	....	mark-up
Keith Weesner	....	key background designer
Todd Winter	....	key background designer
Jae Myeung Woo	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Jin Sung Woo	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Takeru Yamazaki	....	key animator: Spectrum Animation Studio
Takeru Yamazaki	....	layout artist: Spectrum Animation Studio
Ri Eui Yang	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Hong Suk Yeou	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation
Hea Young Yoo	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Sung Yul Yoo	....	key animator: Dong Yang Animation
Byng Ryong Yu	....	animation production: Dong Yang Animation
Jong Seng Yu	....	inbetween animator: Dong Yang Animation

Editorial Department
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer

Music Department
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator
Robert Fernandez	....	scoring mixer
Michael McCuistion	....	additional orchestrator
Thomas Milano	....	music editor
Lolita Ritmanis	....	orchestrator
Andrea Romano	....	vocal supervisor
Peter Tomashek	....	orchestrator
Hans Zimmer	....	musician: synthesizer

Other crew
Kevin Altieri	....	sequence director
Christopher Keenan	....	production assistant
Boyd Kirkland	....	sequence director
Shinichi Kota	....	production: Spectrum Animation Studio
Clive Nakayashiki	....	overseas coordinator
Frank Paur	....	sequence director
Dan Riba	....	sequence director
Yukimi Umeda	....	production: Spectrum Animation Studio
Steve Walby	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Animation

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1994) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Dong Yang Animation  animation services
• Reprise Records  soundtrack
• Spectrum Animation Studio  animation services

Also Known As:

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm: The Animated Movie (USA) (promotional title)
Batman: The Animated Movie
Batman: The Animated Movie - Mask of the Phantasm (USA) (promotional title)
Mask of the Phantasm: Batman the Animated Movie (USA) (poster title)
Batman - I skia tou fantasmatos (Greece) (TV title) [el]
Batman - Mustan kostajan paluu (Finland) [fi]
Batman contre le fantôme masqué (Luxembourg: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Batman möter mörkrets härskare (Sweden) [sv]
Batman und das Phantom (Germany) [de]
Batman, la vengeance du fantôme (France) (video title) [fr]
Batman: A Máscara do Fantasma (Portugal) [pt]
Batman: I maska tou fantasmatos (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Batman: La máscara del fantasma (Spain) [es]
Batman: Máscara do Fantasma (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated PG for animated violence.

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Singapore:NC-16 (Violence) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Germany:12 | Germany:6 | Finland:K-3 | Finland:S | Greece:K | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG | Iceland:12

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Trivia:

Under the main headline 'Mysterious Vigilante Repels Bandits....' on the newspaper Alfred is holding in the flashback sequence is the smaller headline 'Radomski to Press: I'm Innocent!': probably a reference to producer Eric Radomski.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the scene where Andrea is being sucked into the fan at the Gotham worlds fair, Batman rides in on his motorcycle. He turns into the fan to rescue her, but his cape is flapping in the opposite direction to the fans sucking.

Quotes:

Andrea Beaumont: You're not smiling, Joker. I thought you found death amusing.
The Joker: Oh, me? You won't hear a giggle out of me.
[Joker presses a button. Hazel the Robot laughs maniacally and attacks with a cleaver]

Movie Connections:

References Akira (1988)

Soundtrack:

I Never Even Told You

Brilliant Batman

But it's way too short. At only 76 minutes you begin to wonder why they bothered. The story is barely given a chance to be intriguing and it is told in a very confusing way with too many flashbacks and flashbacks that go into their own flashbacks. But it still retains that dark edge the 2 previous movies had and many visual thrills.

This movie tells the tale of how Bruce Wayne became Batman in a little more depth than the live-action films and gives us the discovery of the Batcave in a slightly different way than that in Batman Forever. The Joker is as crazy as ever, the thugs and hoods are as nasty as they have always been and the identity of the Phantasm surprised me.

Although much of Danny Elfman's theme is missing the music is still powerful and involving. The animation is very good and has many elaborate 'sets' and locations. The visual style still sticks to that of the comic book like glue and it all makes for a very exciting film. Even if it is a bit of a confusing one, especially for kids. But this animated incarnation of Batman is truly the best.