What About an Absolute Batman Anime From Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Studio Trigger? Co-Creator Nick Dragotta Would ‘Love to See’ It

Nick Dragotta, quality decorator and creator of the hugely palmy Absolute Batman comic publication series, would emotion to spot Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ Studio Trigger accommodate it into an anime.

In Absolute Batman, which launched past year, readers are introduced to a brawnier, little affluent caped crusader. The 24-year-old Bruce Wayne is simply a humble Gotham City technologist who forges his ain crimefighting armor.

Speaking arsenic portion of an AMA connected League of Comic Geeks (and surfaced by the DCU Updates X / Twitter account), Dragotta and writer Scott Snyder were asked if they’d had immoderate talks with DC oregon DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn astir bringing the Absolute Universe into different media, specified arsenic animation, movies, and toys.

In his response, Dragotta suggested fans cheque retired the Inart and LPZZ toys debut astatine Wonderfest successful Shanghai for “a sensation of things to come.”

Then, connected the animation front: “I'm not successful the know, but I cognize DC makes and licenses prime worldly truthful I'm excited to spot what comes. Personally, I'd emotion to spot a Studio Trigger anime of Ab Bat.”

That breathtaking proposition was capable to acceptable fans disconnected with the anticipation that 1 time they whitethorn spot Studio Trigger accommodate Absolute Batman. Studio Trigger is the well-respected Japanese animation workplace down the likes of Kill la Kill, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Delicious successful Dungeon. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which is acceptable wrong CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 world, did truthful good that it’s getting a sequel, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, for Netflix. Studio Trigger is erstwhile again down the wheel.

So the thought of Studio Trigger applying its distinctive animation benignant to Absolute Batman is simply a tantalizing one, but it’s worthy sounding a enactment of caution. As Dragotta said himself, he’s not privy to the interior workings of DC’s licensing plans, truthful this imagination matchup whitethorn ne'er happen.

As for Absolute Batman, it conscionable wrapped up its archetypal twelvemonth with Absolute Batman #13, featuring Batman's last showdown with the monstrous Bane and an action-packed squad up with Catwoman. We’ve got plentifulness much connected it, too, including How Absolute Batman Reinvents Bane For a New Universe, and How Absolute Joker Is Fundamentally Different From Every Other Version.

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