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''Justice League'' is an American
animated television series An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have eith ...
which ran from November 17, 2001 to May 29, 2004 on
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. It is the seventh series of the
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. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is based on the
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and associated
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characters published by
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. It serves as a prequel to ''
Batman Beyond ''Batman Beyond'' (known as ''Batman of the Future'' outside the United States) is an American superhero animated television series developed by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Alan Burnett. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation in collaborati ...
'' and as a sequel to '' Batman: The Animated Series,'' '' Superman: The Animated Series'', and ''
The New Batman Adventures ''The New Batman Adventures'' (often shortened as ''TNBA'') is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, which aired on Kids' WB from September 13, 1997 to January 16, 1999. Produced by Warner Br ...
''. The series ended after two seasons, but was followed by ''
Justice League Unlimited ''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is a 2004–2006 American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics univers ...
'', a successor series which aired for three seasons. It was the first show on Cartoon Network to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation, and was the last Cartoon Network show to be greenlit by
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.


Production

Bruce Timm Bruce Walter Timm (born February 5, 1961) is an American artist, animator, writer, and producer. He has contributed to building the modern DC Comics animated franchise, most notably '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995) and the subseque ...
, who co-produced '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and '' Superman: The Animated Series'' in the 1990s, became producer on an animated series focusing on the Justice League. The roster consisted of
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,
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,
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,
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( John Stewart),
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(
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), Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz), and
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. According to audio commentary on the DVD release of Season 2, the second-season finale "Starcrossed" was expected to be the final episode of the series. However, in February 2004, Cartoon Network announced a follow-up series, ''
Justice League Unlimited ''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is a 2004–2006 American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics univers ...
'', which premiered on July 31, 2004 and featured a larger roster of characters. It's the first series in the
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to fully use digital ink and paint, also the first to be produced in widescreen starting in Season 2.


Casting

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reprised his voice role as
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from '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995), ''
The New Batman Adventures ''The New Batman Adventures'' (often shortened as ''TNBA'') is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, which aired on Kids' WB from September 13, 1997 to January 16, 1999. Produced by Warner Br ...
'' (1997–1999), and ''Batman Beyond'' (1999–2001). Batman's costume was redesigned, but this time, his costume was a combination of his last three costumes. The same costume from ''The New Batman Adventures'' is retained, but with the blue highlights from the ''Batman: The Animated Series'' costume and the long-ears from the ''Batman Beyond'' costume are added to the costume.
Tim Daly James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom ''Wings'' and his voice role as Clark Kent/Superman in '' Superman: The Animated Series'', as well as his recurring role as ...
, who voiced
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in '' Superman: The Animated Series'' (1996–2000) was initially involved but was unable to continue his role due to involvement with '' The Fugitive'' (a short-lived remake of the original 1963 TV series), and was replaced by George Newbern. Superman was initially redesigned to have a bit of a squint to his eyes and slight wrinkles that was also meant to make him look older, in addition to having a noticeable shining streak to his hair; he was redesigned to appear larger in physical girth than in the previous series. Fans did not like the older appearance and in the second season the streak was toned down to the point of almost disappearing and the squint was removed, in essence reverting Superman to his earlier animated look. As an in-joke, Superman's season one facial designs are used for an older
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in the ''
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'' episode "
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". A recurring gag in the first season was Superman's powers being toned down even more than in ''Superman: The Animated Series'' to the point of being portrayed as unnaturally weak and vulnerable to harm, most episodes showing him being consistently taken down by foes he should be at least be a match for and not have a problem with. The episode "War World" being the primary example, which was hated by the fans of the show. They called out Bruce Timm and the co-creators for this with them saying they deliberately did it, only to end up overdoing it. This was changed from the second season onwards, where his power-levels were upped. Several actors who voiced members of the League's villains in previous DCAU shows also returned to reprise their roles, including
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as the Joker,
Lex Luthor Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor () is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Lex Luthor originally appeared in ''Action Comics'' #23 (cover dated: April ...
, Brainiac,
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,
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, Volcana,
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, and
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, respectively. Additionally,
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returned to voice Darkseid's son
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, Lisa Edelstein reprised her role as Luthor's former bodyguard
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, and
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reprised his role as the bounty hunter Lobo. Other villains were re-cast for various reasons.
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, who had previously voiced
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, died in 1999 and was replaced by
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. Due to budgetary reasons in the episode "Hereafter," Corey Burton replaced
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and
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from their respective roles as
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and
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(although both Cort and McDowell would return for ''Justice League Unlimited''). Maria Canals (who provides the voice for Hawkgirl) replaced Lori Petty as Livewire in the same episode. Most of the characters retained their general comic book origins and continuity, with
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being the notable exception. In the ''Justice League'' series continuity, the premiere story arc "Secret Origins" revises the plot of Diana's competition against her fellow Amazons to be the ambassador of peace to man's world, and she is referred to as a "rookie" superhero during her first encounter with the League. (Subsequent episodes touched on her attempts to adjust to her new world). In an interview segment on the Season One DVD, Bruce Timm stated that he initially ran into some legal issues in using the Wonder Woman character, but was adamant that she be used in the series. Additionally, the character of
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was portrayed as somewhat younger and significantly more brash than his comic book counterpart, taking on a number of personality traits of
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, who provides a similar comic relief function in the ''JLA'' comics.
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, who voiced the Flash in one episode of ''Superman: The Animated Series'', was unavailable to reprise the role and was replaced by
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. Major changes were also made to the Hawkgirl character. The character of Hawkgirl became romantically involved with the John Stewart Green Lantern as the series progressed. A romantic relationship between Batman and Wonder Woman was also "shown" (hinted at but never "official" unlike Hawkgirl/Green Lantern) by the show's creators, who disliked pairing Wonder Woman with Superman despite fan requests.
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is not paired with Batman in this animated series like he was on ''
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''. In addition to Conroy, Newburn, Canals and Rosenbaum, the rest of the main cast includes
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as Wonder Woman,
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as Green Lantern and
Carl Lumbly Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dick Hallorann in '' Doctor Sleep'', NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama ''Cagney & Lacey'', CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC esp ...
as J'onn J'onzz. Canals, Rosenbaum, LaMarr and Lumbly had all appeared on different shows within the DCAU, all appearing as different characters before their casting on ''Justice League''. Although the series itself is animated in traditional 2-dimensional style, the opening credits are rendered in 3D with toon shading. The intro is a "stock" intro used throughout the series until ''Justice League Unlimited'' premieres.


Episodes


Voice cast


Main cast

* George Newbern – Superman / Clark Kent, D.J. Rubber Ducky *
Kevin Conroy Kevin Conroy (November 30, 1955 – November 10, 2022) was an American actor. He appeared in a variety of stage performances, television series, and television films, but earned worldwide fame for his voice portrayal of the DC Comics superhero ...
 – Batman / Bruce Wayne *
Susan Eisenberg Susan Eisenberg is an American voice, film and television actress. She is best known for being the voice of Wonder Woman in many entertainment media, particularly animations such as the DC Animated Universe animated shows, ''Justice League'' an ...
 – Wonder Woman / Princess Diana *
Phil LaMarr Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. LaMarr was one of the original featured cast members on the sketch comedy television series '' Mad TV''. His voice acting roles in animated series include J ...
 – Green Lantern / John Stewart, Ed Reiss *
Michael Rosenbaum Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series ''Smallville'', a role that ''TV Guide'' included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Vill ...
 – Flash / Wally West, Arkkis Chumuck, Colonel Josef, André,
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, Franzee *
Carl Lumbly Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dick Hallorann in '' Doctor Sleep'', NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama ''Cagney & Lacey'', CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC esp ...
 – Martian Manhunter / J'onn J'onzz, Krizblack *
Maria Canals-Barrera Maria Canals-Barrera (; born September 28, 1966) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Theresa Russo in the Disney Channel series '' Wizards of Waverly Place'' (2007–2012), Connie Torres in '' Camp Rock'' (2008) and '' Camp R ...
 – Hawkgirl / Shayera Hol, Livewire, Py'tar


Recurring cast


Home media

From 2006 to 2011,
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(via
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and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment) released the entire series of ''Justice League'' on DVD and
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, and presented in original broadcast version and story arc continuity order. Season releases Warner Home Video also released another DVD set titled ''Justice League: The Complete Series.'' It contained all 91 episodes of ''Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'' on a 15-disc set with the 15th disc containing a bonus documentary. This was later re-packaged and sold as a 10-disc set without the bonus documentary. ;Individual releases ;Boxsets


Soundtrack

A 4-disc soundtrack of musical highlights from both seasons of Justice League was released by La-La Land Records in July 2016. It is a limited edition of 3000 units and can be ordered at the La-La Land Records website. The set includes tracks from fan-favorite episodes like A Better World, Hereafter, Wild Cards and Starcrossed. La-La Land are hoping to release a soundtrack for ''
Justice League Unlimited ''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is a 2004–2006 American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics univers ...
'' as well, provided that sales of the Justice League soundtrack improve significantly and that there is sufficient demand from fans. A second Justice League volume may also follow if fans support the existing release.


Broadcast history

The series premiere on November 17, 2001, set a Cartoon Network record with over 4.114 million viewers. This made it the channel's highest rated premiere ever, a record it would keep until September 13, 2009, when the world premiere of
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gathered over 6.108 million viewers. The show was aired in the
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on TG4 in both Irish and English from 6 September 2002 to 2007.


Reception

The series has received acclaim. In January 2009, IGN named ''Justice League/Justice League Unlimited'' as the 20th best animated television series of all time.


Accolades


Cancelled film and reboot

Circa 2004,
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announced that a
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''Justice League'' feature film was being planned. The film was intended to make a bridge between the second season of ''Justice League'' to the first season of ''
Justice League Unlimited ''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is a 2004–2006 American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics univers ...
''. The film was planned to reveal how
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acquired her Invisible-Jet, and also planned to feature the
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as the main antagonists, an idea that was originally conceived for the two-part episode "A Better World", until the Syndicate was replaced by the
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.
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wrote the script and Andrea Romano assembled the cast, but Warner Bros. finally scrapped the project. However, in 2010, the film's plot was used for the non-DCAU film '' Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths'', but removing all references to the continuity of the
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, and replacing John Stewart with
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as the
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's
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.


Adaptations


''Justice League Adventures''

DC Comics published a series of 34-issue numbered comics based on the television series, between 2002 and 2004. * #34 (2004-08-04): Guardians Against Darkness!


Compilations

* ''Justice League Adventures: The Magnificent Seven'' (2004-01-01): Includes #3, 6, 10–12.JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES VOL. 1: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
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See also

* ''
Justice League Unlimited ''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is a 2004–2006 American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics univers ...
'' * '' Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths''


References


External links

* DC page
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