Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Image



For the last couple weeks I've been seeing ads for the new direct-to-video animated Batman movie, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, and every time I'd see the ad something about it would strike me as very familiar.



Finally, I looked at the curve of the wing of the Batwoman's glider and realized it looked like a seagull's, and then I realized what the filmmakers' inspiration was:



If you haven't seen it, that's from Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. The people behind the various Batman series have gone to Miyazaki several times for robot designs, including one of the later Mr. Freeze episodes and The Batman/Superman Movie.

Posted: Sun - November 2, 2003 at      


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