The Dark Knight is preparing to make his presence felt on Toonami, with Cartoon Network's Saturday action block preparing to air four animated Batman films as part of the build-up to the 24-hour DC FanDome virtual convention later this month.
According to a promo shared by Toonami on social media, things kick off this Saturday night, Aug. 15 at 12 a.m ET (so, technically Sunday morning) with Batman: Year One, which will be immediately followed by Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 at 1:30 a.m. Batman's takeover continues one week later on Aug. 22 (the same day as DC FanDome), with Batman: Gotham Knight airing at 12 a.m. and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 airing at 1:45 a.m.
The first movie of the bunch to be released was Gotham Knight, which arrived in 2008 as an anthology film compiling six anime-inspired Batman shorts. An adaptation of Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's 1987 comic book story arc of the same name, Year One was released a few years later in 2011. Finally, an adaptation of Miller and Klaus Janson's 1986 acclaimed limited series, The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 came out in 2012, followed by Part 2 in 2013.
Toonami airs every Saturday night from midnight to 3:30 a.m. ET/PT.
DC FanDome launches Saturday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m. PDT.