Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League

Who can face the chaos if not Batman?

RELEASED 17 Mar 20251h 30m★ 6.7 TMDB

The Batman family has returned to the present to discover that Japan has disappeared, and a giant island - Hinomoto - is now in the sky over Gotham City. At the top sit the Yakuza, a group of superpowered individuals who reign without honor or humanity and look suspiciously like the Justice League. Now, it’s up to Batman and his allies to save Gotham!

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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part TwoOptional background1h 34m★ 6.7+1 before this
A separate adaptation of Batman and Aquaman and Green Lantern and The Joker and Robin & Nightwing; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League’s story continuity.
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part ThreeOptional background1h 39m★ 7.1+2 before this
A separate adaptation of Batman and The Flash and Aquaman and Green Lantern and The Joker and Robin & Nightwing; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League’s story continuity.
Batman: Caped CrusaderOptional background8h 47m★ 7.3
A separate adaptation of Batman; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League’s story continuity.
Joker: Folie à DeuxOptional background2h 18m★ 5.4+1 before this
A separate adaptation of The Joker; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League’s story continuity.

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