batman represent mask of the phantasm stand on it own foot extremely well and when at least compare to some of the lessor batman animate movie ( batman v dracula anyone . ) and and pack a good punch for fan so many year later . the original series be in it own other region take what more story from the comic ( if not overall style and atmosphere like burton or nolan ) and be able to cover some fine ground with our troubled hero the dark knight . this story tell of a character and not ever quite name but call here a phantasm and who be kill off some of the high roll gangster in town . meanwhile and bruce wayne meet an old love of his and andrea and and old wound be open over a brief and untimely end engagement . and then there also andrea father and who . ok and not much to try and spoil here and let just say at some point the joker get involve and and everything jet into a laughing matter . even a it be mean originally for tv and the director radomski and timm and through their writer collaborator and have apply a draw style that be distinctive amongst other cartoon of it ilk from the period represent very direct line and sharp and jagged edge and lot of smoke at ( specific ) time and the right blend of noir when it come to reveal the caped crusader when he enter a room in the dead of night . in a sense theyre stylist a be the ( good ) director of the franchise live action film . only here there a catch represent the running time be short ( originally the filmmaker think it would be mean for tv before wb change their mind ) and so there only so much time to dig into the dilemma wayne be catch in in the movie and where his identity be be cross check all over a the killer of the gangster and and then the personal connection with andrea and her father . it some fairly significant probe into the character and if not the deep there ever be . but also and aside from the slightly darker impulse and mask of the phantasm be a lot of fun and even up to a point if you do not watch the series much . just see hammil ham it up a the joker be a blast and even though he doesn not appear ( almost and one might think and a a lark ) until halfway through the movie . but he ( via the filmmaker try their best to give fan the best of the animated basic ) supply a hugely entertaining climax and one which involve a big fight among an immense diorama of gotham city and rig with explosive .