How to Watch & Read ALL of the DC Animated Universe! The DCAU Explained
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Here's your "how to" for watching, reading, and playing the ENTIRE DC Animated Universe!
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0:00 - Intro
2:48 - The Shows
13:28 - The Movies
18:21 - The Comics
23:02 - The Webseries & Shorts
25:55 - The Video Games
27:50 - The Books
29:45 - Outro
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For an airdate watch order: bit.ly/watchdcau
UPDATE:
Justice League Infinity
- Takes place before “Justice League vs the Fatal Five”
P.S. I have no idea what happened at 25:36 but I can’t get it to not export like that so have fun (Also, yes, “Justice League” is supposed to be in white font, not yellow)
Best valentines day gift ever.
Where do the sega cd Batman and Robin game Batman vengeance and Batman
Meant to type Batman Rise of sin tzu as the third game but pasting didn’t work but yeah where do they take place in the timeline?
@Will N what games Batman vengeance and Batman rise of sin tzu? If so thanks then where does the Batman and Robin sega cd game take place?
Where does the new Justice League Infinity comic go on here?
"We need to go back to Batman Beyond." Are you saying you need to go back to the future?
I definitely should’ve used a little bit of the theme there
@Import Concern is there a reason why?
@Import Concern why?
Haa!
😆👍
This is heavy
This feels like a really long channel trailer
Sometimes life seems like a long walk,its all in how u feel about it
I like getting some precontext to the stuff I watch. Someone else has connected the dots for me and it helps me find new stuff to kill some free time with. Im probably gonna re-watch brave and the bold/watch it linearly for the first time.
Sometimes I try not to watch every show.
I rather be on UA-cam and learn about other shows so when I'm truly bored I can pick a random show to watch. So I really appreciate this channel doing what it does. Have a nice day 💫🤘
@Bing Boom Pow have you seen the best episodes from the DCAU ua-cam.com/video/AnBnllT9gwk/v-deo.html
@Bing Boom Pow you're gonna have a blast watching their content. I've been watching it for 3 years and never get tired of it
The DCAU was my MCU back in the day, every new show or movie I'd gather up all my friends and we'd watch it and run around reenacting stuff, was an exciting time to be a kid
Absolutely!
@@dcauwatchtower I'm *really* hoping for a full on DCAU continuation on HBO Max or something
@@xxxCrackerJack501xxx we deserve a continuation, the DCAU in my opinion is better than the MCU. It was better planned and more serious than MCU. Not hating on marvel btw, I just think DC is better at animation.
@@hashimahmed9409 DC is drastically better at animation, always has been, really only that animated X-Men show compares
@@xxxCrackerJack501xxx I also heard spectacular Spider-Man is great. I haven’t seen it since I was a kid and I’m trying to rewatch it. But I have some memories and videos to say it’s sort of on par with dcau
POV: You’re bored in quarantine and bout to binge the whole thing cause you never did as a kid.
Me
that's me right now. Just finished downloading all animated movies and series
I did
Same
Me
I liked the part about the Zeta Project
i think they need Zeta videos
@@mattiesavannahpahl9934 the funny number
It was a spinoff of Batman Beyond
@@mattiesavannahpahl9934
...Nice😎
@@mattiesavannahpahl9934 the job is done... u are welcome.
Lesser creatives would’ve given us teenage Bruce Wayne. It’s amazing we got Batman Beyond.
Thank god the creative team realized that a teen _batman_ doesn't mean teen Bruce Wayne, and thus we got Terry, can't imagine how bad it would have flopped
even though I love batman beyond It was wasted potential not to have clark hang up the mantel of superman and have conner become the superman of batman beyond. It would have been amazing to see him and terry fight together
@@projekttaku1 was he even in the show at all?
@Shawn Lamb I mean that's that's completely different situation
Teen titans had been off the air for nearly a decade and resurrecting a show after that long that feels the same is nearly impossible
@@conradlorgar5508 I think so but even if he wasn't it wouldn't really matter as in batman beyond we've seen tons of characters that were never in any other show
Before the term "DC Animated Universe" got popular, I remember comics and products of the time would classifying the shows as either the "Timmverse" as "DC Adventures". If we had to divorce ourselves from 'Animated Universe', personally I'd pick 'Adventures'.
So, the “DC Adventures Universe,” keeping the acronym of “DCAU”. Clever.
That works
I used to see "Diniverse" thrown around more.
Everyone asks what is the DCAU but no one asks Why is the DCAU
"TheQuestion followed you."
No one ever asks, “How is the DCAU?”.
On it.
But where DCAU?
Who is DCAU???
TV:
-Batman: The Animated Series
-Superman: The Animated Series
-The New Batman Adventures
-Batman Beyond (set in the future but released in this order)
-The Zetta Project
-Static Shock
-Justice League
-Justice League: Unlimited
Movies:
-Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
(Between season 2&3 of BTAS)
-Batman & Mr. Freeze
(Before last episodes of BTAS)
-Batman: Return of the Joker
(After BTAS)
-Mystery of The Batwoman
(During JLU during Cadmus ark)
-Batman & Harley Quin
(Between last 2 seasons of JLU)
-Justice League vs. Fatal Five
(After JLU)
The Comics:
- Batman Adventures
-Batman & Robin Adventures
- Superman Adventures
--Batman Adventures the Lost Years
-Gotham Adventures
- Batman Beyond
-Justice League Adventures
-Batman Adventures 2
-Batgirl Adventures
-Batman, Harley & Ivy
-Harley Quinn & Batman
-Batman & Harley Quinn
-Batman the Adventures Continue
Didn’t include non-cannon media & didn’t bother with the games because I didn’t really care
Sorry Return of The Joker would have to take place after basically everything else. Which doesn't really work, it should really be non canon, but whatever.
@@matane2465 they mention it in justice league unlimited it is cannon
@@slik_sean6346 I don't know what you're talking about. Do you mean the episode Epilogue? It has nothing to do with Return of the Joker. Ms. Martian takes Tim's form in JL vs the Fatal Five which means he's still active. Harley also appears in that movie which means the flashback scenes in Return of the Joker can't have taken place yet. This is why it shouldn't be canon, because it fits so poorly into the rest of the canon. Tim goes missing for weeks, Batman has dozens of heroes he could call on to help him but he doesn't call any of them. Like dude, I'm pretty sure one of your magic friends or Flash or Superman could find Tim pretty quickly. Tim was also a member of some version of the Titans bit none of them seen to care about their teammate going missing. Instead he calls on Barbara who hasn't even been active as Batgirl since the New Batman Adventures. The last time we saw her she hung up her cape and went off to school in Mystery of The Batwoman so it seems highly unlikely that the whole scenario could have played out the way it did. It just makes no sense in the larger canon.
Thanks
What about batman the killing joke?
I am a Brazilian,and here static shock is known by everyone,it’s even more popular than Justice league and Batman TAS,it was on during lunch time and everyone here remembers running home after school to watch it.
outro br aqui
I always find it interesting how media can become super popular in a different country, sometimes becoming even more popular than the origin country.
Bah era mto foda
@@leon9629 vc é do sul ?Eu sou de minas.
@@eriksen2399 morte a todos os sulistas
The idea of Static not being as popular as some of the other DCAU series is so crazy to me. He was my favourite superhero growing up and I really missed the show when it was gone
The Static Shock show was *huge* here in Brazil when it originally aired. I really think more people here watched Static Shock than the two Justice League shows and Batman TAS.
I think it is because it never aired in Asian countries where dcau was really really popular
In my country we never got static shock while every other dcau show was aired and dubbed in our language ( even Zeta project)
I have watched static shock and loved it
Let's see if the upcoming milestone animated film gives static more fame
Static shock was SUPER popular in Brazil, ppl here still love this character, soo sad it isn't that loved in other countrys
I was on Facebook and someone wanted to get into more dc animated stuff and didn't know where to start. Just sent this to them. Damn great timing
I had a dvd of the Zeta project when I was little and I watched it all the time. I never knew DVD’s of it where so lucrative
Hah static is harder to find
I’d just like to add something: I own, right now, a BtAS interactive (you could push buttons to add sound effects) children’s book with four separate short stories written just like the episodes - and in the Timm BtAS art style.
1) A Riddler story about him abducting a kid (and rigging him with explosives!). This one has actual detective work and riddles.
2) A Mr. Freeze story about Mr. Freeze bringing a new ice age to Gotham City in order to bring Ice Age animals (like the mammoth and sabre-tooth) back to life.
3) A Mad Hatter story about him trying to take control of Gotham City with hats and gas. Alice is mind-controlled in this one.
4) A Penguin story involving the Penguin stealing some cat statue that Catwoman was obviously interested in. (I remember very little about this one)
Yep! Those are fun, and like I said in the video, we’ll be covering all that stuff eventually!
@@dcauwatchtower The book is very special to me as I only owned 4 episodes of BtAS and this book.
They were so good that I have loved Batman ever since.
I had bought " The Batman-Superman Movie " and i had rent the crap out of the Batman Beyond VHS tape when it hit the video stores. I also used to own VHS tapes with BTAS episodes. I owned:
1) Fire & Ice
2) The Penguin
3) The Joker
4) The Riddler
The Batman/Superman Movie is what mostly introduced me to Superman's entire lore, Lois, Lex Luthor, and such. I knew who Superman was but never cared about him until that movie and see how cool he was compared to Batman.
That commercial break thing is so clever I love this channel
This is a video that every DC fan needs to watch, the dcau in the 90s and 2000s was a significant part of my childhood, and I'm glad it was. Thank God for blu ray
The DCAU, the justice league and all these shows are some of the best entertainment I’ve ever seen. Even better than Anime!
I consider Young Justice the only DC animated show to match the quality of golden age of the DCAU(Batman 1992 ,Superman 1996 ,Justice League/Unlimited,Batman Beyond,Static Shock)
Honestly,characters like Ms Martian,Aqualad, and Red Arrow/Arsenal are some of my favorite DC superheroes and my introduction to them was this show.
Brave and the bold did that
You forgot Teen Titans.
yes! I agree but im a little confused because I thought young justice was a part of the DCAU if not in what order should I fit that into, like if I were to watch young justice when should I watch it, after what show?
@@roderickblakely873 It's a separate universe. Consider it a reboot of sorts.
What about Teen Titans and The Batman?
I always watched Batman Beyond as a kid so I'm finally deciding as an adult to dive in on more DCAU stuff
It’s the best!
Patiently waited for Gotham Girls and was not disappointed!!!
Edit: This was my first intro to the DCAU
22:36 im with you, once your in the marvel or dc comics universe rabbit hole, YOUWILL NEVER LEAV IT
I just can’t stop watching these videos I get so much nostalgia. These are characters I love so much
I don't want to be eaten by a giant steroid enhanced bulldog monster. That is all.
yeah same
Because one of my uncles knew of my obsession with these DCAU shows as a youngster, I got a series of about 6-12 consecutive Gotham Adventures comics for Christmas that were all fantastic. It was just another step toward my love of not just superhero animation, but of the comics as well.
31:22 for James singing ‘One Step Ahead Of The Game’
He's going off
I have the whole Timmverse on VHS with and without commercials thanks to my dad than bought them all on dvd and now have them on streaming services. I will always have them lol
"Let me recharge with a few offscreen sips of coffee."
*James tweets a picture of brandy in a McDonalds glass*
I'm on to you, Strecker
lol all their tweets are canon too their youtube videos timeline
The timing with your ad break made me a subscriber. That was amazing.
Static Shock made a HUGE success here in Brazil and the characters still loved by the 90´s kids
I felt that when you said "taped the episodes". I use to record a lot of shows on those old silver DVDs, but now they are lost to time 🥲
This channel is legit awesome.
Dude I love your passion & straight forwardness
Been a subscriber for a long time, but I’m just watching this video now after a week of starting my DCAU series rewatch. Thanks so much!!!!
I must admit I’ve just caved and bought HBO Max just so I can watch these incredible shows. I’m not proud of what I’ve did but I had no choice.
Wow, just found this channel today! I've been interested in re-watching the DCAU recently so I guess that's how I found it. But let me say: your sense of humor, editing, and overall quality of the video is amazing! There were many laugh-out-loud moments in this video and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I just dropped a sub, keep making videos because this was great!
Bro can you tell how to start watching DC animeted shows and movies in order.
Finally, the video I have always looked for.
Also, holy crap, I just noticed that James has the awesome JL snowglobe as a part of the new background display! I was really ready to shell out the money for that this past Christmas season, but forgot. Those things are super rare, but, if anyone is going to have one, it may as well be James!
Found it at a comic shop last year randomly-original box and all! I couldn’t pass it up!
I wish they bring back The DCAU with new shows and Movies for 2021 or 2022
Good to know I'm not the only one that taped every episode of JLU.
Funnily enough, I think the Gorilla Grodd episodes were some of the only JL episodes I DID have on tape. I think Cartoon Network had a Justice League marathon once, so I just filled up a tape with as many episodes as I could.
Also, Zeta fans are even worse off in Australia. We still haven't got a DVD release here! It and Static Shock are the only two DCAU shows we can't get. A few years ago they finally released Batman Beyond on Blu-Ray here, so I thought that maybe we'd finally get Zeta, but nope! 😣That show was my first experience with the pain of having a beloved show cancelled.
This is amazing. I love the dedication you guys have.
Thank you so much for giving me as DCAU watching tips
Hey I saw you in the comments on another video
Can we all agree the DCAU is one of the best DC crossovers ever made.
Facts and It’s the definitive version of These characters outside the comics.
@ Ultimate Gamer: I prefer DCAU alot more over Snyderverse.
7:47 simple for season 3 combine it with something so messed up and dark that you’d have to give zeta guns because everything makes the idea of “oh no that’s a gun in a kid’s show” look tame by comparison.
Awesome man, now gotta watch them in order. Wish me luck!
the WB commercial break bumps are golden! the whole vid just great for DCAU fans, happy it showed up on my twitter feed, well done.
Thanks! We do videos like these every week!
Thank you! I’ve watched a few of them already but I wanna star over this is really helpful🖤
Super succinct vid on how to get introduced to the tiers of canon (and non canon alike), and def a great intro video if I ever had to show newcomers.
Hella good job databois.
This is the first video I’ve seen from this channel and I’m absolutely IN LOVE. Excited to get to know you guys (especially this particular host) and watch what you guys do next! Great video ❤️
Thank you so much!
These forgotten WB shows were actually very popular in Brazil. Project Zeta and Supershock really stuck to the kids almost just as much as Justice League
Summary of the TV, Movies & Web-series
TV:
-Batman: The Animated Series
-Superman: The Animated Series
-The New Batman Adventures
-Batman Beyond (set in the future but released in this order)
-The Zetta Project
-Static Shock
-Justice League
-Justice League: Unlimited
Movies:
-Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
(Between season 2&3 of BTAS)
-Batman & Mr. Freeze
(Before last episodes of BTAS)
-Batman: Return of the Joker
(After BTAS)
-Mystery of The Batwoman
(During JLU during Cadmus ark)
-Batman & Harley Quin
(Between last 2 seasons of JLU)
-Justice League vs. Fatal Five
(After JLU)
The Comics:
- Batman Adventures
-Batman & Robin Adventures
- Superman Adventures
--Batman Adventures the Lost Years
-Gotham Adventures
- Batman Beyond
-Justice League Adventures
-Batman Adventures 2
-Batgirl Adventures
-Harley Quinn & Ivy
-Harley Quinn & Batman
-Batman the Adventures Continue
Web series:
-Gotham Girls
-Lobo
Didn’t include the non-cannon ones or the movies that were just reformatted from the shows
Thanks for this, I have gone completely insane and tried to do as much overall DC media, and this definitely helped with trying to figure out how to do DCAU
Thanks! I was trying to think of simpler ways to introduce the DCAU to friends!
Man, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!!! I've been trying for YEARS to make a canon timeline for this universe! I would spend DAYS AND DAYS, trying to figure out this very complex puzzle, and you have given me a map!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!! God bless and have a thwipping shway day!!!
You’re welcome! Glad it’s super helpful for you! We’re always working on the DCAU timeline-I would HIGHLY recommend our “Vanishing Point” and “History of the DCAU” playlists!
I'm still mad we didn't see conner kent as superman in batman beyond. Could you image how amazing it would be to see him and terry fight together, especially since there both cadmus projects made from batman and supermans dna and made to replace them?
This is what I’ve always been looking for let’s gooo!!
Oh man, that kids wb commercial hit me right in the memory and nostalgia, thanks for this and for that nostalgia trip!
I’m just hardcore dc fan refreshing my memory 😀 thanks man good vid
Watching all the dcau starting today! Really excited!!
How is it going?
@@bacon9632 good
@itachi uchiha Series and as the series go on watch the movies related to the series if you look up on UA-cam when to watch what you should be in good shape.
@itachi uchiha Well Watch Batman the animated series first and then if u go to the end of this video you can see a list that tells you exactly what to watch and When
I love this so much thank you for doing this! I’ve always wanted to know the order of the DCAU.
I honestly appreciate the cartoon network commercial intros & outros cashing in on that sweet nostalgia
Static Shock was nice to watch 👍🏾
you deserve a like for this effort
great video
Thank you so much. This is exactly what I have been looking for. Although I started with JLU, I’m now gonna go back and watch it all in order😂
I love you watchtower database team!
the part about zeta was the best
Thanks now I can watch this in order as much as on hbo max!
Finally a good guide for this task
That very welcomed notification of every sunday. Awaiting the batman the adventures continues timeline video
Random comment, the JLU episode "Flash and Substance" made me want a Flash series once (Might have been fun). I also once thought a Green Lantern show would have been fun, similar to the one we later got in CGI form more or less.
Oh well, the road not taken. Great video by the way!!!
Yeah,I love this universe but it could’ve done what the movies did or what marvel did where they did separate shows as well like Wonder Woman,green lantern and flash
Thank you sir. Even tho I watched all of these movies already (and many times), sometimes I had no idea what was going on....btw. highly recommend Batman Under The Red Hood movie for those who haven't seen it yet. masterpiece
I loved that intro!
I really needed to know in what order i need to watch and read everything to understand the canon. Thank u.
You guys are really underrated. Seriously insane amount of good content here.
Thank you!
What about Green Lantern: The animated series? It used the same art style and was created by Bruce Timm. And as far as the timeline, it fits I think.
We’ll be analyzing it in a future “Will It Canon?” episode for sure!
It sure gets complicated with Justice League Action and Young Justice Season 4, this.
this what i was waiting for!
i am new to the watchtower. but not the dcau,and i must say i absoluty love these videos and dont know how i never came across them before .i have binge watched most of them, as i thought i was the only insane person who asked themselves these questions about dcau timelines and continuity . I LOVE THE WATCHTOWER best channel on yt
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I know it's a big ask, as it's sure to be a tedious endeavor to play them, but I think it would make for a great video if you went through all the DCAU flash games and try to will 'em (dafoe) canon. If those BK comics can be canon, slag it, so can these!
Very comprehensive video! but I guess that's to be expected from the biggest DCAU fan.
Do you have any advice on what DVD releases of these shows are the best ones, and which to avoid? I need to know what plastic circles are best at having Batman on them.
Do you mean which, like, specific releases of the shows? Or which shows themselves? To avoid
This video was so helpful, nothing on google helps. Subscribed and satisfied
I have been waiting for this vid
while watching this i sent it to my podcast cohosts one of whom is now 17 minutes behind me as i hit the end
Best comic based animated universe ever!
That was exhausting, but incredibly entertaining! Ty
This was nothing! You wanna really be exhausted, check out our “Batsuit Conundrum” video.
And then there's the board games! I've got Rogue's Gallery, the Dice Game, Almost got 'm, Gotham under siege, and of course Shadow of the Bat on Kickstarter coming (hopefully) soon!
Oh there’s WAY more DCAU stuff out there (games, toys, etc.) but we focused on stuff with narrative content
Spot on with Cartoon Networks poor marketing of their shows during the time of Justice league... I definitely missed a few episodes because of lack of communicating
30:03 James’ Not So Short Show / Mike’s Super Short Show crossover when?
Thx four the info dude! :D
Great video, subbed! 👍
Watchtower did you know it was gonna be a justice league game for ps2 that was canceled? (Prototype video are in youtube) You can talk about that in next video. Hello if you post this e.e
I would love to see more zeta.
Just for fun: here in brazil, the dcau shows as been reprized so many times, that they became classics for 90s and early 2000s kids. and static shock is a phenomenon, so much that, after batman, it's the dcau favorite super hero for many people.
Love your videos. Ive been sick with covid so ive been binging rewatching all your videos. It got me thinking have you all ever written down a warch order of the DCAU for us all to watch? Ive followed a few fan list but you guys would have the best. Either way keep up all the wonderful work.
Thanks! Well, there's the one at the end of this video, for chronological order. We also have a podcast going called "Jump on the Bat-Wagon" where I'm taking my buddy Brian through the entire DCAU from start to finish in airdate order, so he can experience it like kids did in the '90s (which he was around for but never watched the DCAU). Our airdate order is available at bit.ly/watchdcau. Get well soon!
Can you assume the fifty years always from now say in the dcau reffers to the 90ntys? That solve everything
> Complete DCAU Watch/Read order
> Just 30 minutes
Me:
"Something is wrong.....very wrong"
Someday we will definitely do an episode-by-episode, issue-by-issue chronological timeline. But it is not this day.
@@dcauwatchtower ok thanks
Thank you so much! Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Man I love your videos there so cool