Studio 4°C, Production I.G and Madhouse - the three Japanese strudios that worked with Warner Bros. on The Animatrix - are once again fraternizing with the enemy, according to a report from the Wizard Magazine intercepted by ANN. Their new co-production will be known as Batman: Gotham Knight, and it's planned as a collection of six animated shorts, to be launched in the summer of 2008.

The folks from ANN also mention that "although the Gotham Knight shorts are compatible with storyline of the Batman Begins and The Dark Knight films (...), they are also standalone stories". So hopefully we'll be able to enjoy some quality animation, without wasting any time on some boring old stuff.


Update: Found a scan of that article from the Wizard Magazine.