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Batman Animated is a book of behind-the-scenes commentary on the history, development and production of Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, and the associated feature films, Mask of the Phantasm and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.
First published in 1998, this book by author Paul Dini - along with designer, Chip Kidd - also offers a detailed episode guide, comments from the series creators and voice actors, as well as a sneak peek at the then still-forthcoming series, Batman Beyond.