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Executive produced by Jim Krieg, Joker: Laugh Riot will be directed by Yasuhuro Aoki, who took animator credits on ChaO and the Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim. It sees Joker face an existential crisis when arch enemy Batman is killed.

The logline reads: “When Batman is murdered, the Joker launches a ruthless crusade through Gotham’s underworld to find the killer who took away his greatest adversary. But as his violent quest for answers pushes him closer towards vigilante than villain, Joker is forced to confront the truth that without Batman, he doesn’t know who he is.”

“Our first ever anime series. We’re producing this in Japan with director Aoki who did Steamboy. This is an original story that is very spooky and very dark. We’ve just begun production and we’re very excited to be doing our very first anime series out of Japan,” said Register.