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The DC Animated Universe (also known as DCAU) is a fan term that refers to a series of popular animated television series and related spin-offs produced by Warner Bros. Animation which share the same continuity. Most of these series are adapted from DC Comics properties. This continuity is also sometimes referred to as the Timmverse (after producer Bruce Timm, the continuity's most consistent creative influence) and in the past, the Diniverse (after writer Paul Dini, who had mostly departed from Warner Bros. Animation when Justice League was in production).
In-continuity in the DCAU[]
While there have been several animated series based upon DC Comics characters over the decades, what is commonly accepted as the "DC Animated Universe" refers to the stable of shows and films that spin off from Batman: The Animated Series, the original show in this universe. Older shows such as Super Friends and newer shows such as The Batman and Legion of Super Heroes are not part of this continuity. Other productions, like the straight-to-video film Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, are not to be considered part of the DC Animated Universe, despite utilizing similar character designs and much of the same voice cast as previous DCAU series.
TV series[]
The DC Animated Universe primarily consists of these animated series (and their related films; see below):
- Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)
- The New Batman/Superman Adventures (1997–2000)
- Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
- The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999)
- Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
- Static Shock (2000–2004)
- The Zeta Project (2001–2002)
- Justice League (2001–2004)
- Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)
Films[]
The following spin-off films, theatrical feature films and direct-to-video, also are part of the DCAU continuity:
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
- Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
- Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)