The Justice League may be coming together in live-action for the first in 2017’s Justice League movie, but that will hardly be the first time fans have seen DC Comics’ greatest hero team jump off the comics page and come to life.
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With one year left until the Justice League movie hits theaters, Nov. 17, 2016, marked the 15th anniversary of the premiere of Justice League the animated series. Building on the success of Batman: The Animated Series and expanding on the shared universe begun with Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League brought together the DC Animated Universe’ sown “big seven” Justice League team โ Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (John Stewart), Flash (Wally West), Martian Manhunter, and Hawkgirl.
The members of Justice League‘s all-star voice cast took to Twitter to mark the special occasion. Kevin Conroy, the actor who began voicing Batman in Batman: The Animated Series and still lends his voice to the character today, remarked on the camaraderie between himself and the other Justice League cast members.
15 years ago Justice League premiered. Great cast, loved working with them, became good friends pic.twitter.com/1nLlmbV8Hw
โ Kevin Conroy (@RealKevinConroy) November 17, 2016
Justice League‘s Superman voice actor, George Newbern, retweeted Conroy’s tweet with a firm thumbs up.
#Justiceleague๐ https://t.co/0R4VoxxgrS
โ george newbern (@georgenewbern) November 17, 2016
Susan Eisenberg, who voiced Wonder Woman in Justice League and currently continues in that role in the DC Universe Online video game, thanked fans and everyone involved with the show for their support.
For the 15 years of โค๏ธ & support for the the show – its actors, writers, directors, composers, producers – THANK YOU ALL!#JusticeLeague pic.twitter.com/xn4jUjqQvx
โ Susan Eisenberg (@susaneisenberg1) November 17, 2016
Green Lantern voice actor Phil LaMarr paid homage to Justice League co-creator and producer Bruce Timm with some reworked lyrics from the Beatles’ song “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
“It was 15 years ago today. Sgt. Timm taught the band to play…” https://t.co/zefRi1fQK7
โ (((Phil LaMarr))) (@phillamarr) November 18, 2016
Michael Rosenbaum, who voiced the Flash (fans may also recognize him as Lex Luthor on Smallville), tweeted his appreciation, noting how much he enjoyed working with the Justice League cast.
Thanks @Khang8752D – loved working with all these great people. Very lucky. Appreciate your thoughts. https://t.co/7HQcLK5m5t
โ Michael Rosenbaum (@mrosenbaum711) November 17, 2016
Justice League‘s Hawkgirl voice actress, Maria Canals-Barrera, retweeted the celebratory tweets of several Justice League fans. Carly Lumbly, who voiced Martian Manhunter, did not note the anniversary. Lumbly is an infrequent Twitter user at best, his most recent tweet is from July, so fans probably shouldn’t take it personally.
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