Product Details

• Actors: Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Bob Hastings, Mari Devon
• Writers: Bruce W. Timm, Eric Radomski
• Producers: Anne Luiting, Benjamin Melniker, Boyd Kirkland, Michael E. Uslan
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: June 6, 1995
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303431011
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,264 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The origin of Robin, February 20, 2000

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J. Labrador "billaboys" (Gotham) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adv of Batman & Robin: Robin [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The origin of Robin was well done in these two episodes. It gives everyone a chance to see how Dick Grayson's life was shattered in an instant and how his life as Robin began. Batman was portrayed as a compasionate person but also as someone who doesn't know how to express his feelings. It was interesting to see that side of both Batman and Robin. These kind of character developments are often overlooked in an animated series. I'm glad and grateful that this animated series took the time and care to express both the heroes and the people they were outside of the masks that they wore. Well done...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The origin of Robin, February 20, 2000

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This review is from: Adv of Batman & Robin: Robin [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The origin of Robin was well done in these two episodes. It gives everyone a chance to see how Dick Grayson's life was shattered in an instant and how his life as Robin began. Batman was portrayed as a compasionate person but also as someone who doesn't know how to express his feelings. It was interesting to see that side of both Batman and Robin. These kind of character developments are often overlooked in an animated series. I'm glad and grateful that this animated series took the time and care to express both the heroes and the people they were outside of the masks that they wore. Well done...

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Fine Story, Marred by Poor Package, August 31, 2001

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Thomas A. Holmes (Johnson City, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adv of Batman & Robin: Robin [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The "Robin" in this package, of course, is Dick Grayson, the son of trapeze artists murdered by gangsters attempting to extort "protection" money from the circus' owner. In taking Dick as his ward, Bruce Wayne attempts to protect the boy from some of the suffering Wayne himself has endured from being orphaned; in training Dick to be a young crimefighter, Batman helps the boy to sublimate his personal grief into benefitting the cause of justice for all. In this story, we see what happens when Dick is old enough to chafe at being the "boy wonder" while discovering the man responsible for his parents' death. The interplay between Dick's struggling to be a man on his own and Bruce's unspoken paternal affection makes for a solid story.

Unfortunately, this tape is not recorded in the SP mode. As a result, we get blotchy picture and indistinct sound. This story deserves better packaging.