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Justice League Unlimited ( JLU) is an American superhero animated series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation with DC Comics (in season 3) and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of from the DC Universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series and picks up around two years after it. JLU debuted on July 31, 2004, on Toonami and ended on May 13, 2006.
It is the eighth and final series of the DC Animated Universe, serving as the conclusion to a shared universe which began with . Notably, it is the most continuity-heavy show of the DC Animated Universe, and weaves together characters and plot lines from past series. Justice League Unlimited received critical acclaim.
The third and final season story arc focuses on the new Secret Society, a loose-knit organization formed to combat the increased superhero coordination of the first season. Towards the end of the series, certain characters became off-limits to the show, particularly characters associated with Batman, were restricted due to the unrelated animated series The Batman and Christopher Nolan's live-action The Dark Knight Trilogy, to avoid continuity confusion, thus leading to the popular term known as “Bat-embargo". Aquaman and related characters were unavailable due to the development of a pilot for a live-action series featuring the character as a young man (planned to be a spin-off of Smallville). To compensate for this, the last season focused their stories on previously overlooked DC Comics characters and mythos. These included characters like Deadman, Viking Prince, and Warlord.
The series, along with the entire DC Animated Universe, was originally planned to end after the second-season finale "Epilogue", which concluded the story of Batman Beyond and thus the entire DCAU chronologically. But a third season was greenlit by Cartoon Network. The third season started in 2005 with the episode "I Am Legion" (which was written before the announcement of a third season) and ended in 2006 with the episode "Destroyer". Stan Berkowitz, a member of the production team, left the show later for the TV series Friends and Heroes, and writer Matt Wayne was contracted to replace him. According to Matt Wayne, if the show had been renewed for a fourth season, he would have liked to write more episodes focusing on Superman and Wonder Woman.
DC Comics created an ongoing monthly comic book series based on the TV series, as part of its Johnny DC line of "all ages" comics, which did not have the same restrictions regarding character appearances.
Justice League Unlimited, like the second season of Justice League, is animated in widescreen. The show also features new theme music and intro (nominated for an Emmy). The two-part series finale was aired in the UK on February 8 and 18, 2006, and in the United States on May 6 and 13, 2006.
| Superman |
| Batman |
| Green Lantern / John Stewart |
| Martian Manhunter / J'onn J'onzz |
| Wonder Woman |
| Wally West |
| Shayera Hol |
| Supergirl | |
| Green Arrow | |
| Question | |
| Huntress | |
| Doctor Fate | |
| Aquaman | |
| Thomas Wayne, Etrigan / Jason Blood | |
| Black Canary | |
| Lois Lane | |
| Terry McGinnis / Batman, Kyle Rayner | |
| Big Barda | |
| Martha Wayne | |
| Warhawk, B'wana Beast | |
| Dana Tan, Kai-ro, Doctor Light | |
| Mister Terrific | |
| Stargirl | |
| Captain Atom, Shining Knight | |
| Elongated Man | |
| Vixen | |
| Atom | |
| Booster Gold | |
| Mister Miracle | |
| Jor-El | |
| Robert Picardo | Amazo |
| Zatanna | |
| Greg Saunders | |
| Hawkman | |
| Orion | |
| Speedy | |
| King Faraday | |
| Captain Marvel | |
| Apache Chief | |
| Wildcat | |
| Warlord | |
| Pow Wow Smith | |
| Deadman | |
| Dove | |
| Hank Hall | |
| Fire | |
| Hippolyta | |
| El Diablo | |
| Bat Lash | |
| Chuck Sirianni | |
| Brainiac 5 | |
| Metron | |
| Oberon | |
| Linda Park |
| Lex Luthor |
| Brainiac, Key, Sonar, Weather Wizard |
| Gorilla Grodd |
| Amanda Waller |
| Psycho-Pirate |
| General Wade Eiling, Mantis |
| Darkseid |
| Kalibak |
| Granny Goodness |
| Metallo |
| Toyman |
| Professor Hamilton |
| Morgaine Le Fey |
| Professor Milo |
| Captain Boomerang |
| Mirror Master |
| Clock King |
| Trickster |
| General Hardcastle |
| Mercy Graves |
| Felix Faust |
| Sinestro |
| Chronos |
| Shadow Thief |
| Cheetah |
| Doomsday |
| Gentleman Ghost |
| Deimos |
| Circe |
| Ares |
| Roulette |
| Hath-Set |
| Atomic Skull, Captain Cold, Heat Wave |
| Chucko |
| Dee Dee |
| Ghoul |
| Rick Flag, Bonk |
| Plastique, Tala |
| Giganta, Killer Frost |
| Ace |
| Hades |
| Steven Mandragora |
| Devil Ray |
| Virman Vundabar |
| Mister Freeze |
| 4 DVDs. Featurette: And Justice for All: The Process of Revamping the Series with New Characters and a New Creative Direction, Themes of Justice: Choose Your Favorite JLU Musical Theme Audio Tracks, Creators' Commentary on "This Little Piggy" and 'The Return.” Contains all episodes of Seasons One and Two from the original airing. Episode 21 – "Hunter's Moon (AKA Mystery in Space)" – is placed out of order between episodes 22 ("Question Authority") and episode 23 ("Flashpoint"). |
| 2 DVDs. Actually Season Three from the original airing. Cadmus: Exposed: Mark Hamill and the Series Creative Personnel Discuss This Popular Series Story Arc, Justice League Chronicles: Series Writers, Producers and Directors Discuss Their Favorite Moments Among Final Season Episodes, Music-Only Audio Track for the Final Episode Destroyer. |
| 3 DVDs. Contains "For The Man Who Has Everything," "The Return," and "The Greatest Story Never Told," as well as the two-part Justice League stories "The Brave and the Bold" and "Injustice For All,” and the Young Justice episodes "Independence Day," "Fireworks," "Welcome To Happy Harbor," and "Drop Zone.” |
| 3 Blu-ray discs. Featurette: And Justice for All: The Process of Revamping the Series with New Characters and a New Creative Direction, Creators' Commentary on "This Little Piggy" and 'The Return,” Cadmus: Exposed: Mark Hamill and the Series Creative Personnel Discuss This Popular Series Story Arc, Justice League Chronicles: Series Writers, Producers and Directors Discuss Their Favorite Moments Among Final Season Episodes. Episodes are shown in the correct order. |
Warner Home Video also released another DVD set titled Justice League: The Complete Series. It contained all 91 episodes of Justice League and Justice League Unlimited on a 15-disc set with the 15th disc containing a bonus documentary. The same episodes were later sold as a 10-disc set without the bonus documentary.
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