In addition to Avatar’s The Legend of Korra exploring the gorgeous, seamy aesthetic of early 20th century China, this animated short completely reimagines Batman, Catwoman, and Bane as semi-magic characters duking it out on the streets of 1930’s Shanghai:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gbs67ApxL4&feature=player_embedded]
Very cool stuff. I’d like to see more exploration of this style/period/aesthetic/whatever.