 At the MIPJunior conference , on October 1 , 2011 , Sam Register , executive vice president for creative affairs at Warner Bros. Animation , announced several upcoming events for 2012 , including a new CGI animated series , Beware the Batman . Intended to focus on lesser known villains for an unfamiliar audience . A Cartoon Network press release announced that Anarky would be one of the planned villains to be included , while series developers later explained that the character would be revamped for the series and chosen as the primary antagonist . Series producers Glen Murakami and Mitch Watson compared his role to that of " Moriarty to Batman 's Sherlock Holmes " , explaining that he would indirectly challenge Batman through complex machinations . 
