It has today been revealed that Microsoft's new Halo studio, 343 Productions, is overseeing an anime set in the Halo universe, with a trailer due to be revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con later on this day. Dubbed Halo Legends, the cartoon will be a series of seven short adventures revolving around everyone's favorite green-helmeted space heroes.
Five well-known studios are behind the project -- Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation. Shinji Aramaki, aka The Appleseed Guy, is acting as director on behalf of Microsoft.
A few details have been shed on one of the episodes by the LA Times:
Frank O'Connor, creative director of 343, gave a peek at some of the other Halo Legend shorts. Studio4 C's project, tentatively called "Origins," is a two-parter that's about 30 minutes long in total and tells the entire 100,000 year history of the Halo universe. Another, from Toei, is the only one outside of the official canon and pokes fun at some of the game's characters.
Should be great news for Halo fans who like a bit of Weeaboo in their diet. We'll have the trailer up for you as soon as we get our rancid talons on it. Until then, sit tight and pray that Halo Legends doesn't feature tentacle rape. I really don't need to see that.
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7:06 AM on 07.23.2009
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I think, when it comes out, Podtoid should do commentary on it.
Oh MS... I knew you wouldn't fail to dissapoint me.
@ lou
Yes because Toei Animation specialised in making american cartoons >_<
and I mean bloody arse violence
And then there's Madhouse! MADHOUSE!
If it's anime standard action junk with plenty of brooding, then it'll blow.
@Jamn It's got some serious talent behind it (Studio 4C alone), so I'm sure it'll be fine.
But who knows. Maybe It'l be an over-the-top violent and flashy anime with tons of action. Would be interesting at least.
Halo actually has a great storyline and universe, the games just don't fully convey it. The novels are where the bulk of the rich story come from.
If this anime is anything like the novels, then it looks like it will be the first anime I will ever buy.
The guys who are making the shorts are great, so , how did they manage to take such a sh*tty screencap?..i don't get it
Is the anime being in first person and the watcher decides what happens?
"If I'm not mistaken regular Halo users are unappreciative of anime enthusiasts, resulting in most cases in defamation of character."
*ahem*
So this is going to be like the Animatrix and the Dark Night, cool.
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/TheCleaningGuy/-shortblog-so-they-re-doing-a-halo-anime--141039.phtml
You just stole it with your BIAS!
Honestly, I'd prefer it if they just picked one studio and had them produce a coherent mini series. A studio like Bones would no doubt be able to do awesome things with the Halo material.
This could be pretty okay.
I wonder if this thing will be released in Japan as well. Maybe this is partially a ploy to hype the 360 in Japan..?
I said this a while ago, and I'll say it again:
As long as the quality of the Halo material they release is good, then I don't care what they release. When everything starts to suck, then they need to stop.