Halo Legends

From Halopedia, the Halo Wiki

"INCOMING CONTACT, UNKNOWN CLASSIFICATION!" This article has new content coming soon, and may not be complete, confirmed or correct. Please update it as soon as any relevant and accurate material is available.

Halo Legends is an anime-styled series of seven short films^[1][2] currently in production by Microsoft's internal Halo entertainment team, 343 Industries.^[3] It is under five production houses, namely Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation.^[2]

[edit] Background

"It's a wildly varied genre, but anime creators do things with weapons and vehicles and technology nobody else does and that marries very well with Halo. It's amazing to see some of the new stuff they're introducing and how neatly it maps to the visual aesthetics in the Halo universe"

—Frank O'Connor, Creative Director of 343 Industries.

Warner Bros is in charge of the distribution of Legends. All of the seven stories have been created and in some cases, entirely written by Frank O'Connor.^[4] Some stories have been detailed to an extent, and some characters from the novels have been stated to make an appearance in Legends.^[4] Each film will be previewed via Halo Waypoint on Xbox Live, and are scheduled to be distributed by Warner Bros. It is also confirmed that on every other Saturday a new episode will be available for free on Halo Waypoint, and the other Saturdays will be a "making of" for the previous episode. Halo: Legends will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 9, 2010. ^[5]. ^[6].

[edit] Known films

Known films [7]
Producer	Name	Description	Poster
Bones	Prototype	A Marine has been sent to a distant planet to destroy a prototype powered armor, but when he arrives, he finds the planet is still inhabited by humans who are under siege by the Covenant. The suit is their only hope for survival. So he disobeys orders and keeps the suit, at least temporarily, to help the civilians.
Casio Entertainment	The Package	A CGI-film taking place during a SPARTAN-II raid on a Covenant CCS-class Battlecruiser using the Booster Frames.
Production I.G.	Duel	Taking place during the time of the Sangheili-San 'Shyuum alliance, forming the Covenant Empire.
Production I.G.	Homecoming	Focused on the tragedies involving the SPARTAN-II recruitment in 2517, and the SPARTANs coming to terms with their origins.
Studio 4˚C	Origins	An expansive history of the 100,000 year long Halo universe. It is comprised of two parts.
Studio 4˚C	The Babysitter	A story about the rivalry between the SPARTAN-II Commandos and the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.
Toei Animation	Odd One Out	A non-canon and satirical interpretation of the Halo universe featuring SPARTAN-1337.

[edit] Sources

1. ↑ http://kotaku.com/5320897/first-images-of-halo-anime
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} http://kotaku.com/5320898/details-about-halo-anime
3. ↑ http://kotaku.com/5320894/microsofts-halo-division-is-called-343-industries
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/frankie_legends_qa.html
5. ↑ Los Angeles Times article
6. ↑ [1]
7. ↑ Halo.Bungie.Org - Halo Legends: Polite Questions Answered Here

	Films
Halo Legends	The Babysitter • Duel • Homecoming • Odd One Out • Origins • The Package • Prototype
Halo: Landfall	Arms Race • Combat • Last One Standing
Other	Halo film • We Are ODST