Halo Legends coming in February to Blu-ray with irony

10:00 AM on 12.02.2009   |   Ben Huber

Halo is quite the game series, originally "the little Mac FPS that could," eventually becoming Xbox's killer game, creating a perfect storm of green-clad space marines in the console realm. Plus, its innovation in controls really helped create the 200X's boom of console shooters. When we heard it was getting an anime, we were a little surprised -- and when we heard of the talent behind it, even more so. It's actually pretty good, so if you're a fan I recommend checking it out -- it also aired a few episodes on Xbox Live for a day or two, so you may have caught it there.

But most people have been awaiting the DVD and Blu-ray release, perhaps the most ironic Blu-ray I've seen in a while. Play the Halo anime on my PS3? Yes please! Luckily, our PS3s will be able to welcome in Halo on February 9th, 1010 in America, and February 16th in Japan. A recent Famitsu article has a full rundown of all the episodes, so hit the jump for more.

Halo Legends DVD release scheduled for 16/2/10. 

Halo Legends is an animation project consisting of 7 stories from the Halo universe, shown through 8 episodes. Both DVD and BD are scheduled to be released on 16^th Feb 2010, by Warner Video, with the BD edition consisting of 2 BDs priced at 5980 Yen, and the DVD edition containing 3 discs at 4980 Yen. Also in the DVD edition lies a special image disc full of original illustrations.

 

Episode 1&2 “Origins Part1 & Part2”

Producers – Studio 4C – (Director – Hideki Futamura; Producer – Eiko Tanaka)

From the Forerunner's Birth until the war with the Covenant, the 1000 year period of the history of the world called Halo is depicted on a magnificent scale. It is a story that makes it easier to understand the worldview of Halo.

Episode 3 “The Babysitter”

Producers – Studio 4C (Director – Toshiyuki Kanno; Producer – Eiko Tanaka

This depicts a detailed account of a Spartan Sniper squad raid undertaken by the ODST unit.

Episode 4 “Prototype”

Producers – Bones (Directors – Yasushi Muraki & Tomoki Kyoda; Producer – Masahiko Minami)

This is the story of the so-called heartless sergeant, regaining his respect/dignity as a human being while fighting with a pair of walking armor suit weapons. 

Episode 5 “Homecoming”

Producer – Production IG (Director – Koji Sawai; Executive Producer – Mamoru Oishii)

This is the legend of the heroic female Spartan. During the process of battle, the top secret details of the Spartan’s plan, as well as the actions taken with the absence of morale and the presence of considerable doubt, the female’s memories are brought back to life.

Episode 6 “The Duel”

Producer – Production IG (Director – Hiroshi Yamazaki; Exec Producer – Mitsuhisa Ishikawa)

This is the legend of the heroic Arbiter, 5000 years before the events of Halo 3. Neither Cell animation nor CG is used here; instead this animation is drawn in a unique natural “painting filter”.

Episode 7 “The Package”

Director – Shinji Aramaki

The fight between the Covenant and the Spartans is depicted in full CG animation only. Aramaki himself has taken it upon himself to be the director, and to depict the activities of the Spartans as forceful.

Episode 8 “Odd One Out”

Producer – Toei Animation (Director – Daisuke Nishio)

An episode that incorporates things that will make you smile here and there .

[Famitsu article here]

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