Microsoft announces Halo anime miniseries

[Valigarmander]

Microsoft announces Halo anime miniseries

At the San Diego Comic-Con, Microsoft revealed plans to create an anime-style Halo miniseries called Halo Legends. As reported by the LA Times, "Five production houses in Japan are handling the physical animation, but Microsoft's creative staff is approving major visual and storytelling decisions." Those five well-known anime studios: Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G, Studio4 C, and Toei Animation. The seven-part series will be released on DVD and "digital platforms" in early 2010 through Warner Bros.

Microsoft's Frank O'Connor discussed the project with the Times in his new position as creative director of 343 Industries, which, as speculated, is Microsoft's Halo division. "If you look at how George Lucas held on to 'Star Wars,' not just to make money from action figures but to control the direction the universe went in, you can see why we think it's pretty vital," O'Connor said of Microsoft's interest in maintaining control of the Halo franchise. "Luckily, Microsoft has the resources to enable us to do that."

Look good to you?

[LOOT]

Well, so long as they don't do ANY of those anime style cliches (The sweat drops as big as one's face, anger lines, etc.), this could prove to be very interesting.

[deathscythe]

DAMN THIS WORLD TO HELL!!!!
i am so sick of anything halo.

I wish.
it
would
die

[Bomby]

^ Then just don't watch it or play it. It's one thing to dislike something, and to express your disliking of something in an appropriate manner, but there are some people who will probably genuinely enjoy it.

That being said, I never got what the fuss was about Halo.

[LOOT]

Some of us enjoy Halo, thank you.

As the old saying goes, STFU.

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

And some of us don't want anime as a medium being clogged up with generic, Americanime sci-fi fare.

Personally, I can easily "just not watch" something, but I can understand the disgust of others at the mere existence of certain things.

[Bomby]

Then take solace in the fact that it will probably not be shown in Japan, as the Xbox franchise has been a failure over there, which means that just as much quality anime will still be made specifically for Japanese audiences, which you and I will someday be able to [strike]download fansubs of[/strike] import expensively.

Or, for the more stereotypical Bomby inflammatory quasi-Marxist response:

Halo is Microsoft's cash cow. This is what you ask for when you go with Capitalism.

[Valigarmander]

It'll probably be along the lines of Animatrix or Gotham Knight.

[Red]

If they keep doing this stuff, it dry up like Star Wars seems to have done.

[X-3]

^^Yeah, that's what I'm guessing it'll be like if anything.

[Bad Dragonite]

Seems interesting, I'll probably check it out when it, "happens".

[Apiary Tazy]

Ho Snap.

[spooky scary bearatons]

Won't watch it on the grounds that I only vaugly enjoyed Halo 2.

[Rainbow Dash]

If they keep doing this stuff, it dry up like Star Wars seems to have done.

get out

[Calamity Panfan]

If they keep doing this stuff, it dry up like Star Wars seems to have done.

not like there were three popular movies, and two popular cartoons this decade

and all those video games, and the books....

[deathscythe]

^ Then just don't watch it or play it. It's one thing to dislike something, and to express your disliking of something in an appropriate manner, but there are some people who will probably genuinely enjoy it.

That being said, I never got what the fuss was about Halo.

I was mostly kidding, i hate halo but i didnt mean everything i said :P

[Rainbow Dash]

not like there were three popular movies, and two popular cartoons this decade

and all those video games, and the books....

high five

[Calamity Panfan]

:highfive:

[Valigarmander]

Check out the trailer here:

Halo Legends Video Game, Exclusive Debut Trailer | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com

[X-3]

Animation looks decent.

Also yes, there was a Spartan 1337.