Warner Home Video New Title Solicitation (Feb 2010)

[LelouchLamperouge]

From AAAAnime:
Halo Legends Standard Edition - 89 minutes - $19.98 - February 9, 2010
Halo Legends 2-Disc Special Edition - 89 minutes - $29.98 - February 9, 2010
Halo Legends Blu-Ray - 89 minutes - $34.99 - February 9, 2010

From Blu-Ray.com:

Halo Legends' is a seven-story anthology – told across eight episodes – that explores the origin and historical events of the Halo universe and its intriguing characters. 'Halo Legends' has been created in the same format as 'The Animatrix' and 'Batman Gotham Knight' with each individual episode imagined by a renowned Japanese anime director/animator, including Shinji Aramaki, Mamoru Oshii, Hideki Futamura, Tomoki Kyoda and Yasushi Muraki. The stories are inspired and produced by the creative minds of 343 Industries, including Halo franchise development director Frank O'Connor and managing editor Kevin Grace.

The individual episodes fall within Halo's 26th Century mythology as the battle between humanity and aliens rages on in an attempt to protect Earth and mankind's expansive number of space colonies. The dramatic, action-packed stories feature characters and locales familiar to Halo fans, and episodes range in length between 10 and 17 minutes – resulting in nearly two hours of animated adventures.

The episodes are animated by some of the world's most respected studios and directors in anime today. The studios range from Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell, Batman Gotham Knight), Bones (Cowboy Bebop, Fell Metal Alchemist) and Toei Animation (Dragonball Z, Digimon) to Studio 4oC (The Animatrix, Batman Gotham Knight) and Casio Entertainment. The stellar roster of animation talent on Halo Legends is highlighted by creative supervisors Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) and Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell); directors Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed), Hideki Futamura (The Animatrix), Daisuke Nishio (Dragonball Z), Hiroshi Yamazaki (Karas), Toshiyuki Kanno (Black Lagoon), Koichi Mashimo (Blade of the Immortal) and Koji Sawai (Patlabor); directors/action designers Tomoki Kyoda (Eureka Seven, Evangelion 1.0) and Yasushi Muraki (Macross Plus, Vampire Hunter D); and writer Dai Sato (Cowboy Bebop).

Special features include:

* Audio commentary with franchise directors Frank O'Connor and Joseph Chou
* The Making of Halo Legends (with an introduction and making-of segments for each episode)
* Halo: Gaming Evolved
* Halo: The Story So Far (BD-exclusive)

Previews of 'Halo Legends' will be available on Xbox Live's Halo Waypoint from November 7.

[WTK]

As what I have commented on the cover arts threads, I will pass on this for now. If the BD can be had for very cheap, I may reconsider.

[Betenoire]

Not a huge HALO fan, so this release really doesn't appeal to me, though I imagine it will to many a gamer who is.

[njchobitsfan]

A stellar group of creators, but I have no interest whatsoever.

[ELM]

Interesting. I'll probably get the BD.

[something]

And you just know this will outsell 98% of anime releases in R1 next year.

[Vicserr]

Halo Legends Blu-Ray All the way baby!!!!

Although I haven't played much of the games, the Halo backstory is a nice treat for Military Sci Fi fans, it would make an awesome anime series.

[Rhodes]

Halo on the PS3!

Ok ok well I have zero interest in this since from what I read it isnt really Halo since no one uses guns :0 All they do is jump around and melee...

[VinceA]

I'll be picking up the BluRay of this... Halo with an ADV dub... winner

[Suko-chan]

One Halo Legends BD for me!