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Halo Legends
Director(s)	Frank O'Connor Joseph Chou
Producer(s)	Frank O'Connor Joseph Chou
Studio	343 Industries
Distributor	Warner Bros.
Released	Fall 2009 (Limited) 16 February 2010 (Full release)[1]
Language	English and Japanese
Timeline	100,000 B.C. to 2557

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

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.^[3] Some stories have been detailed to an extent, and some characters from the novels have been stated to make an appearance in Legends.^[3] 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 16, 2010.^[4][1]

Known films

Producer	Name	Description	Poster
Bones	Prototype	Taking place during the Battle of Algolis, Prototype tells the story of a Marine who, despite orders to destroy an advanced prototype armor, uses the suit to buy time for civilians evacuating from the planet.
Casio Entertainment	The Package	A CGI-film taking place during a SPARTAN-II raid on a Covenant Assault Carrier using the Booster Frames.
Production I.G.	The Duel	Taking place long before the Human-Covenant War,[5] The Duel tells the story of an Arbiter, Fal 'Chavamee, who refuses to accept the Covenant Religion.
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 as they're sent to Covenant-controlled world to assassinate a Covenant Prophet.
Toei Animation	Odd One Out	A non-canon and satirical interpretation of the Halo universe featuring SPARTAN-1337.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} WarnerVideo: Halo Legends DVD
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Kotaku: Details about Halo Anime
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Halo.bungie.org: Frankie's Halo Legends Q&A Session
4. ↑ Los Angeles Times: Video game publishers Microsoft, Ubisoft invading Hollywood's turf
5. ↑ Frankie: This is quite late into the Covenant as a society, with most of the client species either absorbed or in the process of absorption...