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Halo Legends [Blu-ray] | ![Halo Legends [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hgRWrQ0wL._SL160_.jpg)
| Directors: Daisuke Nishio, Frank O'Connor, Hideki Futamura, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Keiichi Sugiyama
Actors: Emily Neves, James Faulkner, David Wald, Luci Christian, Deke Anderson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $34.99
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 493
Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Japanese (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Japanese (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 883929099023
UPC: 883929099023
EAN: 0883929099023
ASIN: B002WCLG3O
Theatrical Release Date: 2010
Release Date: February 16, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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For Halo Legends, various anime directors made eight short films that explore the universe of the popular video game franchise, just as the shorts in Animatrix expanded on the Matrix features. Although Halo ranks among the top first-person shooter games, the AI narrator of Hideki Futamura's two-part introductory episode complains about humanity's violent tendencies: "Like a virus, war is always with you." "The Duel," which pits two Covenant warriors in a samurai-like battle over honor, has a watercolor look that recalls Gankutsuou: Count of Monte Cristo. Unfortunately, the effect is applied too evenly, and the characters get lost in the backgrounds. Daisuke Nishio's "Odd Man Out" injects a welcome note of comedy, as warrior Spartan 337 copes with three difficult children and their pet tyrannosaur. Other Spartans in single fighters attack the flagship of the Covenant fleet in "The Package," by Shinji Aramaki. The elaborately choreographed space battle is obviously modeled on the attack on the Death Star in Star Wars, but the sequence packs more visual punch than the other films in the anthology. Dr. Catherine Halsey ends this segment with the line, "Something tells me this is just the beginning," so additional films may be in the works. Halo Legends was clearly intended to expand the audience for the already-popular franchise, but the shorts aren't strong enough as films to win many viewers who aren't currently members of the "Halo Nation." The disc comes loaded with extras, including a standard making-of mini-documentary about each segment. Although the cover bears the warning "Parents strongly cautioned: Violent Content Throughout," the action in Halo Legends is surprisingly tame. (Rated PG-13: violence, violence against women) --Charles Solomon
Product Description
HALO LEGENDS (BLU-RAY/SP-FR-GER-JAP-NOR-FINN SUB)
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 Halo Legends March 9, 2010
E. Venegas (California)
The stories are really cool! Looks aswome in High-Def!
Great description of the Halo Universe.
Good artwork in HD March 9, 2010
Donald H. Nguyen
There are some corny anime cliches here, but for the most part, it's a worthy addition to the Halo Universe. The best segments are "Origins 1" and "Origins 2", where you get a vision of the Forerunners. In the game they are supposed to be linked to humans, and here, although it's ambiguous what they looked like under their suits, you can still see that they may have been humanoid. Prototype had some corny parts, but the action scenes were incredible.
I agree with another reviewer that an overplayed theme was the "scacrifice mission". Irritated how some Spartans die stupid deaths. While some Spartans are supposed to be 'expendable', for the most part, they're supposed pretty much unbeatable. Like one of them said in the "Halo Reach" trailer, "Spartans never die, they just go MIA" Perhaps they should have more stories where it appears they die, but they're actually still alive, but you have no idea where they are or where they went.
 Worthless even for a Halo Fan March 8, 2010
0mar (Mexico)
I am a big Halo fan and I avoided to watch the episodes on Waypoint or Youtube hoping to be stunned by the final Blu-Ray
Well, the Blu-Ray is here with HD graphics.. but the episodes are a 7 floor pile of trash
I have almost fell asleep watching it.. only the last chapter (Package) is somehow decent
I strongly suggest to download the videos at any quality and avoid spending money on it
For Halo Universe Fans (not only video game fans) March 8, 2010
Augusto Cabrera
I bougth this product just because I was curious, I really wanted to see how an animated production in the halo universe would look like, and I have to say that I am more than satisfied. Why? The stories where not Sierra 117 oriented, with the exception of one where he is part of a Spartan Team. It was very interesting to see the japanese tweaks to the story that made it so interesting.
When you buy and watch this dvd set you have to keep in mind that you are not buying a game, or an anime based on Master Chief. You have to keep in mind that he is only part of a huge universe with a very deep story that is worth watching.
I strongly suggest this dvd set for those interested to see how the halo universe was concieved and why the covenant and the UNSC where so brutal on their fights. I ordered the two dvd set because DVD #2 has a documental sort of, that talks about the halo story so far and it was superb.
This is a great product worth to buy. Kudos to the producers!
A different view. March 5, 2010
James E. Lindsey
I have played and beaten all of the Halo games except Halo Wars and not yet released Halo Reach. I have also read a few of the books and some of them are pretty good. So I figured I would give the anime a shot too. Man was I glad that I did.
It is actually split into seven episodes, though I would debate eight since Origins has two parts. So it is not one full length movie, but pieces that give you some history and honostly some where done for fun in my honost opinion.
Origins I and II were done by Studio 4 C (Tekkon Kinkreet) which gives you background story into Halo by telling you more about it's history than anything previously. The style of animation overall was good, but it moved very slowly for me and is while it will help people new to Halo understand Halo better, it offers more to strong Halo fans.
The Duel is about medievil time period of the Elites and is done by Production I.G. (Fooly Cooly "FLCL") and with Mamoru Oshii (director of Ghost in the Shell) which has a unique water color style with animation. It feels like Feudal Japan with aliens. I don't know how else to explain it other than that. It does move at a Ghost in the Shell style pace which once again is kind of slow, but really the story is quite interesting.
Homecoming is done by Production I.G. once again, but the style of animation is much more vivid. The story goes into the background of how Spartans were trained and kind of created in a sense. By far my favorite piece in Legends. It has a darker tone and has things to offer both fans of the story and people who just really enjoy anime.
Odd One Out is completely none canon so it doesn't offer much to Halo fans. It is meant to be more of a comedy piece. Done by Toei (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, One Piece, Hokuto no Ken "Fist of the North Star") with the animation style of Akira Toriyama this is most definitly geared towards anime fans. I really enjoyed the oddness of it, but if you don't like anime and you just want more story for Halo, you won't enjoy this one as much.
Prototype is done by Studio Bones (Fullmetal Alchemist, Xam'd: Lost Memories, Kurau Phantom Memory, Rahxephon) and is my second favorite piece in this collection. For those of you who know the Halo story well it has to do with The Cole Protocol which is the issue ordered to destroy any devices not yet completed and delete any information that could lead the covenant to Earth. A very dramatic story and quite enjoyable. The animation is great as well. Can be enjoyed by Halo fans and anime fans alike.
Babysitter is done by Studio 4 C once again. It has a slightly lighter tone to the artwork than Homecoming, but is very dark story wise. It follows the ODST and they get signed up with a Spartan. For those who are fans of the Halo story you can guess how they feel what sort of direction the story takes. It honostly was very predictable, but my third favorite piece. Really does well at driving the Halo story and also giving something to anime fans who are curious about the Halo universe outside the games.
The Package directed by Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina, Vexille) is a great piece for fans of Halo and uses computer graphics that make it feel much more like the games. The character artwork is anime style, but you won't really notice that much. Amazing to watch if you are a fan of Halo more than anime. It also says Master Chief's name in it for those of you who don't know his first name. You also see what a group of Spartans are capable of.
Now I tried to avoid spoilers so I just tried to explain more what to expect, so sorry that it's vague. I also was trying to show it from a point of view of someone who enjoys anime and is fairly familiar with the Halo universe.
Finally since I did this on the Blu-Ray version the reason I believe you should go with Blu-Ray. Honostly the art is amazing and the sound might only be 5.1 which is achievable through DVD it is fully uncompressed. To watch this in 1080p was a great experience. The anime groups, companies and directors that worked on this are masters of their field which really helped bring me in and while some of the pieces where slow, they weren't bad. I think it's worth owning even if you just love anime and if you like Halo this adds a lot to the overall story. I listed the names of all the episodes and the studios that worked on them for those who were curious. It is also in the extras which it has plenty of goodies for those who like them and one of the few Movies or rather "OVA" collection that I watched all of them. Honostly I hope you enjoy it as much as I did being a fan of anime and knowing the world of Halo.
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