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February 16, 2010 "Please retry" | Standard Edition | 2 |
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Format | Multiple Formats, Dolby, Dubbed, AC-3, Blu-ray, Color, Widescreen, Animated, Subtitled |
Contributor | Koji Sawai, Luci Christian, Daisuke Nishio, Eiko Tanaka, Yasushi Muraki, Hideki Futamura, Koichi Mashimo, Shelley Calene-Black, Deke Anderson, Shinji Aramaki, Hiroshi Yamazaki, James Faulkner, Toshiyuki Kanno, Tomoki Kyoda, David Matranga, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 30 minutes |
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Halo Legends (Blu-Ray) This 8 episode anthology of 10-15 minute length each, explores the origin and historical events of the HALO universe, and various characters inhabiting the world. Like Animatrix and Batman Gotham Knight, each of the 8 episodes will be created by a separate prominent Japanese anime producer.
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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
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 6.75 x 5.3 x 0.45 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Director : Toshiyuki Kanno, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Shinji Aramaki, Hideki Futamura, Koichi Mashimo
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Dolby, Dubbed, AC-3, Blu-ray, Color, Widescreen, Animated, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Release date : February 16, 2010
- Actors : James Faulkner, Shelley Calene-Black, Luci Christian, David Matranga, Deke Anderson
- Dubbed: : French, Spanish, Japanese
- Subtitles: : English, French, Japanese, Spanish
- Producers : Eiko Tanaka, Koichi Mashimo, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Warner Home Video
- ASIN : B002WCLG3O
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #82,772 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,931 in Anime (Movies & TV)
- #6,084 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs
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"Halo Legends" is a 2010 German-American-Japanese adult animated military science fiction anthology, the anime compiles seven animated short films, detailing the backstory of the Halo universe, in addition to providing side stories that expand the universe and tie into the film series; the compilation was released on February 16, 2010 in three different retail packages: a standard DVD release with all the episodes, a two-disc special-edition which contains additional commentary, and the Blu-ray Disc edition, featuring the special-edition features and a summary of the Halo storyline; presenting the following episode sequence: Origins I; Origins II; The Duel; Homecoming; Odd One Out; Prototype; The Babysitter; and, The Package.
Animie can do more than real live people, they are mystical and fascinating. The story is spellbinding. Yet we are left wanting more to no avail.
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.
1. The voice overs are not bad, but you do have the option of listening to the voice in Japanese or English. Both are worth a listen.
2. "Odd One Out" is intended to be a parody of the Halo universe. I don't think some of you understood that and unfairly criticized it as something it wasn't.
3. ORIGINS is by far, my favorite part of this collection(actually two parts). Origins is the reason why this DVD will stay in my collection. Cortana's sweeping narration and the effective animation of Studio 4C was amazing. Part II was as much a story about humanity as it was Halo. Although I appreciate the hard work that was put into the other parts, I wish that they where more like these segments. Very impressive.
I'd recommend this DVD if you are looking for a light evening experience. Don't expect to be moved to tears or experience some sort of epiphany, but try and enjoy these episodes for what they are. Ya have some light comedy in there with "Odd One Out", unique animation with "The Duel", all around excellence with "origins", and a decent mix of action/lessons in morality in the rest of the episodes. Not bad, but not great. Make sure you get a good price.
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Lo único malo es que no esta doblado al Español (ni Castellano ni Latino) pero tiene subtitulos :D
diversi episodi cartonati e grafici ispirati sulla saga molto ben fatti..
ognuno con uno stile unico.
ultima cosa...
non centra niente.. ma..
cortana è sempre più gnocca ; )