Halo Legends

[Saggy]

For anyone who has the channel Spike, they're supposed to be showing a previewof Halo Legends on GTTV at 12:30 AM EST tonight/tomorrow morning.

Hopefully it'll be an actual preview with actual footage, but knowing GTTV that's highly unlikely...

[English Mobster]

The name [343 Industries] comes from the 343 Guilty Spark character from Halo, a backstabbing alien robot.

Is it just me, or does 'a backstabbing alien robot" make Guilty Spark sound a million times more fucking awesome than he is?
Also, hoping for no Flood. PLEASE don't do the Flood.
If they do, it will open up new potential for tentacle rape porn...
Also, I think seeing MC is unlikely, at best, so no worries. Frankie was quoted as saying:

"We've seen the world through Master Chief's eyes, and we've experienced facets of the universe through a variety of literary prisms, but now we get to watch new tales unfold in really rich, visually dynamic ways. I think anime fans and 'Halo' fans alike are in for a real treat."

[Heathen]

343 isn't evil.

Protocol dictates action.

[Heathen]

And mobster, MC is in the pictures >.>

[English Mobster]

Alright, I'll give you that he's in a picture, but that picture doesn't make any fucking sense, and someone pointed out earlier that what's in the pictures hardly ever is an actual SCENE from the shorts.

[Sel]

HAhahahahahah, so this is what everyone was talking about when I was playing tf2 earlier.

oh my god olololol

[sevlag]

visually it looks ok but the few things addrtessed i have to agree with...

these are:

1.shitty Jpop theme opening thoing for it
2.anime cliche (please no)
3. other things that ruin anime (tentacle rape, yuri[not really], etc...)

other than that i'm willing to actually watch this IF it oesn't shit to high heaven

[ultama121]

I seriously doubt your issues 1 and 3 are actually going to be present in this. >_>

Two might happen, but once again, we have Studio Bones and Studio 4C.

[teh lag]

3. other things that ruin anime (tentacle rape, yuri[not really], etc...)

yeah there's tentacle rape everywhere in animes, yuri too, those things are all like lesbian monster rape-o-ramas

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/100/1006627p1.html

Some interesting excerpts...

4:31 - [Anime description] Flashes of planets. Very realistic looking until you see Chief who is more of a classic anime character. Some battles scenes. These have the dramatic effect of great anime. Lots of motion lines. Big explosions. Music is new, but clearly Halo.

I am becoming mildly optimistic.

4:32 - Chief and an Elite draw energy swords and circle, preparing for a duel. People cheer. It is pretty damn cool looking. A blend of gorgeous environments and more traditional anime-style characters.

Glad to hear that it at least looks nice.

4:39 - This dude knows how to make anime with some friggin' style. He says he likes videogames. Hooray. Showing sketches. Grunts confirmed.

More hope for the series.... at least visually.

There will be seven episodes from seven different creators. One of these episodes is two parts, because so big. The two part episode basically goes from Forerunner flood, it seems, to end of Halo 3.

Hopes for good character development : dashed. I really, really don't see myself getting attached to someone in someone that's not even a full-length movie.

4:51 - All stories except for "Toys" take place in the universe and are canon. "Toys" is not. It's meant to be a fun and silly exploration of Halo universe.

...Suddenly, I can see all of these jokes we've been making come true.

English and Japanese dub/subtitles for anime.

That's a surprise. I now have a fantasy of a hot-blooded Spartan being played by the man who did Guy Shishioh in GaoGaiGar.

5:03 - They do show Elites wearing smaurai armor. An episode named "Duel." It has a watercolor look. Sounds like this examines Elite's fuedal state before joining Covenant. Production-IG did this episode and did a "beautiful-looking piece."

I feel like that could end up... just odd.

4:58 - Players want to know more about Sgt. Johnson or Cortana. That's what Legends offers. It's a half-confirmation of a Cortana story. I am also half-confirming my interest in this.

I feel like that could be interesting too, but then I remember that this is all gonna be in single-episode format.

5:10 - Some of the episodes of Halo Legends will be pretty violent and some of the stories are pretty dark. "Not pulling any punches" according to O'Connor.

Now we just need to know what they define "dark" as. Still, I'm letting myself get a bit optimistic now. I've at least gained confidence that it will look nice. Storyline(s) and characters.... I still don't know. That format keeps gnawing at anything I think could be interesting.

[InnerGoat]

So does anyone want to discuss what romance will be in this? I'm looking forward to some hot scenes, hopefully with the spartans