Halo Legends

Halo Legends is an anime-styled series of seven short films It is under five production houses, namely Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4°C, and Toei Animation.

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. Some stories have been detailed to an extent, and some characters from the novels have made an appearance in Legends. Three-and-a-half of the films were previewed via Halo Waypoint on Xbox Live, and were distributed by Warner Bros.

Halo: Legends was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on February 16, 2010. And on February 9, the Halo Legends Original Soundtrack was released.

Trivia

 * If you buy the Target-exclusive 2-disc DVD of Halo Legends, it comes along with a Senitype Collectible Film Frame which features Halo Legends concept sketch by Shinji Arakmaki. One of the concept sketches shows a ship with a cannon on the front but with Japanese notes pointing out the parts.