Halo Legends

[Saggy]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/digitaljoystick/detail?entry_id=44123


Microsoft announced today at San Diego Comic Con that they are producing a series of animated movies based on Halo and they have signed on some of the top animated film makers and production studios in Japan. This comes on the heels of Hollywood failing to deliver a Halo movie twice (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-videogames23-2009jul23,0,5232624.story).

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/digitaljoystick/detail?entry_id=44123#ixzz0M6OsOpSj


http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/07/haloanime.jpg

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/07/haloanime2.jpg

WTF is this? A Halo anime... I don't know what to say. Just have to see how it turns out.

Oh, and lots of other interesting stuff in that article as well, like 343 Industries and other Halo related stuff.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

lolwut

[Syuusuke]

Why?

[Masterz1337]

This could be the beginning of the end for the franchise.

[Alwin Roth]

Dammit, STILL NO FUCKING LEGO SERIES WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


oh, Assassin's creed the movie? Well let's pray it will be one of those good video game movies like tomb raider 1 or hitman...
unlike resident evil or street fighter -_-


Oh and are those Spartans running in space???
This is completely Whack, but let's see if what will happen...
Hope there's blood -_-

[teh lag]

Halo animes.



I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[Masterz1337]

After seeing those pics, I take it back. This looks pretty cool. And I absolutly hate cartoons of all sorts. (with the exception of old school transformers and the simpsons)

[ICEE]

I imagine it being something like ghost in the shell. a very serious anime, however i doubt it will have as many noods.

As long as the chief never meets this guy ill be fine i guess.
http://www.freewebs.com/inuyasha_lover_4ever/inu%20regular.jpg

[Saggy]

I imagine it being something like ghost in the shell. a very serious anime, however i doubt it will have as many noods.

Just so happens that an animator from Ghost in the Shell is working on this...

Hopefully this is something like Animatrix though. That was pretty cool.

Also, I think it would be wrong to call this an anime. From the looks of it, it doesn't have the anime feel, just more that of an animated film.

[DEElekgolo]

Hopefully they let studio 4C do it. Those guys are awesome.

[PlasbianX]

Microsoft is making 7 halo animies, and Ubisoft is creating 3 live action shorts (similar to Halo's) to advertise for AC2. I think the only think im looking for is the AC2 shorts.. halo anime would be lame.

[InnerGoat]

After seeing those pics, I take it back. This looks pretty cool. And I absolutly hate cartoons of all sorts. (with the exception of old school transformers and the simpsons)

Its not what you think. You'll see. :/


Oh also Modacity now needs an anime section for the halo anime...

[TeeKup]

...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Castle_Bravo_Blast.jpg

Goddamnit Microsoft....

[sdavis117]

Yay, a Halo movie. I'm so excited.......

Wait, what is an amina? Oh wait, you said Anime?

Fuck.

[Needles]

halo anime would be lame.

Yes. The second picture just looks cheesy tbh.

[teh lag]

At the very least, we may see some nice-looking fight scenes. I do not bank on much more, but the Neill Blomkamp stuff at least looked decent. They could probably pull it off in an animated context as well.

I've been disappointed by all of the out-of-game (and hell, even in-game) storytelling - I am fond of the universe and all its lore, but not much else. If this is anything like the HGN or the Marvel comics I won't even bother with it. A decent storyline could be done, but somehow I doubt it'll happen, especially if they're going to be jumping around the timeline like they said they would in the article. The books have at least been bearable means of developing the lore, but I haven't found myself wanting to read them more than once unless it's to double-check some facts about the universe as a whole. I have yet to see any really quality characters come from what we've seen so far, and I doubt the ability of an anime to survive from the lore alone as the games have.

I think they've kinda set themselves up to start in a corner - by definition the Spartans aren't allowed to die unless they start following the Spartans that we already know get killed from the books/etc - they can't really place them in any situations where we feel like they're in danger. Of course, if they do something with Fall of Reach this would change, but even then we already know the outcome. The format they've chosen isn't so good either. Unless they're linked together (which the article would imply isn't the case) I don't think they can cram in a decent story for each individual episode.

Then there's also the issue of whether or not the story universe will remain intact following this. I don't want a bunch of useless shit getting tacked onto the lore for a spin-off that will probably be mediocre at best. (Think of the stuff we all saw from the canceled Halo RPG and tell me you're not worried about this too).

Also, I would like to state that I am very nervous about this following one of the many horrible anime story cliches. I will vomit shit in disgust if this is about an ordinary high school boy who discovers [x] (potential candidates : a forerunner artifact, that he has super-powers as a result of a forerunner artifcat, that his sibling/friend became a Spartan) and has his world turned upside down as he searches for the truth and tries to balance his new life with his friends and family. They should at least try to make this distinctive.

...Actually that last option could be a bit interesting compared to the others.

Oh, and here's a particularly horrible thought : Jpop OP song set to the Halo theme.

One more to haunt your nightmares : grunt moe.

That is all.

[Cagerrin]

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/jawdrop.gif

Fuck. Yes.

FUCK. YES.

I'm going to go cry tears of joy now.

On another note this confirms my "Halo stole stuff from BGC" :conspiracy: theory.

[Hotrod]

Ok, is it just, or do those spaceships that the Spartans are riding on look completely ridiculous and implausible? They don't capture the Halo feel very well. I also have a feeling that this won't stick to cannon very well either, due to Master Chief being there, with other Spartans, all using the new Mark VI armor. This would say that the game happens after Halo 3, where most of the Spartans are dead, and Master Chief is stuck outside the galaxy.

In short, I find it looks lame, and that it will fail.

[Joshflighter]

Star Wars tie fighters? :o

:\

[Rook]

hey guess what,

I lol'd upon opening this thread

[ExAm]

I'm not forming an opinion on this until I see it. I advise the rest of you to do the same.

[Cagerrin]

I'm not forming an opinion on this until I see it. I advise the rest of you to do the same.
Pfft. They've got Shinji Aramaki and the studio that did GitS. It really can't be bad.

e: am I the only one who saw Briareos/Deunan/Tereus in Ex Machina as Master Chief/Cortana/Arbiter?

[ThePlague]

So they fail on making a real action movie, and decide to pull a japan and do anime...fantastic.

[sdavis117]

http://www.modacity.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=134&pictureid=962

This is what happens when you mix Halo with Anime.

[Alwin Roth]

still dont see how she can fit all that hair in the helmet...

[sdavis117]

still dont see how she can fit all that hair in the helmet...

It's Anime. If it is wearing a suit, it is a female with more hair than could possibly fit in her helmet.

[Cagerrin]

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Characters/linna_hs2040.jpg

This is what happens when you mix Halo with Anime.
ftfy

[Llama Juice]

I was gunna post this thread... lol I was a bit late though *sigh*

This made me lol tears of blood.

[PopeAK49]

I find it quite funny that they are running in space.

[SnaFuBAR]

TBH the majority of you guys sound fucking retarded.
"LOL HALO ANIMEZ"
A bunch of snap judgments perpetuated by your own belligerent ignorances.

imo, the art looks very well done, and I can only hope that it does the canon justice.

[ExAm]

I find it quite funny that they are running in space.
Oh quiet down, it's a promo poster, they never show actual scenes.

[PopeAK49]

:mech: I know it's just a promo and stuff, but still. Running in space is just funny to me. This looks actually pretty cool though.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I hope this will be cool in the end, too bad we have to wait forever til we see it :S

[Limited]

No, just no...

[Good_Apollo]

TBH the majority of you guys sound fucking retarded.
"LOL HALO ANIMEZ"
A bunch of snap judgments perpetuated by your own belligerent ignorances.

imo, the art looks very well done, and I can only hope that it does the canon justice.
/Agree

There is more to anime than just stupid magic girl storylines with purple haired characters. This could be good, better than nothing anyway... (starved for Halo content)

The Halo Universe is an expansive one and those that think it should be confined to the 4 games we have now along with the few books are just holding the series back. There's more to tell and I think any real fan will benefit.

[n00b1n8R]

I would love for this to be good. I really would.
But seriously, it's pretty obvious that M$ hates Halo and is just pimping it out to squeeze every $$$ they can from it's dry skeletal corpse.
Bungie should sue for full custody tbqh.

[SnaFuBAR]

I would love for this to be good. I really would.
But seriously, it's pretty obvious that M$ hates Halo and is just pimping it out to squeeze every $$$ they can from it's dry skeletal corpse.
Bungie should sue for full custody tbqh.

:lolugh:

[legionaire45]

As long as they keep with the tone and themes in the series it should be fine. I don't mind the format so much as I'm afraid that in the process of "anime"-ifying it they'll completely miss all of the stuff that makes Halo...Halo.

Although I do have to say that the vehicles the spartans are riding in that image look terrible and don't make a whole lot of sense :P.

PS. You guys should watch real hentai instead of this porn stuff.

[ultama121]

This might be good.

They have two god-tier production studios to work on this... (Bones and Studio 4C)
Halo's storyline is quite mediocre though.
Defintely expect high quality art/animation/music and the like. Both Bones and Studio 4C are known for high production values.

[Heathen]

TBH the majority of you guys sound fucking retarded.
"LOL HALO ANIMEZ"
A bunch of snap judgments perpetuated by your own belligerent ignorances.

imo, the art looks very well done, and I can only hope that it does the canon justice.
Fuck you snaf. I was gonna say all of that and be the first one to say "Shut up its got potential"

[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... :gonk:
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."

:ugh: 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 :q:

[ExAm]

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.
cough gravemind cough

[Saggy]

Apparently, one of the episodes is filmed entirely in CG... sounds interesting at the least.

[kid908]

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."
:ugh: I feel like that could end up... just odd.


That might give a bit of backstory to the elite and I believe the samurai armour is the honor guard style armor (think about it...)

That's one scene I wouldn't mind seeing.

@Everyone: Who said a green armoured spartan is Master Chief?

I'm looking forward to this, but it seems to me that everytime America import something from Japan and have it remade to be American oriented, it ends up crap and vice versa (example of vice versa is Beast Wars II movie).

As long as the Japanese are overseeing the animation and the Americans are overseeing the production and Hollywood stay the fuck away from the story, it should be atleast a decent movie.

[Rob Oplawar]

I'm not making a snap judgement here, Snaf. This is the result of years of buildup:

Halo 1, action figures, three books, guides, art books, halo 2, more action figures, artwork prints, clothes, more action figures, halo 3, board games, "action clix", graphic novel, comic books, toys, merchandising, and now instead of what had potential to be the only good video game movie and a fantastic sci-fi film to boot, which would have been the only thing that could have turned me around, we're getting anime.

Halo is now officially Harry Potter to me. As I once loved those books, I now can't stand the thought of Halo. Microsoft pushed it past the breaking point for me. It is overmarketed and oversold to the point of my disgust.

Wake me when Bungie announces their non-Halo-related title.

[thehoodedsmack]

@Everyone: Who said a green armoured spartan is Master Chief?

The "117" on the armour is a good give-away.

[kid908]

The "117" on the armour is a good give-away.

ah. but the first one doesn't look like mc, as far as the name assigned number. I was using that one since it seems more plausible, as far as a scene from the show, and he looks important. The second one seem to be more of "This is NOT a ripoff of Halo, but is Halo - we have Master Chief here to prove it" poster.

[k4is3rxkh40s]

Halo Legends Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-halo-legends/53157?type=flv)

I personally think it looks pretty cool.

[Heathen]

Well, watched the trailer. Saw cortana and chief.
Looks liek I win Mobster.

[Heathen]

Why am I seeing like 3 or 4 different animation styles too?

[k4is3rxkh40s]

Why am I seeing like 3 or 4 different animation styles too?


Different studios, different artists

[Heathen]

so...the shows gonna be mish mash of animations?

[k4is3rxkh40s]

so...the shows gonna be mish mash of animations?


Kinda sorta yeah. Think Animatrix. Different styles for different stories. I'm assuming so anyways

[Bodzilla]

PS. You guys should watch real hentai instead of this porn stuff.
:confused:

[ultama121]

Oh god I just noticed that. :lol:

[legionaire45]

Oh god I just noticed that. :lol:
Your signature reaks of quality.

[Advancebo]

Whats with the Bones segment? The spartan looked like a mech with the mounted cannons and jetpack stuff.

[Good_Apollo]

Whats with the Bones segment? The spartan looked like a mech with the mounted cannons and jetpack stuff.That could be an old old old Mjolnir model (They were bulkier, the descriptions of the older units are vague if I remember) or that could be one of the other types of power suits mentioned in the books (construction was mentioned, why not combat?). Dunno if it's ever been highly explicit whether they were clad to the skin or whatever.

[Kornman00]

Halo animes.



I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
how about both? while rioting...and punch infants

[English Mobster]

OK, Heathen, I saw Chief, but no Cortana.
Also, what the hell is up with that one chick Spartan we see taking off her helmet/pointing a pistol at the girl in the stroller/wheelchair-thingy in the rose garden? I paused right there, and all I see is what looks like a scene from the Pokemon universe's version of Cops.

Also, other things I've noticed:
THE HELL IS UP WITH THE SAMURAI ELITE ARMOR?
MC/Arby duel scene: Fucking awesome looking.
Why is MC riding a robot armed with what looks like a Warthog chaingun and emblazoned with the number "117" through space and into a Covenant ship hangar? WHY?

[Good_Apollo]

OK, Heathen, I saw Chief, but no Cortana.
Also, what the hell is up with that one chick Spartan we see taking off her helmet/pointing a pistol at the girl in the stroller/wheelchair-thingy in the rose garden? I paused right there, and all I see is what looks like a scene from the Pokemon universe's version of Cops.

Also, other things I've noticed:
THE HELL IS UP WITH THE SAMURAI ELITE ARMOR?
MC/Arby duel scene: Fucking awesome looking.
Why is MC riding a robot armed with what looks like a Warthog chaingun and emblazoned with the number "117" through space and into a Covenant ship hangar? WHY?Why not? Who are you to decide for Bungie/Microsoft what belongs or doesn't in THEIR fictional universe?

I've yet to see anything that really justifies your guys' outcries. If I see any Kamehamehas, talking cats/toys, or swords longer than cars we can all start bitching justly, but not until. :maddowns:

[Delta4907]

MC/Arby duel scene: Fucking awesome looking.

That's arbiter? At which time are you talking about?

[sevlag]

i saw the thing on XBL and i have to say its OK looking, the MC mech thingy made me go :\

the flying segment made me go ???

the last part with the elite was cool, so maybe it wonmt be a total lost

[teh lag]

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/uh.jpg
IS THAT YOU NUNALLY???

(I am reminded of someone somewhere else joking that CLAMP should do the character designs, which sounds lol at first but then I realized that it would probably actually work for the Spartans to look as tall as our friends in Code Geass...)

-Music sounds good, certainly more Halo-like than what we got in Halo Wars, and that's a major plus for me.
-Animation looks *ok* but there's quite a few art things I'm not liking... the space motorbikes for one, the Samurai elite we saw for another. They may looks considerably better when we see them in full action, but I'm still not totally sold.
-The opening shot with the astronaut looking at the earth, and then we see the MAC array was pretty nice. Makes me think we might have some decent stories after all.
-I am disturbed by the presence of the Mk. VI armor everywhere. I don't like it when people screw up with the canon regarding what things look like.
-Despite what everyone is saying, I like the spartan in the exoskeleton/mech thing. Full-blown mechs (AHEM, Halo Wars) rub me the wrong way when placed in Halo but we know from the books that the exoskeletons were part of the Mjolnir's development, so why not explore that a little?

One last note :

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/sppahrtine1337.jpg

:ugh: please let this be the silly one, don't go messing up our count of 300 spartan candidates

[rossmum]

Awesome. The new be-all and end-all of milking a franchise seems to be to make it into an anime. Brilliant.

[L0d3x]

Awesome. The new be-all and end-all of milking a franchise seems to be to make it into an anime. Brilliant.

Ugh indeed, just, ugh.

:smith:

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

nice 1337

[Rob Oplawar]

Production I.G? Ok, now I'm intrigued. Ghost in the Shell is the only anime I've ever liked.
Still, murgh, Halo overdose, I can no longer defend it against the criticisms of the likes of Yahtzee.

[teh lag]

http://www.globalhalo.com


Interesting.

Very interesting.

[FRain]

Warning: This is a private website, wtf?

[teh lag]

Dee, don't be a faggot.

[DEElekgolo]

http://www.globalhalo.com


Interesting.

Very interesting.
Doesn't seem to be halo related though.

[teh lag]

Aside from Halo in its title and its similarity to the early parts of the terminals viral campaign, yeah I guess you're right.

Actually, it seems I might be off after all. (Google cache is from june, youtube profile linking to this site is from 2007).

Oh well.

(For the record : me calling him a faggot was a result of him spamming up the chat there. I stand by my statement.)

[English Mobster]

Also, what the hell is up with that one chick Spartan we see taking off her helmet/pointing a pistol at the girl in the stroller/wheelchair-thingy in the rose garden? I paused right there, and all I see is what looks like a scene from the Pokemon universe's version of Cops.


http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/uh.jpg
IS THAT YOU NUNALLY???
THERE. That's the picture I was talking about. Seriously, WHAT THE HELL?
E: Of course, we know the Magnums don't do much damage anyway, so does it really matter? =P

[teh lag]

THERE. That's the picture I was talking about. Seriously, WHAT THE HELL?

yeah what the FUCK how DARE anything Halo not have giant fucking badass men and aliens pounding the fuck out of each other and shooting each others fucking heads off, none of this fruity anime fucking bullshit

SEPIA COLOR PALLETE
BLOOD AND GUTS EVERYWHERE
BLOOD
GUTS
EVERYWHERE

(of everything that we could possibly see going wrong with this, i don't think "looking like pokemon" is going to be a major issue)

[Alwin Roth]

BhhmpbVDmZo

[mech]

So the MC is 6ft 5 120 lbs, cool.

[n00b1n8R]

The spartan has flowing blond hair at 0:57 :gonk:

However, some of the bits looked promising and the music shat halo from 0:16 so I'm cautiously optimistic.

[MetKiller Joe]

Looks decent. I will watch it.

Though, it doesn't look like the studios are getting creative with the animation of the Spartans. Looks more like somebody drew on their experience on Gundam.

The actual art just isn't consistent and seems sloppy. It would be fine for a regular anime, but this is Halo we are talking about being developed by leading anime studios along with MS. I expected much more (like Ghost in Shell calibre artwork).

Meh, its the trailer.

[Joshflighter]

:(

Wtf, blond?

Racist. And why is he a white guy?

Again. Racist.

That guy from that harvard place is right, there all racist!

(but really, It looks terrible imo. I thought it was atleast somewhat halo looking. This is anime+scifi+mashup of big weapons. :\)

[Warsaw]

There better be no Gundam Masterchief or some shit like that, or Japan will become quite devoid of all life. Would be cool of Gonzo were doing it. :-3

[kid908]

Level of detail is extremely low for the drawing (especially compared to DeathNote, but is average for most anime) and explosions for the cgi are 1 dimensional; looks bad and flat.

[Good_Apollo]

You guys must have hated the Graphic Novel... :shake:

[hry]

This made me lol tears of blood.

^ :smith:

[Heathen]

You guys must have hated the Graphic Novel... :shake:
Most of them.

[ultama121]

There better be no Gundam Masterchief or some shit like that, or Japan will become quite devoid of all life. Would be cool of Gonzo Gainax were doing it. :-3
ftfy :eng101:

Oh but then we'll get a half assed ending... vOv

[TeeKup]

There better be no Gundam Masterchief or some shit like that, or Japan will become quite devoid of all life. Would be cool of Gonzo were doing it. :-3

Halo already pulled a gundam when the MC was first landing on the Ark.

[ExAm]

Halo already pulled a gundam when the MC was first landing on the Ark.
I think he's referring to some kind of giant Master Chief shaped robot :S

[TeeKup]

Oh god no! :gonk:

[Warsaw]

ftfy :eng101:

Oh but then we'll get a half assed ending... vOv

Haha, true...*looks at Last Exile*

Also, TeeKup, the closest Halo has come to Gundam is the Scorpion Tank...I swear it looks like one of the tanks that Gundam Wing used at one point as Red Shirt units.

[Arteen]

You guys must have hated the Graphic Novel... :shake:
I'm excited for this. I don't see how they could make this more disappointing than the HGN.

[PopeAK49]

I think the Arby looks pretty badass.

[Heathen]

ftfy :eng101:

Oh but then we'll get a half assed ending... vOv
would be :iamafag:

[sevlag]

so i was on the dashbaord of meh 360 and saw a thoing for it, the one with the "brute" throttling the life out of the chief, but the brute looked like grimace with armor on...

and WHAT THE SHIT IS THAT BRUTE WEARING? figures japan would make SOMETHING wear samurai armor >.>

[teh lag]

Q&A with Frankie... http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=932978




: who is "1337" Spartan?

He's in off-canon for laffs episode by Toei, which in no way prevents the RvB thing.

Thank God.



: Is there a canon explanation for the Spartans wearing MK.VI in the
: promotional images, or is it just the artistic direction?

: What's up with the space rocket motorbikes?

: Will any characters or events from the novels make an appearance in Legends?

Sausage-making answer is that Mark VI amor is as much to do with a graphical generational leap as anything else. Canonical reason is that armor aesthetics are secondary to purpose - hence MP variants, etc.

The Booster Frames are EVA specific purpose machines cobbled together for a very black ops mission and are purpose built to do a single task.

Yes. A few. Cool ones.

Glad to see that taken care of as well.


: 6. Does seven films include both parts of Origins?

Eight pieces, seven episodes. That make sense?

1. 4C's History piece - 2 parts.
2. Bones "Prototype" piece
3. Casio/Aramaki's Spartan/Space battle stuff
4. Toei's shenanigans
5. I.G's Duel (Elites around the time of the Prophet alliance)
6. I.G's exploration of the Spartan "recruitment" tragedy (kidnapping, etc)
7. 4C's ODST/Spartan rivalry

Some of these sound interesting... Also I totally called a story involving the Spartan children.


: 2. Will we (ever) see a Forerunner in the "flesh", and does any of
: the fiction tie into Mr. Bear's upcoming novel trilogy?

You'll see elements of the civilization and its technology and yes, it will connect. Mr. Aramaki is a HUGE Greg Bear fan, coincidentally.

Cool, cool...



: Will we learn of what happened to Cortana between Halo 2 and 3 while she was
: held captive by the Grave Mind? I always though it was odd she turned out
: just fine after sending so many transmissions during Halo 3.

hmmm.

I am now very intrigued.



Length:

They vary between ten and fifteen and twenty minutes. One is more like a half hour and thus split into two obvious parts (the 4C "Origins" episode).

.....

Oh.

E : More info!!! http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/100/1007244p1.html



4C is doing two episodes, "Origins" (a two-parter) and another tentatively titled "Babysitter." The first is a telling of the entire history of the Halo-verse from the perspective of a mystery character. It won't be Master Chief. It could be the Gravemind or a Forerunner (our best guess). It doesn't sound as if the perspective will jump from one character to the next, so the retelling of the Forerunners up through Halo 3 would require someone with knowledge of every event. It's certainly an epic story. And in the new trailer, you see Master Chief frozen in stasis. It does go there. O'Connor told us there are characters people have never seen before and some appearances that might prove surprising. "Babysitter" examines the interactions between ODSTs and Spartans. The rivalry will be fully explored and there should be a lot of tension. Though O'Connor wouldn't name a specific date the episode takes place, he said it is several years before Halo 1.

liking this


The TOEI episode may garner the most grumbling from the community. This is the one episode that is clearly not canonical. TOEI does over-the-top kid-oriented anime like Dragon Ball Z. 343 encouraged TOEI to go all out and be as zany and madcap as they wanted. The reason for this episode, according to O'Connor, is that many Halo fans are parents. But Halo is very much a mature-themed game and its side content (comics, novels and no anime) are also meant for an older crowd. This is the episode that parents can share with their kids. It stars Spartan 1337. If you laughed at that, you are prepped and ready to watch this episode. The episode is appropriately titled "Odd One Out."

Ok, of all of them this is the only one that sounds really abhorrent. At the very least it may be fun.


The episode from Bones is truly for mech geeks. Aramaki, who did designs for Macross and Mospeada, designed the experimental power-armored suit showcased in this episode. A marine has been sent to a distant planet to destroy this powered armor, but when he arrives he finds the planet is still inhabited by humans who are under siege by the Covenant. The suit is their only hope for survival. So he disobeys orders and keeps that suit -- at least temporarily -- the help the civilians. Ichiro Itano is responsible for the classic "missile dance" featured in the Macross Saga. In fact, it's called the Itano-Circus. One of his three disciples, Yasushi Muraki, directed this episode. He knew that Aramaki could make a brilliant design for the power armor and indeed he did. These two collaborators bring what is described as "mech porn" to the Halo universe. Expect a firefight like you've never before seen in any Halo game.


:tehlag:



Production IG is doing two episodes. The first, "Homecoming" is in a more traditional style. It's about Spartans coming to terms with their origins (flash-cloning, being kidnapped at a young age, etc.). Some of this was explained in the Fall of Reach novel, but this will explore some different territory. The star is a female Spartan. Yes, a lady.

The other is "Duel" done in an interesting watercolor style. This tells the story of the Elite as they are first interacting with the Covenant. O'Connor likened it to the first time Japan met with Portugal. Japan was an isolated, insular society and that radically changed after that point. And so two are the Elite, who get swept up in all the Covenant craziness. And there are brutes in samurai helmets.

Casio Entertainment is doing the full CG episode title "The Package." It's possible this story will also be broken into two parts (making for seven stories and nine total episodes). We don't know what "The Package" is, but it's being delivered by a group of Spartans. This one features some amazing space battles. We were able to watch a few minutes of these battles and it's truly a sight to behold. The Spartans can be seen flying Booster Frames, which are small, lightly-armored ships that look a bit like a cross between an X-Wing and a Speeder Bike.

This story comes from the writer of Cowboy Bebop. Though the first half has a lot of air combat, there's quite a lot of action in the belly of the Covenant ship. Expect some gun and hand-to-hand battles. As was seen in the debut trailer, Master Chief squares off against an Elite in a plasma sword duel.

Cool enough.

I am still very disappointed by and wary of the episode length.

[TeeKup]

Haha, true...*looks at Last Exile*

Also, TeeKup, the closest Halo has come to Gundam is the Scorpion Tank...I swear it looks like one of the tanks that Gundam Wing used at one point as Red Shirt units.

When he was landing on the Ark in the pelican, the enitre door opening scene was reminiscent of the gundam launching bay doors opening.

[ExAm]

When he was landing on the Ark in the pelican, the enitre door opening scene was reminiscent of the gundam launching bay doors opening.
I would say that's a complete and total coincidence.

[n00b1n8R]

The other is "Duel" done in an interesting watercolor style. This tells the story of the Elite as they are first interacting with the Covenant. O'Connor likened it to the first time Japan met with Portugal. Japan was an isolated, insular society and that radically changed after that point. And so two are the Elite, who get swept up in all the Covenant craziness. And there are brutes in samurai helmets.

Wasn't it specifically stated in Halo 2 by Regret or Truth (can't remember which) that the covenant was formed at the end of the Prophet/Elite war once the prophets discovered the forerunner's "great journey"?

And weren't brutes a relatively new addition to the covenant by the time of the Halo series?

am nerd ragen

[ultama121]

Callin' it right now, Bones is going to have the best one. :realsmug:

[Limited]

After watching the trailer, I take back what Ive previously said saying I'd love anything Halo.

The anime is butchering what Halo is truely about. I dont want the story to be covered in candy so kids will think its adorable and love it. Thats not what Halo is about, survival, its gritty, horrific and desperate, anime will never be able to portray that.

[ultama121]

Slow down there Limited. Microsoft word spell check has found a few problems with your post!

I dont want the story to be covered in candy so kids will think its adorable and love it.No idea how you gathered that it will be like that.

Thats not what Halo is about, survival, its gritty, horrific and desperate, anime will never be able to portray that.This is the funniest part of your post. Why? Its as if you're making a statement that not only has no backing and is completely based on bias, but also completely ignores the several anime that portray those exact same qualities infinitely better! Good thing that wasn't a real post!

Seriously though, the places where Halo truely is compelling is in its art, music, and gameplay. Even there Halo doesn't beat too many good anime. Its plot and characters are nothing special as well, so that certainly doesn't help.

Now for the third issue. You pulled that entire judgement out of the trailer. Welp.

E: I do agree though that it should be a bit more gritty and doesn't seem entirely like Halo in its themes. It was more so the second part of the post that brought up my nerd rage. Lol.

[Limited]

Yes my post is 100% bias, that doesnt mater one bit, why? Because these are being made for the fans. If for some bizarre reason they are made for general people who might not be fans, then that just confirms my sugar coating beliefs.

You complain to me that I am bias, yet your sig and avatar is 100% anime.

My statement has no backings? I watched the bloody trailer. I've seen the "promotional" materials. Its not being true to the story. Since when have you see MC flying, no gliding through the air with such grace? No where, apart from poorly thoughtout anime.

If it fully fits the Halo series, then I will accept it, if it was an animated graphical novel I would be praising it. Anime however, is completely different and I believe will not suit the Halo style one bit, it will dumb down the seriousness and the true despair that occurs in the story.

If your going to expand on a story, that has been around for years. They need to stay true to the series and true to the style of story telling for the series.

[ultama121]

I wasn't really defending Halo Legends, I was more so defending anime in general.
I was more so responding to

anime will never be able to portray that.which has no backing.

Edit: I think we might be on a separate page here. I assumed that when you posted you meant that anime wouldn't be able to portray those separate qualities qualities well. If you mean that anime won't be able to portray the Halo universe, I may not 100% agree with you, but I understand that.

[Limited]

I wasn't really defending Halo Legends, I was more so defending anime in general.
I was more so responding to
which has no backing.
Its like if the teletubies were to do a drugs campaign. You might take it in, but at the end of the day, its still the teletubies right?

I think its aparent that I'm not a fan of animies, I just see it making the Halo series look like a fool, look very childish. Because at the end of the day the majority of animie is childish.

[n00b1n8R]

Is.. is limited taking halo's plot... seriously?

somebody hybridise :lmao: and :suicide: into an emote which applys to this situation, gogogo.

[ultama121]

Because at the end of the day the majority of animie is childish.
Limited, you're acting as if you know exactly what you're talking about. Do you have all of the information to make a claim about majorities, or are you just accepting the "anime is for kids" stereotype brought fourth to you?

If you want I can list anime aimed for mature audiences.

[Warsaw]

. Because at the end of the day the majority of animie is childish.

WRONG SIR. A majority of it is grim, and not suitable for little childrens. I just think they picked the wrong studios to do this. Anime can be very well-done, or it can butcher awesome stuff. In this case, I think it might do the latter, but I will reserve my judgement, because I am a fan of well-made anime...

[ExAm]

Oh god, Limited thinks the majority of anime is for kids? That's priceless XD

[Limited]

Mainstream anime has been saturated with childish anime that has taken the true essence of anime away. Its the editing and dubbing that really strikes me as the core of what I class as childish.


Oh god, Limited thinks the majority of anime is for kids? That's priceless XD
Um no, childish doesnt always mean kids. Why were cartoons invented? To help adults express their "childish" thoughts but some was also aimed at children, wasnt the whole reason but it was one contributing factor.

[Warsaw]

You fail to realise that what is mainstream in our sheltered Western lives is by no means mainstream in the birthplace of the genre.

[ultama121]

So you're judging all anime based on what people make mainstream in America?

[Limited]

You fail to realise that what is mainstream in our sheltered Western lives is by no means mainstream in the birthplace of the genre.
This is precisely the point, we are getting false idologies shoved down our throats that isnt true to the source material (true original anime).

Cant you see why this Halo legend thing links in? It would just be another iteration of the maze of anime.

In my opinion when western ideas meet eastern art, the end result is unappealing to me. I.e. the trailer for Halo legends, and its not even something I can put up with, like say to myself, I'll put up with the shockingly bad front just to hear the story. I just cant, it wont be Halo anymore.


So you're judging all anime based on what people make mainstream in America?

No, I have no idea what anime shows they have in America. All I know is the ones here are very poor and poor representation.

I do remember one anime show I loved when I was a kid. It was about some boy who lived on a planet, wasnt earth but it had grass and trees and everything. Cant remember the name, they had weird hair like a pom pom.

[ultama121]

Ah, I didn't mean America, I just wasn't thinking, I meant other parts of the world.

[Limited]

Ah, I didn't mean America, I just wasn't thinking, I meant other parts of the world.
Well yes, I obviously know theres alot more to anime that just the stuff us westerners see. However Japanese anime is designed for Japan, not westerners, hense the big cultural shock for me and is a reason I detest the artwork. Well not the artwork, its more of the animation style. If it was a single frame drawn out then yes I would love the picture.

[k4is3rxkh40s]

This is precisely the point, we are getting false idologies shoved down our throats that isnt true to the source material (true original anime).

Cant you see why this Halo legend thing links in? It would just be another iteration of the maze of anime.

In my opinion when western ideas meet eastern art, the end result is unappealing to me. I.e. the trailer for Halo legends, and its not even something I can put up with, like say to myself, I'll put up with the shockingly bad front just to hear the story. I just cant, it wont be Halo anymore.



No, I have no idea what anime shows they have in America. All I know is the ones here are very poor and poor representation.

I do remember one anime show I loved when I was a kid. It was about some boy who lived on a planet, wasnt earth but it had grass and trees and everything. Cant remember the name, they had weird hair like a pom pom.


You're basically taking the route against this, just as a child would while their parents are trying to get them to eat their vegetables, after the child ate some disgusting rotten vegetable or seaweed or something else; "I DON'T WANNA BECAUSE IT WILL TASTE GROSS JUST LIKE THAT _____"

For one, just like the child, you won't know until you try it; or in this case, watch it. Two; how are you supposed to take in physics with the "NO ONE CAN GLIDE LIKE THAT," when Master Chief had a bomb blow behind him, giving him a huge boost, entered the earth's atmosphere, and crash into Africa without so much as a concussion.


Well yes, I obviously know theres alot more to anime that just the stuff us westerners see. However Japanese anime is designed for Japan, not westerners, hense the big cultural shock for me and is a reason I detest the artwork. Well not the artwork, its more of the animation style. If it was a single frame drawn out then yes I would love the picture. Just because anime was started up and has its roots in Japan, doesn't mean it's just for Japan. Just because Coldplay/U2/(insert euro band that hit it big in America) came from Europe, doesn't mean they're just for Europeans. And you know what? I'm quite sure the animation done in Japan is done a single frame at a time more often than the shit on Western television right now.

[English Mobster]

I don't like anime in general. There are 2 things essential to ANY story: plot and art. And anime fails on both accounts.


The plotlines are ALWAYS confusing, IF they make any sense at all. I was watching an anime one time about a guy who talked to a girl at school over some Instant Messenger. They both liked each other, and so it seemed like they would get together. Then the guy goes to some Japanese holiday's special fair/festival thing, finds some random girl who had no connection to the story and was never mentioned before, and starts to date her. The end. It was like the whole half-hour of stuff which happened before the final scene even mattered. And don't even get me started on this whole S.O.S. brigade thing, which STILL confuses the fuck out of me. Also, I just can't believe that the guy is seriously using a sword twice the size of him with any kind of accuracy. You ever try to swing a sword which is 12 feet long? It doesn't go over well.
The artwork always feels lazy. They repeat the exact same 2 frames over again to represent someone talking, when it's just someone opening and closing their mouth. The characters in the background don't even MOVE. The cars are stopped at a green light. The people are frozen in mid-step. It's like they're walking in a street full of statues. It seems like someone slapped it together as fast and as cheap as possible to make a quick buck.

Long story short, I may like Hentai, but I don't like anime.

Anime IS not Halo.

[ultama121]

English Mobster, two things back.



Just because you don't understand the storyline doesn't mean its that confusing. Even when they are confusing, they really aren't that hard to understand. Just put a little thought into it. :ugh:
You're overgeneralizing. I'm not even going to make a response longer than that.

[Warsaw]

Limited, a very large portion of Japanese anime plots and themes have roots in European history...just thought I'd toss that out.

English Mobster
1. Not true. Last Exile wasn't confusing. Blue Submarine No. 6 wasn't confusing. Akira makes sense, and so does Princess Mononoke. You just can't jump in during the middle of an arc, that's all...and you shouldn't be doing that with any story really. S.O.S. Brigade is not one of the better animes, actually. I think it's shit, tbqh. Also, the plots are thicker and more intriguing than most Western stuff...the only Western TV programmes I can think of that twist it up as much as anime does are Torchwood and Doctor Who, and both of those are set in the same universe (kudos to BBC for this, just watched Children of Earth and it was riveting).

2. I cede the point about lip motions. Then again, videogames did the same thing for awhile, so do a lot of western cartoons, and the lip motions are made more for the Japanese language than for English (since we all seem to speak it here). As for statuesque backdrops, I can't remember the last time I saw that...maybe it was in Pokémon, but that isn't exactly definitive either.

[Limited]

Uh I have tried it, which is why I posted saying I don't like it.

I never said it was unrealistic I said it wasn't very Halo. There are certain physic laws that apply to Halo.

Not everything adapters to everyones taste.

[Heathen]

Cool, so a diff animator for each episode?

badass.

[Warsaw]

If they used Ghost in the Shell mechanics, then it would work. That would actually fit very well in the Halo universe. Gundam mechanics or anything flashy, forget it.

[ultama121]

Uh I have tried it, which is why I posted saying I don't like it.
Let me guess... you watched the first episode of like... one anime that one your friends told you about...

[sevlag]

listen, at the end of the day, it may or may not suck...we're gonna have to watch in order to see for ourselves

cant wait to see grimace beat the crap out of that leet spartan though, hopin toei throws in a guitar or two xD

[Roostervier]

I don't like anime in general. There are 2 things essential to ANY story: plot and art. And anime fails on both accounts.


The plotlines are ALWAYS confusing, IF they make any sense at all. I was watching an anime one time about a guy who talked to a girl at school over some Instant Messenger. They both liked each other, and so it seemed like they would get together. Then the guy goes to some Japanese holiday's special fair/festival thing, finds some random girl who had no connection to the story and was never mentioned before, and starts to date her. The end. It was like the whole half-hour of stuff which happened before the final scene even mattered. And don't even get me started on this whole S.O.S. brigade thing, which STILL confuses the fuck out of me. Also, I just can't believe that the guy is seriously using a sword twice the size of him with any kind of accuracy. You ever try to swing a sword which is 12 feet long? It doesn't go over well.
The artwork always feels lazy. They repeat the exact same 2 frames over again to represent someone talking, when it's just someone opening and closing their mouth. The characters in the background don't even MOVE. The cars are stopped at a green light. The people are frozen in mid-step. It's like they're walking in a street full of statues. It seems like someone slapped it together as fast and as cheap as possible to make a quick buck.

Long story short, I may like Hentai, but I don't like anime.

Anime IS not Halo.
Lol, "if I can't understand it, it's too confusing." Don't blame mental inferiority on anime. :realsmug:

On a more serious note, you're generalizing all of anime by the (what it sounds like) very few you have seen. Stop it, you are only looking stupid. I can agree that there shouldn't be a Halo anime, and I think this shit will suck, but don't say anime is stupid just because it doesn't have an overly simple plot and because older anime re-used frames to save money.

[TeeKup]

If they used Ghost in the Shell mechanics, then it would work. That would actually fit very well in the Halo universe. Gundam mechanics or anything flashy, forget it.

Replace the freedom gundam with a longsword and there ya go.
3bzpFP6JzMs

:phonegonk:

[Hunter]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/07/haloanime2.jpg

Wow, amazing modelling reference. You can see all of the detail and depth of the detail easilly, this can help when modelling the MC. Think I will save it.

[DEElekgolo]

Toon shaders always brought out the details in models. Gotta find out what they used to render that.

[Roostervier]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/07/haloanime2.jpg

Wow, amazing modelling reference. You can see all of the detail and depth of the detail easilly, this can help when modelling the MC. Think I will save it.

:ugh:

You're kidding right?

[rossmum]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/07/haloanime2.jpg

Wow, amazing modelling reference. You can see all of the detail and depth of the detail easilly, this can help when modelling the MC. Think I will save it.
:ohdear:

[annihilation]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/07/haloanime2.jpg

Wow, amazing modelling reference. You can see all of the detail and depth of the detail easilly, this can help when modelling the MC. Think I will save it.

You best be joking.

[PlasbianX]

I don't like anime in general. There are 2 things essential to ANY story: plot and art. And anime fails on both accounts.


The plotlines are ALWAYS confusing, IF they make any sense at all. I was watching an anime one time about a guy who talked to a girl at school over some Instant Messenger. They both liked each other, and so it seemed like they would get together. Then the guy goes to some Japanese holiday's special fair/festival thing, finds some random girl who had no connection to the story and was never mentioned before, and starts to date her. The end. It was like the whole half-hour of stuff which happened before the final scene even mattered. And don't even get me started on this whole S.O.S. brigade thing, which STILL confuses the fuck out of me. Also, I just can't believe that the guy is seriously using a sword twice the size of him with any kind of accuracy. You ever try to swing a sword which is 12 feet long? It doesn't go over well.
The artwork always feels lazy. They repeat the exact same 2 frames over again to represent someone talking, when it's just someone opening and closing their mouth. The characters in the background don't even MOVE. The cars are stopped at a green light. The people are frozen in mid-step. It's like they're walking in a street full of statues. It seems like someone slapped it together as fast and as cheap as possible to make a quick buck.

Long story short, I may like Hentai, but I don't like anime.

Anime IS not Halo.

Point 1: Ever heard of filler episodes? Sometimes animes get random episodes that play little or no part in advancing the story line. Usually this is because there's a manga or something that goes along with it and fillers are used to keep the show from advancing plot wise ahead of the manga. Other than that, there are some animes out there with amazing storylines. Deathnote anyone?

Point 2: Not all animes are like this. You can't judge a whole group just based on 1 show.

[343guiltymc]

Deathnote had an "amazing" storyline?

[klange]

Deathnote had an "amazing" storyline?
At the very least, it was riveting and captivating.

[Hunter]

I could model from it. Some parts might not be able to.

[Warsaw]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/07/haloanime2.jpg

Wow, amazing modelling reference. You can see all of the detail and depth of the detail easilly, this can help when modelling the MC. Think I will save it.
What the fuck are the flying things in the background and why are they copypasta'd 5 times within that image...

[teh lag]

http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=933264


Posters we gave away at Comicon - they were massive, B1-sized collectibles and lots of folks got 'em signed by the creators. 56k die.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/2ylwxzl.jpg

4C's ODST/Spartan rivalry story.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/jzwoyo.jpg

Production I.G's "Duel"

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/2gtax7a.jpg

Production I.G's Spartan origin story.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/33213xi.jpg

4C's History piece (two-parter)

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/2ns9pb8.jpg

Toei's off-canon "Odd One Out" piece.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/1412nix.jpg

Bones' "Prototype" experimental Mjolnir piece.

Spartan powered armor looks grate imo :q:
ODSTs are the only thing I think don't look so good (Minus Toei's dealie, but that's another story).

[klange]

Oh good, the utterly massive brute is in the off-canon one. I was getting worried there for a minute...

[Limited]

Um, wth @ 3 picture.

MC would never stand in a field of flowers, looking at some random person holding a teddy bear. I cant remember that occuring anywhere in the storyline, or anything remotely close.

This is what I didnt want to happen.

[Heathen]

Um, wth @ 3 picture.

MC would never stand in a field of flowers, looking at some random person holding a teddy bear. I cant remember that occuring anywhere in the storyline, or anything remotely close.

This is what I didnt want to happen.
Its not mc :downs:

Are you trolling?
Its alright for you to tell me, I wont laugh.

[Limited]

Okay well who ever the heck it is. Point still stands.

[teh lag]

Um, wth @ 3 picture.

MC would never stand in a field of flowers, looking at some random person holding a teddy bear. I cant remember that occuring anywhere in the storyline, or anything remotely close.

This is what I didnt want to happen.


yeah what the FUCK how DARE anything Halo not have giant fucking badass men and aliens pounding the fuck out of each other and shooting each others fucking heads off, none of this fruity anime fucking bullshit

SEPIA COLOR PALLETE
BLOOD AND GUTS EVERYWHERE
BLOOD
GUTS
EVERYWHERE


1) We don't know that's the MC. In fact, it's been stated that the story in question is about another Spartan entirely confronting her abduction to join the program.

2) Why wouldn't he? Of course you can't remember this happening, why would they want to retell a story they've already told? God forbid they should take your precious testosteronefest and give the Spartans some semblance of humanity.

3) Given that it's on the poster that represents the entire episode, I think we can make a pretty educated guess that it's not exactly a "random" person.

[sdavis117]

Um, wth @ 3 picture.

MC would never stand in a field of flowers, looking at some random person holding a teddy bear. I cant remember that occuring anywhere in the storyline, or anything remotely close.

This is what I didnt want to happen.

The Spartan you see in that poster is the woman that was holding the gun at the girl in the wheelchair.

[Limited]

Still doesnt explain the field of flowers.

I understand these are to explains bits of Halo we havent seen. But they need to be realistic encounters that follow the story, not reinvent it.

[teh lag]

Still doesnt explain the field of flowers.

I understand these are to explains bits of Halo we havent seen. But they need to be realistic encounters that follow the story, not reinvent it.

...What is there to be explained about a field of flowers? It's THERE. Is the Halo universe not allowed to have flowers or something? Has there been some material that I've missed that said "oh yes by the way there are no flowers on any planets anywhere they are all gone"?

I really, REALLY do not see how adding a story about a Spartan completely independent of the MC and completely independent of the games is "reinventing" the storyline.

[Heathen]

iirc thats a girl bro.

Still doesnt explain the field of flowers.

I understand these are to explains bits of Halo we haven't seen. But they need to be realistic encounters that follow the story, not reinvent it.
See, flowers are these things, kind of like plants.
They exist when you go outside.
Or at least outside your comfort zone.
Uhh....where might you have seen them...
Okay, the map Valhalla has flowers EVERYFUCKINGWHERE.

Halo isn't devoid of flowers fyi.


And anyways, I think this is gonna be a confrontation within the mind.

[PopeAK49]

Thats not what Halo is about, survival, its gritty, horrific and desperate, anime will never be able to portray that.

Have you watched DeadSpace Downfall? They did a hell of a good job with the horrific, desperate, survival scenes.

[k4is3rxkh40s]

Haha, true...*looks at Last Exile*

Also, TeeKup, the closest Halo has come to Gundam is the Scorpion Tank...I swear it looks like one of the tanks that Gundam Wing used at one point as Red Shirt units.


FINALLY found this picture

http://www.hivclan.net/hivshack/images/as2deb6f359nt1xjzl2x.png

Stitched together image from the trailer

[itszutak]

I bet you there's rockets on the back

[Heathen]

So technically that's the mark I.

Rofl.

[ThePlague]

This might be weird, but look how long the crotch plate is...

[Roostervier]

This might be weird, but look how long the crotch plate is...

:q:

[PopeAK49]

This might be weird, but look how long the crotch plate is...

Oh my....

[Heathen]

whatdja expect?
The whole damn thing is just alot of over compensation.

[Alwin Roth]

Page 17 OH my!!

and why does the mark 1 look more chunkier and deadlier??
might as well strap a nuke on the back... oh wai-

[rossmum]

...What is there to be explained about a field of flowers? It's THERE. Is the Halo universe not allowed to have flowers or something? Has there been some material that I've missed that said "oh yes by the way there are no flowers on any planets anywhere they are all gone"?

I really, REALLY do not see how adding a story about a Spartan completely independent of the MC and completely independent of the games is "reinventing" the storyline.
how about completely independent of canon as laid down by the game, the books, and basically everything else up to this point

flowers are fine but this is just bullshit, turning halo into an anime shits the whole thing up immeasurably

[SnaFuBAR]

JeanLuc: http://cache-foo-07.gawkerassets.com/gawker/assets/images/9/2009/07/504x_6_05.jpg
JeanLuc: that looks cool tho
SnaF: yes
JeanLuc: idk
JeanLuc: the whole thing has potential
SnaF: intestingly, before becoming teh arbiter, he played rugby.
JeanLuc: I'm just thinkin "yeesh"
JeanLuc: oh god
JeanLuc: LOL

[Heathen]

I hate that picture and the scene its from.

it makes me worried.

[English Mobster]

This entire anime shit has me worried.

I just hope its going to be OK. Can't be much worse than the HGN, right? Right?

[teh lag]

turning halo into an anime shits the whole thing up immeasurably

yes like how it messed up _, and then when _ and _ happened, the anime totally fucked over everything

Of everything that I don't like that they're doing, I really don't see how being an anime is specifically responsible for it, with the exception of the Samurai Elites - though the more I think about it (consider their Honor Guard armor) the less I am opposed to it.

[Good_Apollo]

The Arbiter armor certainly has a samurai-ish look to it. Frankly the whole Elite social structure and everything about them seems to be derived from Japanese culture. I just don't get why everyone is making a fuss, it seems to work, it's just never been visually represented. Seems like everyone has a certain image in mind as to how they want things to be rather than what is canon or what is going to be shown as canon, which is ridiculous really.

[itszutak]

From what I've read, the Elites have a feudal society-- same as Japan during the time of the samurais. The honor guard armor has very clear samurai influence--Not sure how the Arbiter's armor fits in. Looks too metallic; if I had to make a guess of its origins I'd say forerunner but that would require some retconning as far as I know.

[BobtheGreatII]

So is this going to be like... an Animatrix thing? Cause, aside from a few episodes, the Animatrix was awesome.

[rossmum]

yes like how it messed up _, and then when _ and _ happened, the anime totally fucked over everything

Of everything that I don't like that they're doing, I really don't see how being an anime is specifically responsible for it, with the exception of the Samurai Elites - though the more I think about it (consider their Honor Guard armor) the less I am opposed to it.
Yeah, but point out one anime that has absolutely none of the typically Japanese themes and/or stuff that the Japanese would balk at but stupid white kid weeaboos go for. This is Halo, not some tale about Samurai warriors, giant mechas, or pre-teen girls.


From what I've read, the Elites have a feudal society-- same as Japan during the time of the samurais. The honor guard armor has very clear samurai influence--Not sure how the Arbiter's armor fits in. Looks too metallic; if I had to make a guess of its origins I'd say forerunner but that would require some retconning as far as I know.
Everyone and their mother had a feudal system back then, dude, and they still had way different cultures to Japan.

[Good_Apollo]

Yeah, but point out one anime that has absolutely none of the typically Japanese themes and/or stuff that the Japanese would balk at but stupid white kid weeaboos go for. This is Halo, not some tale about Samurai warriors, giant mechas, or pre-teen girls.


Everyone and their mother had a feudal system back then, dude, and they still had way different cultures to Japan. This guy has never seen Death Note, Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo or any Miyazaki films...? Only reason I can see for this blanket hate over the direction these shorts are going for.

Stop watching shit like Bleach or other anime bullshit. (Dragonball Z, Code Geass, Gundam: Seed, One Piece, Naruto...) Just to name a few shitty animes I've had the displeasure of deciding to watch. Maybe a slight exception to DBZ, it was cool when I was young.

[ExAm]

^This. Seriously Ross, go watch Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell before you make those kinds of sweeping generalizations. Anime isn't all OMGKAWAII~ shit. I personally avoid that crap.

Judging from your attitude, i don't think you'll like Death Note, Samurai Champloo, or even some of the miyazaki films, since you don't seem like the sort of fantasy-type storylines. Not to say that Death Note is a fantasy type anime, but it borders on ludicrous sometimes.

[rossmum]

I don't watch any anime at all, and I'm not about to start.

Looking at what's been shown of this, it took me all of two seconds to figure out I didn't like what was being done with the Halo name just to try and give the fans something else to drool over. I'm sick of what was a good game being milked to the point where I barely even want to defend it anymore, it's completely sold out and the whole Halo universe has just gone to absolute shite.

[Good_Apollo]

I don't watch any anime at all, and I'm not about to start.

Looking at what's been shown of this, it took me all of two seconds to figure out I didn't like what was being done with the Halo name just to try and give the fans something else to drool over. I'm sick of what was a good game being milked to the point where I barely even want to defend it anymore, it's completely sold out and the whole Halo universe has just gone to absolute shite.
You realize anime is as diverse as American or western animation, right? It's like saying Spongebob is the same as Justice League. It sounds retarded.

[rossmum]

I give no shit how diverse it is, because plainly they're taking the Halo universe and taking it places it doesn't belong.

[Arteen]

I give no shit how diverse it is, because plainly they're taking the Halo universe and taking it places it doesn't belong.
You lost me at "plainly." I don't see how "the whole Halo universe has just gone to absolute shite" because of some series of animated shorts.

[rossmum]

Not just because of these, but they aren't helping. I dunno about you, but fields of flowers and blonde-haired teenage girls aiming pistols at each other doesn't really make me think of Halo.

Then again, I'm one of those horrible ignorant ANTI-ANIME MONSTERS so obviously any and all concerns I have for what they'll do to the PROPER Halo universe are utterly void

[Warsaw]

Well, of course it isn't going to make you think of Halo...you don't know the backstory to the image yet. :downs:

What if you had the same image with them holding M1911s or Webley revolvers instead of M6Ds, and it was a WWII thing. It's not going to make you think of WWII, now is it?

[rossmum]

If they were still teenage girls? No.

If they were soldiers? Yes.

[Warsaw]

I don't have high hopes for these shorts, but I'm just keeping an open mind here: It's probably like one of those things where it's a symbolic vision or whatever. It's not an actual event...=|

[rossmum]

I still don't really see where it'd fit in at all, symbolic or not.

[Rentafence]

You lost me at "plainly." I don't see how "the whole Halo universe has just gone to absolute shite" because of some series of animated shorts.

Spartans are riding jet horses through space. End thread.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/07/haloanime2.jpg

[Bodzilla]

i'm pretty sure WE ALL KNOW this is microsoft squeezing a franchise for every dollar they can get.

It isnt anime.
It's microsoft and as kornman once said
"it's not polite to ask the monkey why the zoo keeper makes him pat his head and rub his tummy at the same time <:mad:>"

can we drop that shit now.

i think 180 replies is enough OF THE SAME POSTS.

find something else to talk about or i'll lock the thread.

[Heathen]

Looks good to me you sour pusses.

[ultama121]

It isnt anime.
It's microsoft
Ok look, I'm just going to put my two cents out there.

If each production studio is completely in charge of their own work, this has the potential to be good. Although Microsoft certainly sees this as just another way to milk the franchise, I think that at least a few Japanese production companies, namely Bones and 4C, see it differently. The reason being that BONES (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Bones#TV_anime) and 4C (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_4%C2%B0C#Feature_Films) don't make mainstream shit anime. [/opinion]

[Bodzilla]

but what i was getting at was hating it ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS ANIME.

i've gotten over hearing the exact same arguments tbh, and i think it's time to let that shit go.

[ultama121]

Agreed.

[Arteen]

Spartans are riding jet horses through space. End thread.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/07/haloanime2.jpg
Crazier things happen in the books and games. There's MC jumping from the keyship on some scrap of metal, and of course, the Covenant space pickle (http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/9/90/Covenant_bomb_and_core.jpg) from Halo 2.

[=sw=warlord]

I think we now know why so many people died in such a short time.
They all commited suicide after learning about this bullshit in advance...

[rossmum]

btw give me a straight choice between doing nothing and watching anime (one of the more sensible ones) and i'll pick the latter so it's not like i hate this for that reason alone, i hate what anime does to some people and i hate the more ridiculous ones but my beef with this is that they just look like they're taking the halo story and adding in loads of shit that shouldn't be there. if they'd stuck to the canon as laid down by bungie and/or the books, it'd be fine by me (except the obvious milking)

[DesolateGrunt]

Microsoft just wants to destroy Halo, the end is near.

[Rorschach]

After seeing those pics, I take it back. This looks pretty cool.
Oh really? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517534/)

[DEElekgolo]

Oh really? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517534/)
:gonk:

[ultama121]

... so what? Seriously, that one picture can be interpreted 1,000 different ways. You've just chosen to interpret it as something unfavorable.

Here's all you can see in the image:

A green hill with flowers and a spartan standing on it; some person handing another person a mini teddy bear on a string.

Hell, it might even be symbolic for the story of the short, which we have no idea about at this time.

[rossmum]

So exactly how many favourable interpretations are there?

[ultama121]

Plenty.

I could go on and draw many interpretations, but doing that would be useless; Why don't we just hold back our judgments until the damn thing comes out?

[Warsaw]

It's a memory. A flashback. Present-day representation of the character finds herself taken back to a memory, so you see her standing there watching it. Forgive me for this shitty reference, but it's a bit like the Pensive from Harry Potter.

[rossmum]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517702/in/photostream/

yep this sure does look legit

*awaits "THE COVENANT WERE DOING GENETIC EXPERIMENTS" or "THAT IS THE KING BRUTE" or "IT'S NOT TO SCALE" or "SHUT UP IT CAN'T BE BAD IT IS ANIME" responses*

[ultama121]

Nice try.

See the "1337" on the armor? That's the parody one, done by Toei. When I say parody, I mean silly random weirdness btw. Probably going to be bad tbh.

[Rorschach]

Anime is a marketing gimmick to reel in pseudo-Japan-o-philes. It is, in it's simplest definition, shitty animation. This looks like goddamn Pokemon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517702/in/set-72157621871676796/), for Christ's sake.

Edit:
C"MON, THIS IS JUST LAME. IS THIS OR IS THIS NOT THE MOST CLICHED PIECE OF SHIT YOU'VE EVER SEEN? http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517840/in/photostream/

[ultama121]

I dunno is it? The thing hasn't come out yet so I really can't say much can I?

[Lord Mirko]

:gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk:

Thanks M$.Officially I`m done with Halo. the only thing that i loved about halo is the story. Now we just need some tentacles to complete the picture. Duh

[rossmum]

Anime is a marketing gimmick to reel in pseudo-Japan-o-philes. It is, in it's simplest definition, shitty animation. This looks like goddamn Pokemon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517702/in/set-72157621871676796/), for Christ's sake.
Pretty much this. If you want to absolutely capitalise off of something which seems to have already passed its peak, just make an anime series based off of it. You'll be making money hand-over-fist from all the kids who think watching shitty anime makes them somehow Japanese. Make it into a western cartoon, and nobody will give a fuck.

[BobtheGreatII]

:gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk:

Thanks M$.Officially I`m done with Halo. the only thing that i loved about halo is the story. Now we just need some tentacles to complete the picture. Duh

Gravemind. :realsmug:

[rossmum]

Pretty much this. If you want to absolutely capitalise off of something which seems to have already passed its peak, just make an anime series based off of it. You'll be making money hand-over-fist from all the kids who think watching shitty anime makes them somehow Japanese. Make it into a western cartoon, and nobody will give a fuck.
*waits to be abused for not realising that anime is a truly incredible art form and has immense depth, unlike that shallow western shit*

[Bodzilla]

see now jfap this is the reason i locked it.

we're going round and round and round and round and round...... and getting fucking no where.
We've got generic anime haters on one side, and on the other we've got people that realize theres more to a show then just it's animation style.
We all know this is a cash cow but what ultima and the others arnt projecting stereotypes onto something we have very little information about.

then we get useless projections such as watching anime makes you WANT TO BE JAPANESE OMG LOOK AT HOW CULTURAL I AM I WATCH CARTOONS Blar blar blarg fucking horse shit.
it's all fucking stupid.

[rossmum]

Too bad that stereotype actually exists for a reason.

I also like how not liking anime makes me 'generic'. Oh man. This is just too good.

[Bodzilla]

no your a cardboard cut out for pretentious, projective, stupidity because of the very very shitty reasons you've posted.

i dont even watch anime.

look i'll just copy and paste your projections

Too bad that stereotype actually exists for a reason.
no.


*waits to be abused for not realising that anime is a truly incredible art form and has immense depth, unlike that shallow western shit*
more no.


Pretty much this. If you want to absolutely capitalise off of something which seems to have already passed its peak, just make an anime series based off of it. You'll be making money hand-over-fist from all the kids who think watching shitty anime makes them somehow Japanese. Make it into a western cartoon, and nobody will give a fuck.
and again.


Anime is a marketing gimmick to reel in pseudo-Japan-o-philes. It is, in it's simplest definition, shitty animation. This looks like goddamn Pokemon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517702/in/set-72157621871676796/), for Christ's sake.

Edit:
C"MON, THIS IS JUST LAME. IS THIS OR IS THIS NOT THE MOST CLICHED PIECE OF SHIT YOU'VE EVER SEEN? http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517840/in/photostream/
and this guys got a totally legit history when it comes to sterotypes and projections doesnt he ross!
no problems here!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517702/in/photostream/

yep this sure does look legit

*awaits "THE COVENANT WERE DOING GENETIC EXPERIMENTS" or "THAT IS THE KING BRUTE" or "IT'S NOT TO SCALE" or "SHUT UP IT CAN'T BE BAD IT IS ANIME" responses*
and this.


And this is just what you've posted TODAY after jcap unlocked the thread.
and what a brilliant decision that was.

[Rorschach]

and this guys got a totally legit history when it comes to sterotypes and projections doesnt he ross!
no problems here!lol
I typed "projective" into Yahoo search and got "Rorschach inkblot test" as a result. That's awesome.

Also,

Guess what, stereotypes just don't come out of no where.
When Kornman says it, it must be canon. I'll give it a shot and hope I don't get the Wikipedia Effect as a repercussion.

[Limited]

I've pretty much already said how pathetic and how bad this will be, people have said don't jump to conclusions but seriously you can see how it is the same style as pokemon and all that other stuff we get. One of the most important things they need to get right IMO is the voices and how characters interact, that's always what makes it for me. I've decided to read the Halo books, that way the story cannot be tarnished and everything is up to my imagination.

[ultama121]

Agreed, Bod. Ross, you're acting like you have an uh... "anime vendetta". You're just repeating the same things over and over again (as Bod is saying) to bash anime. Hell, the fact that you're now linking The Anime Reality excessively (all 4 links in your signature, the articles thread, directly to me) is just a sign that you're trying to do all you can.

Ross...
http://bssubs.net/1247340179777.jpg

Limited... I don't even feel like legitimately responding to that. All I can say is that your post was quite dense.

[rossmum]

lol bodie you're pretending you're not mad but you full are

we discussed this on steam. either you're trying to dredge yourself out by saying you were deliberately making the connection to irritate me, or you used the forums to further your own troll. not really what one would expect from a moderator.

~owned~

e/ heh ultama you're mad too?

---seriousness starts here---

I personally don't like anime for a number of reasons. One of the big ones is that the usual haunts for anime plotlines does nothing at all for me, in the same way superhero comics never really appealed to me. But you know what? There's one that really tops that. Want to know what it is? It's because all I have to do is say that I, as a person, do not like anime in general, and this is my personal opinion. Despite this being my own opinion formulated from my own experiences of anime (both anime itself and its following), anime fans treat it as though I am saying it's absolute, unrefutable fact that every anime is horrible, every anime fan is a fucktard, and they should all be taken out and shot or something. If I react the same way every time someone expresses a dislike of something I'm interested in, I get even more shit thrown at me. Explain to me how that makes any sense at all. Go on, please do. Explain why my own personal opinions are inherently 'wrong' when it comes to anime alone. Explain how that works.

Please. I'd love to hear why my opinions of what is or isn't an affront to the Halo universe is suddenly illegitimate because anime is involved. I'm going to enjoy watching you all prove my own point.

(By the way, the reason I'm linking to The Anime Reality so much is mainly to stir you all further, because it seems you're incapable of realising that I'm just taking the piss, probably because it involves your precious anime. The other big reason is that it's fucking hilarious just how sad some people are. You honestly believe I don't treat anyone who's literally obsessed with something else in the same way?)

[Bodzilla]

i've just caught a rather strong taste of couldnt be fucked.

i'm about ot keil over and go to sleep at 10 past 7 because i'm so incredibly bored, lethargic and tired that i'm thinking stupid shit and starting to get lost in my own head again.
and i already know exactly where that goes.

[n00b1n8R]

Somebody please for the love of god lock this shitfest. :gonk:

[rossmum]

I'll make a new thread for all you kids to get mad in

That said, and this is ignoring the anime aspect, I honestly don't like what I'm seeing. If they made an anime which stayed true to canon as laid down by Bungie, I'd probably watch it. I might even enjoy it. I don't like where the story is being taken and for all I care it could be a western cartoon, CGI, live-action, whatever... it wouldn't change that.

[sevlag]

listne...lets just wtach the damn thing when it comes out, let's stp thinking its gonna be gay from just those few things, if everything was based off trailers, evgery economy would suck more

[rossmum]

I wasn't aware inanimate objects could be homosexual but I guess you make a point

I won't discriminate against it based on its sexual orientation

[p0lar_bear]

I said it in the hentai thread and I said it to you on aim, I'll say it again.

People care too much. I would understand the rage if it was, say, Japan invading us and forcing a cultural coup on us, however, this is a product offered to us that we can choose to like or dislike, watch or not watch.

Personally, I don't look specifically for anime. If someone shows me some or I happen across some, I'll look. If I find the story interesting enough or the events funny enough, I'll watch it (e.g. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya). If it falls into relying on the typical cliches too much, or simply enough just drags on and on, I'll stop watching it (e.g. Bleach). If it's overpopular, and I mean super-mainstream holy crap, I don't even bother (e.g. Pokemon, Naruto, Dragonball, Dragonball Z)

Stow the rage and arguments for the zealous fanboy types who want to cram it down your throat. In this thread, all I see is you raging, and people explaining why they like it, and then you raging harder. Stop taking it out on the innocents who're just trying to enjoy it quietly.

[Terry]

Spartan 1337...

Seriously?

And did you see the marine style, and what is supposed to be the brutes?


This will be bad.

[teh lag]

Spartan 1337...

Seriously?

And did you see the marine style, and what is supposed to be the brutes?


This will be bad.


Nice try.

See the "1337" on the armor? That's the parody one, done by Toei. When I say parody, I mean silly random weirdness btw. Probably going to be bad tbh.

;

[Heathen]

Oh really? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fardo_nl/3765517534/)
Flashback where the character is confronting a mental image of her sister. She is under a lot of stress and is wigging out.
Her sister is outraged at the fact that she is killing and whatnot and kills her in the flashback.
Basically at the end of the episode she realizes that her sister would have favored her choice to help and save people.

OH NO, THEY WANT TO BRING SOME HUMANITY TO THE SPARTANS?
BULLSHIT I SAY.

Spartan 1337...

Seriously?

And did you see the marine style, and what is supposed to be the brutes?


This will be bad.
Non canon episode.

l2research.

http://google.com/

[Heathen]

WOAH, I JUST GOT A FANTASTIC IDEA.

If you don't like it, don't watch it.

Most of you nay sayers weren't gonna watch the damn thing to begin with, why are you complaining about it.

[Limited]

I wasnt planning on, especially as I'll have to pay for it.

Doesnt mean I cant dislike it though Heathen.

[Terry]

;
Yeah, I didn't read all the comments, but i can see its a common reaction.




Non canon episode.

l2research.

http://google.com/
So I was supposed to look at it, question if it were canon, and google it? :eyesroll:



WOAH, I JUST GOT A FANTASTIC IDEA.

If you don't like it, don't watch it.

Most of you nay sayers weren't gonna watch the damn thing to begin with, why are you complaining about it.
So that's what this thread is for? I thought it was an open discussion, my bad.

[rossmum]

OH NO, THEY WANT TO BRING SOME HUMANITY TO THE SPARTANS?
BULLSHIT I SAY.

Non canon episode.
Looks a lot like it'd be harder to find a canon episode.

Also, you do realise that they were snatched as kids right? MC can't even remember his own mother, do you honestly think they're going to remember siblings all those years down the track? As far as any of the Spartans was concerned, their only family was each other.

There are plenty of ways to bring humanity to characters other than cliche flashbacks where some sort of family member or close friend is involved. It'd be nice to see those used for once.

e/


post
I was getting like that because apparently I'm not allowed to say this is going to be fucking horrible regardless of animation style.

I created a whole other thread for that, anyway. You're late to the party.

[Bodzilla]

There are plenty of ways to bring humanity to characters other than cliche flashbacks where some sort of family member or close friend is involved. It'd be nice to see those used for once.

you need to watch evangelion~

[rossmum]

Then why the fuck don't they use them for this

[Cagerrin]

Halo: Legends "The Babysitter" preview:

q_yAnZ5zGWk
k1J1AIO_NZs
jKg1Wp_dSew

I feel obligated to say that my shouts of "fuck yes" have been vindicated.

[TeeKup]

What are the release dates for all of these again?

[Cagerrin]

Full release is spring next year, can't find any dates for individual episodes.

[Chainsy]

That didn't look too bad.... I would give it a chance.

[ultama121]

Acting=NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

Thank god for subtitled versions.

Other than that, the hand to hand combat seemed out of place, but it was overall pretty bitchin'.

[_asylum_]

its not gonna be good

[AAA]

Spartan's jumping was too high. Other than that. I look forward to hearing the story.
Also,... GORE! :neckbeard:

[Ganon]

its not gonna be good
this

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Is there one of these with japanese audio and english subtitles?
It feels really weird and uncomfortable watching this in plain english :S

[ultama121]

There will be when its out.

[p0lar_bear]

Spartan's jumping was too high.

You've never played Halo 3, have you?

e: Just as everyone feared, typical anime idiosyncracies littered about. Hell, the fight scene was just like Dragonball Z. Giant monkeys and everything.

[BobtheGreatII]

Lol yeah, the MC like... kept increasing his jump height. It's just about ridiculous by Halo 3.

[Cagerrin]

More like it's very short in Halo 1.

From a gameplay perspective it makes sense, but you can flip goddamn tanks and punch holes in inches of armour plating. Halo 1's jump height was waaay short.

[ExAm]

Keep in mind that his suit was upgraded between Halos 1 and 2. Better suit = better augmentation.

[mech]

Halo got anime'd :mech:

[thehoodedsmack]

Those grunts seemed really short, but everything else looked cool. Voice acting was bad; that bugged me a bit.

[OmegaDragon]

They got me with the grunt headsnapping. May give this a look when it releases.

[ExAm]

I'm used to mediocre voice acting, an it doesn't bother me unless it's truly horrible. I'd rather watch something in my own language than japanese. I hate reading subtitles when i'm trying to watch some brute gut-punching. Besides, the series is quite obviously made for the Western fanbase. The Xbox 360 did not do well in Japan, we know this.

[Con]

Brute looked too big, I don't really care though. I thought it was going to be worse, but I'm pleasantly surprised.

[sevlag]

it looked ok the giht was alittle over dramatic but then again its anime so it was bound to happen

the grunt killing scene was priceless


what irked me is this:

aren't brutes like 87 feet, why'd that chieftan look more like a hunter (in hieght) than a brute

fight scene between the SPARTAN and the brute was ok, but when the brute "threwe up" it look like he spat out a bucket of cum

[Limited]

The bits where there was no characters on screen was fantastic, characters ruined it, apart from the grunt head stab and neck snap, those bits were cool.

But like I bitched about previously, it wouldnt follow Halo's "world rules" and follow Halo, and it fucking didnt.

Halo Legends ftl.