Creative director Shinji Aramaki has revealed that there’d be no Halo Legends anime if his wife hadn’t been such a fan of Halo 3; ”best game on the 360” she said.
Aramaki-san admitted he ”got addicted” to its ”very intricate world.” With it being a game it was much easier to immerse in than an epic movie, and it has ”just enough humor in it, too.”
”I’ve always been a fan of video games, and my wife told me that Halo 3 is the best game on the 360,” Aramaki-san told Famitsu, spotted by 1UP.
”I just sort of got addicted after that. It’s a very intricate world. It’s hard to do such an epic story in movie form these days, but it’s easy to get into it as a game. There’s just enough humor in it, too. It’s a great piece of pure entertainment.”
Halo Legends comprises of seven short anime episodes, which explore different aspects of the world and lore behind Bungie’s super franchise. ”First, I went over the concept materials and studied the backbone of the game’s world,” he said.
”I wanted to develop the world of Halo from many different angles in the anime, so I built plotlines for ten or so short stories.” He worked with Halo’s Frank O’Connor to ”select seven of those and then sent work requests to a few of the studios I know, like Production I.G and Bones.”
”I gave each studio the episodes they’re most suited to develop and told them to add whatever unique touches you like. The resulting variations you see turned out very well, I think.”
The anime shorts debut this fall over Xbox Live, but won’t be available fully until next year when it releases on DVD worldwide. ”I’m also very happy to have Mamoru Oshii on as creative director. Everything that fans want to see is in this film, so I hope they’re looking forward to it,” added Aramaki-san. Looking forward to some Halo Legends, videogamer?
