News from Comiccon: Halo's Master Chief getting animated!
Halo - love it or hate it, you've got to admit that game, and the its main character, have had a pretty huge impact on gaming. The Master Chief came tantalisingly close to getting full motion picture telling his power-armoured tale, but that fell through. Now, though, Microsoft has announced some big, anime-themed plans for everyone's favourite Spartan.
Five Japanese anime studios are going to be producing seven Halo short features for release on Xbox Live later this year. The studios are a who's who of anime gold - Bones, Casio Entertainment, Studio4[Degrees]C, Toei Animation and Production I.G. (the studio behind the awesomely cool Ghost in the Shell films and series). Even more exciting, the whole project is being overseen by Shinji Aramaki, the director of the two latest Appleseed films.
The movies will later be released, via Warner Bros, on DVD and Blu-ray in 2010.
The project will come under the umbrella of the new home of all things Halo: 343 Industries, a new Microsoft division.
It's rumoured a trailer is going to be (or even has been) screened at Comiccon, so hopefully we'll get a hold of that soon.
Issue: 133 | February, 2012