Halo:Legends Episode Discussion

Episode Discussion

1.The Babysitter

STUDIO4°C's 'The Babysitter' tells the story of four helljumpers sent on a mission to eliminate a key covenant prophet on a distant planet. Their biggest Pre-mission concern; the Spartan who has been assigned to accompany them.

Well to start off with, even as a massive Halo geek, I was a little sceptical about anime halo- But why not give it a chance ... It is Halo . The Whole Legends series is done by various pro's in different sorts of anime. If you go on 'HALO WAYPOINT' and have a look around the Intel there is one piece of Intel: 'Halo Legends On Waypoint'. If you watch that you can see that each episode is in a distinctively different style from the rest. Whilst some resemble cartoons such as Dragonball Z, another looks like Pokémon. Aside from the cartoon ones, there also appear to be some full CG episodes as well. I advise watching that, as it tells you the whole aim behind 'Legends'.

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Anyway, On to the matter at hand. The first episode- 'The Babysitter'- Already aware that it's release was today, I navigated to Halo : Waypoint, fired it up, clicked away until It started. It appears to buffer the whole episode, which may I say is just over 18 minutes long. As it started buffering my first worry was quality. Which after only a few seconds was gone due to the fact it used my whole screen, in crisp and what appeared to be HD quality...For an anime... So that was great, and also the fact that the buffering only took 10 seconds, and it didn't jitter or pause throughout.

Onto the story- As stated in the official brief description of the episode above, it starts off on a UNSC ship in the canteen observing a group of ODST's- One of whom you may recognise from the recent HALO3: ODST; Dutch. Clearly in his early days. We are then also introduced to the rest of the team, the most prominent character being a cocky ODST sniper- who now has to be backup for the new sniper on the mission- a Spartan. The ODST, isn't to happy about 'Babysitting' this new sniper.... And as the story goes on you begin to wonder who is babysitting who. The Story for the short is quite good and emphasises the tough relationship that is had between the ODST's and the Spartans in the Halo Universe. The Episode has a great end, and I Implore you all to watch it. I will spoil no more!
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I have left a few pictures of the Episode at the bottom

There will be a new episode of Halo : Legends every other week! So Tune in then for more discussion!

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Episodes to Come:

“The Duel” 11/21/09

“The Package” Part 1 12/5/09

“The Package” Part 2 12/19/09

“Origins” Part 1 1/2/10

Companies Involved: Founded in 1998, Bones has become one of the top animation studios in Japan in less than a decade. The studio is best known for its incredible body of work on mega-hit franchises such as Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Fullmetal Alchemist, Sword of the Stranger and Eureka Seven. Casio Entertainment was founded in 2004 and is renowned for its visual effects work on the movie Dai-Nipponjin (Big Man Japan), which was officially invited to the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 2008 Asian Film Awards. Casio Entertainment is also known for its computer-generated animation support work on several top Japanese video games. Production I.G has produced a number of acclaimed feature films, original video animation, TV shows and video games. For their storytelling and quality of animation, Ghost in the Shell, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade and Blood: The Last Vampire have earned critical accolades in Japan and all around the world. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, directed by Mamoru Oshii in 2004, was the first Japanese animation feature ever to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes. STUDIO4°C is one of the top animation studios in Japan. Founded by the industry veteran Eiko Tanaka and acclaimed animation artist Koji Morimoto, it has become globally known for its uncanny ability to marry the spirit of high art with mainstream anime aesthetic. STUDIO4°C is known for works including The Animatrix, Tekkonkinkreet and Batman: Gotham Knight. Toei Animation, established in 1956, is the oldest animation studio in Japan. Toei has produced the largest number of global hit TV anime series for kids, such as Dragon Ball, Digimon, Sailor Moon, One Piece and many more.

All in all, I was very happy with it, even as anime, the story was quite good, there was a some action, with a nice little surprise towards the end
I'm looking forward to the next episode!