thanks for your comment but I did play Halo 2 and the beginning of Halo Legends already summarizes the whole series for those who hasn’t played Halo and just want to watch Halo Legends.

my review is not just for those who played Halo but for all those who watch anime too since Halo Legends was made by a lot of great anime production houses. a lot of anime fans might want to watch Halo Legends too without even playing a single game in the series.

and I did say that there are a couple of “gems” in Halo Legends, didn’t I? these episodes to me, represented Halo really well. I just wasn’t that enthusiastic about the other episodes. I shouldn’t have called those “lame” but the truth is, I found myself getting drowsy watching those episodes.

I appreciated Toei’s effort to make that Halo episode Dragonball-like, but for me, it just didn’t fit with the whole Halo universe. don’t get me wrong though, I like Dragonball, but the mix of Dragonball + Halo didn’t work for me.

anyway, I really do appreciate your time to do a lenghty comment.

thanks!

First of all, I’m pretty sure whoever made this entry hasn’t played at least 2 of the Halo-related games. He knows nothing about the series, the central theme, and the key players. He’s right when he said this anthology was made specifically for Halo fanboys, so I don’t see any reason why someone who has no knowledge of the mythos, would even attempt to review it. Secondly, two words; “half-baked”.

He didn’t even understand why the episode made by Toei was made that way (Dragonball-like). It was supposed to be a parody of the Halo universe as imagined by an otaku. And for crying out loud, Toei made the Dragonball series, so they have all the right to incorporate it with anything they can get their hands on.

And “skip the lamer episodes”? That didn’t sound right. You’re invoking the rage of probably millions of gamers out there. For them, this is like a dream come true. Microsoft tried their best to expand the Halo Universe’s horizon by collaborating with some of the biggest production houses; Bones (Soul Eater/Eureka Seven/Full Metal Alchemist), Casio Entertainment, Production IG (Blood/Ghost in the Shell/xxxHolic), Studio 4*C (Animatrix/Detroit Metal City/Tekkon Kinkreet), and Toei Animation (Dragonball/SlamDunk/Hana Yori Dango/Galaxy Express 999). Shinji Aramaki (creator and director of Appleseed) was the project’s creative director. I wouldn’t say “lame” after taking those into consideration.

But I definitely appreciate the time and effort the reviewer took to examine Halo Legends. I definitely respect your work, you just have to be a bit more objective when you try to do a review.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7toAqZjTFbw