Warner Borthers posted a clip from “The Babysitter”, one of the short films from the upcoiming Halo: Legends anthology. I don’t know much about Halo, but I was expecting some crazy space marine-on-alien action. Not a bunch of dudes having lunch. Dudes Having Lunch That one guy’s burger looks pretty tasty, though. And good for him for drinking milk with [...]

Anime News Network reports that Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii will not be helming one of the shorts directly, but instead will act as ‘Creative Director’ – uhm, which is fine since that’s what he did for Jin-Roh…and that was farking amazing. Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) is the creative director of Production I.G’s two episodes in [...]

Halo Legends just got way more interesting – Ghost in the Shell auteur Mamoru Oshii will be directing one of the segments, with Production I.G. handling animation duties. Also, here’s the debut trailer courtesy of Gametrailers.com. (thanks Kotaku!)

GameSpy says that Microsoft’s flagship videogame franchise Halo will soon be given an anime makeover, headed by Appleseed director Shinji Aramaki. The series of animated shorts will be called Halo Legends. I’m not a huge fan, but this makes me happy. Microsoft is financing and overseeing production through 343 Industries, its new internal division that’s in charge of everything Halo. [...]