As one of Japan’s leading animation studios, Toei Animation has been taking part in Microsoft’s OVA animation project, Halo Legends. A Blu-Ray disc and DVD are now due for release on February 16, 2010.

Halo Legends is being produced by Microsoft’s 343 Industries in partnership with Toei Animation and other top studios in Japan. The compilation will include a series of short stories that explore different times, themes and characters from the Halo universe and will be distributed globally by Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. company.  The Halo series is a wildly popular set of TV games that have won numerous awards, developed mainly for the Xbox 360. The series has sold more than 27 million units worldwide. Its influence extends beyond games, with a New York Times bestseller, comics, action figure, and apparel.  In this project, Toei Animation produced an episode called “Odd One Out” to present a Halo world designed for children.  Enjoy our Halo universe! ODD ONE OUT story Five boys and girls are living on a marginal planet in a corner of the universe. One day a person descends from the sky in front of them. He is the most ferocious warrior in the universe: Spartan 1337. His arrival sparks the beginning of a real adventure for the boys and girls!