Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series
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Halo: The Fall of Reach – The Animated Series[1] is an animated series adapted from the novel of the same name by Eric Nylund.[2] The series was created by Sequence in conjunction with 343 Industries.[3] Comprising three acts, the series is featured in the Limited Edition and Limited Collector's Edition of Halo 5: Guardians. It was made available in its entirety upon the game's release (as opposed to having weekly airing dates like Halo: Nightfall).[4][5]
Production
Halo: The Fall of Reach – The Animated Series was created and directed by Sequence, along with 343 Industries. The hour-long[1] adaptation was released on October 27, 2015, with the Limited Edition and Limited Collector's Edition of Halo 5: Guardians.[4] The series is intended to serve as a way for fans to learn the origins of John-117, Blue Team, and the SPARTAN-II program. One of the goals of the project was to bring new life to the backstory of the Master Chief and his Spartan brethren. Halo: The Fall of Reach – The Animated Series features audio, sound, and visual effects from the Halo series. 343 Industries' Franchise Development Director Frank O'Connor has stated that the series carefully aligns itself with the novel, but takes artistic liberties with certain design choices—such as choice of Covenant ships or weapons. The series has been said to tightly adhere to the novel with some additions to help "fill in gaps or smooth over previous errors". One of the main challenges of the adaptation was the decision to drop characters' inner monologues from the novel, while fitting the novel's contents into an hour also proved difficult.[1] As a result, the animated series only encompasses the first half of the novel (Sections I and II), with the battles of Sigma Octanus IV and Reach being omitted entirely. The most significant changes from the novel are listed here.
The series features minor connections to Halo 5: Guardians, which O'Connor claims are "a subtle nod only book readers will even notice". Halo: The Fall of Reach – The Animated Series shares artistic similarities with other works created by Sequence, such as the Terminals for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 4, and Halo 2 Anniversary. However, the scale and fidelity of the animation is noted to be more ambitious, fully animated, and largely 3D, unlike Sequence's previous Halo projects.[1] A trailer for the series was released on July 10, 2015.[6]
The soundtrack for Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series was composed by Tom Salta, who also worked on the soundtrack's for Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike.[7]
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Trivia
The winners of Hunt the Signal got their likeness put in the animation.
Gallery
A piece of concept art for the series[4] shown on Xbox Daily's E3 2015 trailer
Blue Team approaching the Unrelenting.
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John-117, Samuel-034 and Kelly-087 aboard the Unrelenting.
Sources
- ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Reaching Out
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- ^ Games Radar: Halo 5 limited editions will be the only way to watch the Fall of Reach animated series
- ^ a b c NeoGaf: post by Frank O'Connor
- ^ YouTube: Xbox Daily, Day 3 - Halo 5 Segment
- ^ YouTube: Halo: The Fall of Reach – The Animated Series - SDCC Trailer
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Community Update - Forging Ahead
External links
- Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series trailer on YouTube
- Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series on Halo Waypoint