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Halo Legends trailer includes 3D swording, surprise teddy bears
Yesterday, you saw two still images from the Halo Legends anime miniseries. Are you ready to see more images -- played in rapid succession? As promised, GameTrailers premiered a trailer for the miniseries featuring snippets from five anime studios' takes on the Halo series. We were surprised to see, among all the traditional animation, a CG sword-fightin' segment from Casio Entertainment.Anime News Network reports that Mamoru Oshii, the director of Ghost in the Shell, The Sky Crawlers and more, will direct one of the segments, proving what we have heard about Microsoft before: that it has a lot of money.
Drama at 20,000 feet with The Sky Crawlers
We've been in love with The Sky Crawlers since we first caught a glimpse of the upcoming game's gorgeous art style, but since we've started seeing bits of the gameplay, we've grown even more excited. Not only is the game a real visual gem, but it looks exhilarating. The latest trailer, courtesy of TGS, has a few tantalizing moments of action, but most of it is focused on the story ... which would probably be a lot more interesting if we could understand what was going on. As it is, we've got dramatic music, some emphatic expressions, and saluting. Oh, and bad-ass airplanes. Sold!%Gallery-18921%
The Sky Crawlers come creeping back
It's been some time since we've seen anything from The Sky Crawlers, but guess what? It's still drop-dead gorgeous, though that's not particularly surprising, considering the source. There may be hope for the film -- and thus the game -- for Western audiences, too, as the film of the same name is being screened at the Venice Film Festival this week, and is sharing the spotlight (and a lot of fanfare) with Hayao Miyazaki's latest. So cross those fingers, and in the meantime, check out the lush new screens. You'll be glad you did.%Gallery-18921%
Namco's Ace Combat team bringing 'Sky Crawlers' to Wii
According to Game|Life and Dengeki Online, Namco Bandai is bringing Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii's latest film, "The Sky Crawlers," to the Wii in the form of a flight combat sim. The genre (not to mention Namco's Ace Combat team) makes for a perfect fit given the movie's focus on a group of fighter pilots, albeit in an alternate setting. Though it won't be measured in Japan until fall, the success of Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces will likely hinge on how well the controls are implemented -- the Wiimote functions as the throttle and the nunchuck acts as the control stick -- and how popular the film ends up being. At least the game will let us skip all the existential chatter, right?
Sky Crawlers still beautiful, still Japanese
These latest screens from The Sky Crawlers only serve to cement what we already knew: this game is absolutely gorgeous, and probably still very much out of our hands. The game is set as a tie-in to the film from Production I.G, which is based on the books by noted Japanese author Hiroshi Mori. Since we know of no plans for an English version of Mamoru Oshii's film, the game's localization seems less likely, but that doesn't mean we can't hope! And after seeing the new images, we're hoping something fierce. We'd take the movie, too. Just sayin'.%Gallery-18921%
