Information has been released about an upcoming Halo anime. Titled Halo Legends, it will be a series of seven short films produced by five different anime studios. Slated for release next year it should be in DVD, Blu-Ray and digital download formats.

The five studios will be Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation, and creative director for Microsoft is Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina and a Halo player himself). Armaki is directing his own short focusing on the history of the Spartans.

Microsoft will be officially revealing the anime and its trailer at the San Diego Comic Con.  Fans can also expect a film preview via Xbox 360 later this year.