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Sawai, who is presently a director for Bee Train Productions Inc., (a former subsidary company of I.G) along with his friend Koichi Mashimo brought in their own team of artists and animators including long time writing collaborator Hiroyuki Kawasaki. Sawai's objective was to bring the studio’s own unique style and flavor with their best staff to the episode and the entire Halo Universe in the time allowed.
Sawai, who is presently a director for Bee Train Productions Inc., (a former subsidary company of I.G) along with his friend Koichi Mashimo brought in their own team of artists and animators including long time writing collaborator Hiroyuki Kawasaki. Sawai's objective was to bring the studio’s own unique style and flavor with their best staff to the episode and the entire Halo Universe in the time allowed.


While all promotional materials cited Production I.G as the producer of Homecoming, the official video release credits Bee Train to the principal animation work, with studio head Mashimo acting as the executive producer.  He was also given credit as being the director in the promotional mateirlas and by the website.
While all promotional materials cited Production I.G as the producer of Homecoming, the official video release credits Bee Train to the principal animation work, with studio head Mashimo acting as the executive producer.  He was also given credit as being the director in the promotional materials and by the website.


In their audio commentary [[Frank O'Connor]] and Joseph Chou mentioned the anime style is strikingly contrast to the story. While the story is quite dark the color pallet is very bright and traditional anime style. Chou also expressed interest in making a story similar to ''Homecoming'', but focusing more on the broader SPARTAN-II Program itself, more faithful to the depiction in ''The Fall of Reach'', rather than the individual characters that were only a side part of it in ''Homecoming''.<ref name="dvd-commentary"/>
In their audio commentary [[Frank O'Connor]] and Joseph Chou mentioned the anime style is strikingly contrast to the story. While the story is quite dark the color pallet is very bright and traditional anime style. Chou also expressed interest in making a story similar to ''Homecoming'', but focusing more on the broader SPARTAN-II Program itself, more faithful to the depiction in ''The Fall of Reach'', rather than the individual characters that were only a side part of it in ''Homecoming''.<ref name="dvd-commentary"/>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==