Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series

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Halo: The Fall of Reach
Studio:	Sequence with 343 Industries
Release date(s):	October 27, 2015 (Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition) December 1, 2015 (Blu-ray and DVD)
Available in:	English

"An unstoppable threat. An unthinkable sacrifice."

— Official tagline

Halo: The Fall of Reach – The Animated Series is an animated series adapted from the novel of the same name by Eric Nylund. The series was created by Sequence in conjunction with 343 Industries. 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).

The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 1, 2015.

Plot summary

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Appearances

Characters Catherine Halsey Beowulf (Mentioned only) Déjà‎ Fhajad-084 Franklin Mendez Frederic-104 Jacob Keyes John-117 Jorge-052 Kelly-087 Linda-058 Michael Stanforth‎ Prophet of Regret Robert Watts Samuel-034 Toran Vance Wallace Ysionris Jeromi Species Human Kig-Yar San'Shyuum Sangheili Unggoy Organizations Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command UNSC Naval Command UNSC Marine Corps Orbital Drop Shock Troopers 105th Shock Troops Division UNSC Navy Naval Special Warfare Command SPARTAN-II Program Blue Team Red Team (Mentioned only) Battlegroup 4 Longsword Squadron Delta Office of Naval Intelligence Covenant Insurrectionists United Rebel Front Locations Chi Ceti system Chi Ceti IV Muroto Vhalkem Damascus Testing Facility Epsilon Indi system Harvest Tiara (Mentioned only) Eridanus sector Eridanus system Eridanus II Elysium City Elysium City Primary Education Facility Number 119 Ehilend Eridanus Secundus FLEETCOM Sector One Epsilon Eridani system Reach Csodaszarvas Turul Medical Facility Endurance Viery Territory Highland Mountains Big Horn River Longhorn Valley Military Wilderness Training Preserve Reach Naval Academy Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex Lambda Serpentis system Sol system Earth Greece Sparta

Events Battle of Thermopylae Insurrection Operation: TALON SPARTAN-II training SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures Human-Covenant War First Battle of Harvest Battle of Chi Ceti Vehicles Charon-class light frigate CMA Arabia CMA Vostok D77-TC Pelican D96-TCE Albatross Diplomatic shuttle Han GA-TL1 Longsword Halberd-class destroyer UNSC Pioneer Hillsborough-class destroyer CMA Heracles M12 Warthog M145D Rhino Orbital defense platform Parabola-class freighter Laden Paris-class heavy frigate UNSC Commonwealth Rapid Conversion (Hologram only) Unrelenting UNSC carrier UNSC Atlas UNSC Hopeful (Mentioned only) Weapons BR85 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle Flashbang grenade HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon M395 Designated Marksman Rifle M45D shotgun Oathsworn M6H magnum M7/Caseless Submachine Gun M7S/Caseless Submachine Gun MA5D assault rifle Magnetic Accelerator Cannon Plasma turret Pulse laser turret SRS99-S5 AM sniper rifle Nornfang Type-1 energy sword Type-25 plasma pistol Technology and equipment Artificial intelligence Avatar Dumb AI Biofoam Black body suit Cryo chamber Data crystal chip (Holographic projection only) Data pad Energy shielding Flash cloning Hydrostatic gel Holography Holotank Humbler stun device Kig-Yar combat harness Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor MJOLNIR [GEN1] Mark IV MJOLNIR [GEN2] Argus variant Centurion variant Hermes variant Mark VI variant (Modified variant) Polymerized lithium niobocene Thruster pack

Production

Halo: The Fall of Reach – The Animated Series was created and directed by Sequence, along with 343 Industries. The hour-long adaptation was released on October 27, 2015, with the Limited Edition and Limited Collector's Edition of Halo 5: Guardians. 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. 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. A trailer for the series was released on July 10, 2015.

The soundtrack for Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series was composed by Tom Salta, who also worked on the soundtracks for Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike.

Release and reception

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Trivia

The winners of Hunt the Signal got their likeness put in the animation.

Gallery

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  A promotional image for the series.

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  A piece of concept art for the series shown on Xbox Daily's E3 2015 trailer

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  Keyes in the cryo chamber aboard Han.

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  Spartan recruits gather in a briefing chamber.

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  Spartan recruits eating in a mess hall.

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  Déjà teaching the Spartans.

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  UNSC Atlas in the Lambda Serpentis system.

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  John-117 after fighting several ODSTs.

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  Laden in the Eridanus system.

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  Spartans fighting Kig-Yar.

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  Blue Team approaching the Unrelenting.

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  Blue Team returning to the glassed surface of Reach.

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  John-117, Samuel-034 and Kelly-087 aboard the Unrelenting.

External links

• Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series trailer on YouTube
• Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series on Halo Waypoint