If you’re a fan of anime and Japanese RPGs then it goes without saying that Persona 4: The Animation is for you. This 25-episode anime series is in Japanese with English subtitles and is based on the critically acclaimed RPG for PlayStation 2 which was released in 2008.

The first episode entitled ‘You’re Myself, I’m Yourself’ was added to The Anime Network a few hours ago, and can be streamed in SD or HD for free over here. Unfortunately the show is restricted to North American IP addresses.

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One of my all-time favourite games is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on GameCube. A large part of its appeal is its use of cel-shaded graphics which lend it a unique, cartoonish charm.

I’ve often wondered how cel-shaded visuals would make the transition to the current generation of consoles, and have even played some titles like Tales of Vesperia on Xbox 360 which utilises a fairly subdued form of this technique.

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There’s been no shortage of movies and TV series based on famous videogames of late, and I consider this to be a good thing. These tie-ins take zero resources away from the actual game developers and give the franchise in question some much needed visibility in non-gaming sectors. There’s also the chance that one of these projects might go on to surpass the expectations of producers and fans alike.

“Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker” is an anime adaption of BioWare’s fruitful foray into dark fantasy. The film is being crafted by Texas-based Funimation Entertainment in collaboration with EA and BioWare.

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Halo Legends is a collection of seven short films all directed and created by noteworthy Japanese animation studios, including Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio 4°C and Toei Animation, with creative direction by Appleseed director and creator, Shinji Aramaki.

Six of the stories will form part of the official Halo universe, while the film created by Toei will be a parody of the game series’ ‘lore.’ Halo Legends is due for release in early 2010.

So by now you may have guessed that Halo Legends will be a distinctly anime production, not only in appearance, but thematically as well, which is all the more evident with the release of six promotional posters and a debut trailer for the collection, all of which you can glimpse below:

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