October 21, 2024 12:45 pm
This movie will help you when you are going through hard times.
Everyone starts somewhere – and Wit Studio, which many people know and love today for Attack on Titan, The Ancient Magus' Bride, Spy x Family and other projects, is no exception. Hal is their first anime, released a little over ten years ago.
What Is Hal About?
The movie is set in the Kyoto of the future, where humans coexist with robots. There is also a special kind of therapy, where androids help a person to cope with depression. It all begins with the death of the young man Hal. His beloved Kurumi takes the loss of the young man hard: she no longer smiles and does not leave the house.
To help his granddaughter overcome her grief, Kurumi's grandfather decides to take a desperate step – he sends her an android that looks like her lover. The robot is not meant to replace the real Hal, and Kurumi understands that he is an android.
But gradually, Kurumi begins to tell him about her Hal: regrets and joys, experiences and dreams. Kurumi writes her wishes on a Rubik's cube, which the robot helps her to fulfill. At first glance, her wishes seem simple: to go to a festival together, to see a giraffe, to eat delicious food. But through them, Kurumi gradually begins to come back to life.
Hal Is a Powerful and Moving Exploration of the Experience of Loss
The authors have managed to make a short but very powerful movie about the experience of losing a loved one. About how to live on for those left behind and what to do with unspoken feelings and regrets.
The title also has an unexpected interesting twist that allows you to look at the events from a completely new angle.
Hal is incredibly beautiful: stunning graphics and animation, a warm and cozy atmosphere. Sparkling with light, Kyoto with its many small details seems to resist the breath of death.
Hal teaches us to appreciate the little things, to see the most important details, which allows us to enjoy every day we live. Happiness, after all, is built out of ordinary things – small kindnesses, the warmth of loved ones, friends and relatives.
Hal Had a Unique Release Strategy
Hal is a media-mixed project with different incarnations. The release of the movie was announced in the shojo manga magazine Margaret – the manga Hal was also published there several months before the premiere.
It was drawn by artist Ayase Umi, but the character designs for the movie were done by well-known shojo manga artist Sakisaka Io. She was one of the main authors of Margaret and was very popular in Japan at the time. You may be familiar with the later adaptations of her manga Blue Spring Ride and Love Me, Love Me Not.
This movie will help you when you are going through hard times.
Everyone starts somewhere – and Wit Studio, which many people know and love today for Attack on Titan, The Ancient Magus' Bride, Spy x Family and other projects, is no exception. Hal is their first anime, released a little over ten years ago.
What Is Hal About?
The movie is set in the Kyoto of the future, where humans coexist with robots. There is also a special kind of therapy, where androids help a person to cope with depression. It all begins with the death of the young man Hal. His beloved Kurumi takes the loss of the young man hard: she no longer smiles and does not leave the house.
To help his granddaughter overcome her grief, Kurumi's grandfather decides to take a desperate step – he sends her an android that looks like her lover. The robot is not meant to replace the real Hal, and Kurumi understands that he is an android.
But gradually, Kurumi begins to tell him about her Hal: regrets and joys, experiences and dreams. Kurumi writes her wishes on a Rubik's cube, which the robot helps her to fulfill. At first glance, her wishes seem simple: to go to a festival together, to see a giraffe, to eat delicious food. But through them, Kurumi gradually begins to come back to life.
Hal Is a Powerful and Moving Exploration of the Experience of Loss
The authors have managed to make a short but very powerful movie about the experience of losing a loved one. About how to live on for those left behind and what to do with unspoken feelings and regrets.
The title also has an unexpected interesting twist that allows you to look at the events from a completely new angle.
Hal is incredibly beautiful: stunning graphics and animation, a warm and cozy atmosphere. Sparkling with light, Kyoto with its many small details seems to resist the breath of death.
Hal teaches us to appreciate the little things, to see the most important details, which allows us to enjoy every day we live. Happiness, after all, is built out of ordinary things – small kindnesses, the warmth of loved ones, friends and relatives.
Hal Had a Unique Release Strategy
Hal is a media-mixed project with different incarnations. The release of the movie was announced in the shojo manga magazine Margaret – the manga Hal was also published there several months before the premiere.
It was drawn by artist Ayase Umi, but the character designs for the movie were done by well-known shojo manga artist Sakisaka Io. She was one of the main authors of Margaret and was very popular in Japan at the time. You may be familiar with the later adaptations of her manga Blue Spring Ride and Love Me, Love Me Not.
