FUNimation has been pretty quiet on their Anime Expo 2013 acquisition of Hal, which we got to review this week, but now they’re starting to talk more about it and its plans. The feature is set for a fall release with a planned September 2nd, 2014 street date for $19.98 in a combo DVD/BD form. And it will be a bilingual release, which they make note of. With this being the inaugural work from Studio Wit, who went on to do Attack on Titan, it’s definitely an interesting piece because it’s a launch passion project that can define a studio in a lot of ways. Check out the review above and sample the first promotional trailer below.
Plot concept: Kurumi’s heart was broken by the sudden death of her boyfriend in a tragic airplane accident. Forced to carry on without her beloved Hal, she fell into a reclusive and joyless existence. Kurumi had given up on the world, but a brilliant scientist devised a plan to win her back. By melding futuristic technology with the binary equivalent of human emotion, they created an ultra-lifelike robotic surrogate to take Hal’s place – and lure Kurumi from her shroud of solitude. Resistant at first, this shattered beauty slowly yielded to her feelings of longing – and took comfort in the company of a robot. Though their unique bond grew stronger with each passing day, Kurumi and Hal would soon discover that nothing about their artificial love story was quite as it seemed.
