FUNimation knows that in a lot of places around the country this weekend, things are getting cooler as fall hits. So they’re giving you a reason to stay inside and warm your heart with the screening of their feature film Hal being free on both their service and on the YouTube channel they have. The film is definitely one to check out, especially for animation fans in general, as it was the first original project from Wit Studio, who ended up taking on Attack on Titan after that. The feature will be available for streaming starting on Friday at 1pm ET until midday on Monday afternoon. FUNimation is also making it something that you’ll be more interested in buying as you can get 25% off your purchase of it in their shop for just this weekend using the HAL25 code.
You can check out seven minutes of it below already and you can also check out our review of it here.
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.
