FUNimation to Release Romantic Sci-fi Film “Hal” on Blu-ray/DVD

<p>FUNimation bought the rights of a romantic science-fiction anime film titled <i>Hal<&sol;i>&period; It is from the same studio of <i>Attack on Titan<&sol;i>&period; The movie will be on a Blu-ray&sol;DVD combo pack in Fall 2014&period; It is a dual language release and will appease the pickiest of Otaku &lpar;a dual language release means the film or show will have both dubbed and subbed options&rpar;&period; FUNimation&&num;8217&semi;s official description explains the story without giving anything away&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Kurumi’s heart was broken by the sudden death of her boyfriend in a tragic a irplane accident&period; Forced to carry on without her beloved Hal&comma; she fell into a reclusive and joyless existence&period; Kurumi had given up on the world&comma; but a brilliant scientist devised a plan to win her back&period; By melding futuristic technology with the binary equivalent of human emotion&comma; they created an ultra-lifelike robotic surrogate to take Hal’s place – and lure Kurumi from her shroud of solitude&period; Resistant at first&comma; this shattered beauty slowly yielded to her feelings of longing – and took comfort in the company of a robot&period; Though their unique bond grew stronger with each passing day&comma; Kurumi and Hal would soon discover that nothing about their artificial love story was quite as it seemed&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>A sci-fi anime film based upon a romance is bound to please anime fans&period; We’ve included FUNimation’s trailer for <i>Hal<&sol;i> above so you can get a peak at the film&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;