Line #7 Anime/Hal


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4	->"''You closed you heart. I want you to live again.''"
5	-->-- ''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNXhoXiufGk Movie trailer]]'''
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7	''Hal'' is a 2013 {{Animated Film\|s}} directed by Ryoutarou Makihata, with character designs by Io Sakisaka of the ''Manga/BlueSpringRide'' and ''Manga/StrobeEdge'' fame and animation by Wit Studio (a subsidary formed by Creator/ProductionIG).
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9	TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Hal (Creator/YoshimasaHosoya) dies in a plane crash, leaving his girlfriend Kurumi (Creator/YokoHikasa) depressed and withdrawn from the world. A month later, Robot [=Q01=] is rebuilt with Hal's appearance to take care of her. Along with fulfilling Kurumi's wishes through hints from Rubik's cubes, the new Hal delves into Hal and Kurumi's past as well as learning the meaning of life.
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11	The movie was released in theaters on June 8, 2013, and received a Blu-Ray/DVD release on December 18 of that year. To promote the series, a manga adaptation by Umi Ayase (one of Io Sakisaka's assistants) ran in the magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1TIz391vlY It was licensed and dubbed by]] Creator/{{Funimation}} for an English release, with the Blu-Ray/DVD releasing on September 2, 2014.
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13	Not to be confused with the similarly named Creator/HALLaboratory.
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16	!!This film contains examples of:
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18	* AwardBaitSong: "Owaranai Uta", sung by Kurumi's voice actress, Creator/YokoHikasa.
19	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[spoiler: For somebody who died in a plane explosion, Kurumi's corpse was in surprisingly good condition.]]
20	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Tsukiko decides to help Hal take the giraffe in front of the store only because Kurumi had helped her pick up her clothing in the past
21	* BerserkButton: In a recording on their past, Hal apparently despised the idea of living poorly, since it reminded him all too well of how it resulted in his [[ParentalAbandonment parents abandoning him]].
22	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Kurumi is dead, but Hal moves on with his life, opening a shop just like she had always wanted.]]
23	* BrokenBird: From the photos and the way the senior citizens speak highly of Kurumi, she was once a GenkiGirl, and Hal's death had changed her completely.
24	* CharacterTitle: The movie is titled ''Hal'' (a more Anglicized way of romanizing the Japanese name "Haru"), and the primary character is named Hal. The trope doubles as a ProtagonistTitle.
25	* CueTheRain: When Hal and Kurumi start running from Ryu, it starts to rain, going FromBadToWorse.
26	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hal and Ryu stole items to pay off their debts since they were little.
27	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:[=Q01=] wasn't sent to replace Hal, but rather Kurumi, who was the one who died in the plane crash.]]
28	* DomesticAbuse: Hal assumes that the original Hal beat Kurumi when he sees an unsolved Rubik's cube with the words "Hal" and "violence." Fortunately, that wasn't the case, but that didn't mean Hal and Kurumi always got along.
29	* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Hal has these [[spoiler:when he goes into a catatonic state after Kurumi dies.]]
30	* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Well, not really, since Hal's not the one who's dying, but he mouths, "I love you" to Kurumi as she falls into the bottom of the river.]]
31	* FlashbackTwist: The button that Kurumi fixes throughout the movie is actually a digital camera that reveals all the time that Hal and Kurumi spent together. [[spoiler:When she fully fixes it and Hal suddenly remembers the past, the camera goes on to show that Kurumi was the one who went on the plane and her last moments on there.]]
32	* FreudianExcuse: As a child, Hal was abandoned by his family on the basis that they couldn't pay for a heart transplant he received. Ever since, Hal was driven to avoid debt and earn lots of money, even if it meant [[WhatTheHellHero selling Kurumi's buttons without her permission]].
33	* HerHeartWillGoOn: Invoked with Kurumi, since Hal was sent to help her move on, but [[spoiler:since Kurumi's the one who died, not Hal, it's Hal who has to learn how to cope with her death.]]
34	* HeroicBSOD: When Hal [[spoiler:learns that Kurumi was the one who died on the plane]], he freaks out and continues to call out to her.
35	* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Because Hal often had illegal or dangerous jobs to work off his debt, Kurumi wanted to pull him out of it by having the two start a business of their own.
36	* ItsAllMyFault: Hal blames [[spoiler:Kurumi's death]] on himself [[spoiler:and he believes he could have saved her if he went on the plane with her.]]
37	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Later in the movie, the audience learns that Kurumi is the one who died in the plane crash, not Hal, and Hal had deluded himself into thinking he's the one who died and has to save Kurumi to cope.]]
38	* LastKiss: [[spoiler:Hal and Kurumi share one before Kurumi falls to the bottom of the river.]]
39	* LastRequest: [[spoiler:Kurumi's final request to Hal was to live on.]]
40	* LethalChef: Hal tries to learn how to cook as per Kurumi's wish on one of the Rubik's cubes. It doesn't go well for him at first, but later he learns how to make a passable meal.
41	* LoanShark: Ryu is seen hanging with loan sharks during his first appearance. It's heavily implied that Hal has dealt business with them before as well.
42	* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Prior to the plane crash, Hal and Kurumi had gotten into an argument.
43	* NoSocialSkills: Hal tries to take the giraffe in front of a shop to grant one of Kurumi's wishes. He ends up getting scolded and accused of stealing despite the owner having very little use for it anyway, and he would have gotten the giraffe if he had asked first.
44	* OneWordTitle
45	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Hal wears a blue pullover for the majority of the movie, and Kurumi wears a pink dress.
46	* ParentalAbandonment: When Hal was little, he had a heart transplant, but because his parents couldn't pay for it, they abandoned him.
47	* PerpetualPoverty: Hal and Kurumi lived in a shabby house in Kyoto and often worried about making ends meet, especially when Hal still had yet to pay off his debt.
48	* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Kurumi asks Hal if he'd stay with her when he learns about the arguments they had. Hal also does this [[spoiler:when Kurumi tries to push him to the surface for him to live without her]].
49	* PlotCoupon: The Rubik's cubes Kurumi owns have her "wishes" written on them and originated from an old fad. As Hal solves them, he soon learns more about her and her past with the real Hal.
50	* PostCyberpunk: Definitely has the vibe of a cyberpunk world, but much brighter and more clean, justified because it's a [[FridgeBrilliance heartwarming love story]].
51	* ReplacementGoldfish: [=Q01=] was sent to Kurumi's house to take care of her in place of Hal. [[spoiler:Actually, it was sent to take care of Hal in place of Kurumi.]]
52	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The robot isn't Hal, but Kurumi. Hal and Kurumi had planned on going on a trip together. After fighting at the airport, Hal decides not to go. Kurumi ends up dying in the plane crash, leaving Hal in a catatonic state. [=Q01=] was sent to take on Kurumi's appearance and help Hal cope with the truth, while Hal begins deluding himself that he's the robot.]]
53	* SceneryPorn: The establishing shots of rural Kyoto are extremely gorgeous.
54	* SkywardScream: Hal gives one after [[spoiler:remembering Kurumi died in the plane crash]].
55	* TheStinger: A post-credits scene shows Hal happily adapting to his life [[spoiler:as well as the final wish on the Rubik's cube, personally written by the robot]].
56	* TakeMyHand: Hal reaches for Kurumi as they are sinking into the river.
57	* ThemeTune: "Owaranai Uta" serves as the EndingTheme to the movie and is sung by Creator/YokoHikasa, the voice actress of Kurumi.
58	* ThisIsReality: In a recording, when Kurumi argued that she wanted to run a simple business where her customers were regulars, Hal angrily stated that the only reason she wanted to live that way was because she didn't know "what it's really like to be poor".
59	* ToxicFriendInfluence: Ryu is this to Hal. While Hal is on the fence of putting his history of looting behind him thanks to the efforts of Kurumi, Ryu continues to sell whatever he can get his hands on.
60	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The film was marketed as a "near future romance", with the only advanced technology being robots and the button Kurumi owns.
61	* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Hal's version of what happened in the beginning of the film is ''way'' different from what actually happened thanks to LaserGuidedAmnesia, and he has a huge breakdown when he finally learns what really happened with him and Kurumi.]]
62	* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Ryu delivers these upon TheReveal, the biggest one being, "Kurumi is already dead!"]]
63	* WhamShot: Near the end of Kurumi and Hal's argument at the airport, [[spoiler:the audience sees Kurumi walking through the gate... and the shot turns to focus on the plane -- the same plane that exploded in the opening scene.]]
64	* WhatTheHellHero: According to the recording, this once occured during an argument between Kurumi and Hal when the latter sold Kurumi's buttons without her permission.

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