Japan Synopsis
ハル
Kurumi’s heart was broken by the sudden death of her boyfriend in a tragic airplane accident. By melding futuristic technology with the binary equivalent of human emotion, a brilliant scientist created an ultra-lifelike robotic surrogate to take Hal’s place – and lure Kurumi from her shroud of solitude.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Hal. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From WIT STUDIO
Animation + Romance in Japan
116 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Hal itself).
The 2012–2014 Japan Window
Hal holds position #310 of 530 Japan films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hal premiered alongside 177 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 177 other Japan films in 2013.
The 2785th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
90 audience reviews — more than 74% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (74th percentile) outruns trending popularity (43th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Hal, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- heartbreak · 5
- human android relationship · 2
- repressed memory · 1
- flashback · 28
- duringcreditsstinger · 26
- aftercreditsstinger · 24
- android · 19
- anime · 711
- future · 43
- loss of loved one · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,733 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (40th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,788 of 2,532 (top 71%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | WIT STUDIO, Production I.G, Shochiku, Pony Canyon |
| Runtime | 1h 0m |
| Release Date | June 8, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2573198 |