Guests are Shunji Iwai and Toshio Suzuki!　Animated film "The Hana to Alice Murder Case" and a screening of the previous film "Hana to Alice" with a talk show.

The animated film "The Hana to Alice Murder Case" will be released on February 20, and a screening of "Hana to Alice" with a talk show by Shunji Iwai and Toshio Suzuki will be held.

The "Hana to Alice Murder Case" is an animated prequel to "Hana to Alice," a live-action film written, scripted, and directed by Shunji Iwai and released in 2004. It is the first feature-length animated film by Shunji Iwai, and the original story, screenplay, music, and direction are by Iwai himself. In addition, actresses Yu Aoi and Anne Suzuki, who appeared in "Hana to Alice," will participate as voice actors for the roles of Alice and Hana. The recording was done using the prescoring method (recording the voices first, rather than matching them to the pictures), and their performances as voice actors are also attracting attention. The story is about the encounter between Alice, the strongest transfer student in history, and Hana, the strongest shut-in in history.

The event "Iwai Shunji Film Festival" will be held this time. Among the films that will be screened are "All about Lily Chou-Chou", "Swallowtail", and "Hana and Alice", which were selected by public vote, and Mr. Shunji Iwai and producer Toshio Suzuki of Studio Ghibli will appear as guests. It will be interesting to see what comments they will make about the latest film, "The Murder of Hana and Alice.

The event will be held at Shinjuku Wald 9 from February 8 to 18. The "Hana to Alice" screening with talk show will be held on February 8 at 17:00, with a talk show by the two actors before the screening. Tickets are 2,000 yen and are available at Dripus (https://www.dreampass.jp/e780).

＜Story
Tetsuko Arisugawa (a.k.a. Alice; voice: Yu Aoi), a third-year junior high school student transferred to Ishinomori Gakuen Junior High School, is told a rumor that "Judas was killed by four Judas," which happened one year ago in the third grade 2 class. Alice is also told that the house next door to Alice's is called "Hanayashiki" and that "Hana" who lives there should know more about Judas, so Alice sneaks into the Hanayashiki. There, she finds her truant classmate Hana Arai (a.k.a. Hana, voiced by Anne Suzuki) waiting for her...