Shunji Iwai

The Murder Case of Hana And Alice Shunji Iwai

Shunji Iwai writes and directs this Japanese anime prequel. The film tells the story of how Hana and Alice (voices of Anne Suzuki and Yû Aoi) first met as they team up to solve the mystery of a missing boy that is said to haunt their school. After 14-year-old Alice moves to a strange new town and transfers to Ishinomori Middle School it's not long before she befriends her shy neighbour Hana.

When Alice begins researching the disappearance of one of her classmates, who is said to have married four girls in his class, she enlists Hana's help in solving the mystery of what really happened to the boy.