Hana & Alice LE - Blu-ray Forum

timae · 10-09-2013, 12:16 AM

Hana & Alice LE bluray with LE Box for Love Letter + April Story LE blurays...

http://www.kimchidvd.com/en/good/goo...good_seq=19537

Curiously, this release says it has no English subs, unlike the other 2 releases from Contents Gate. Still hoping that's a mistake but, I can't say that I'm surprised.

Here is another view of the included box for the set:

PGW · 10-09-2013, 03:39 AM

Release date 10-07-2010... huh? Have we gone back in time?

H&A is one of my favorite films, so I'm very disappointed it doesn't appear to have English subs (particularly since the Korean DVD has them).

Can someone who's gotten this confirm?

timae · 10-09-2013, 10:30 AM

YesAsia has a release date of 10-16-2013.

The extras appear to be the same as the Korean DVD. It's hard to imagine they couldn't find a few kB for English subs.

PGW · 10-28-2013, 06:34 PM

Hard to imagine... but unfortunately true.

I received the disc today and I can confirm that there are no English subs. What a shame – all the more so because it's packaged in a beautiful slipcase inside of a box that also holds "April Story" and the limited edition of "Love Letter."

Sigh.

timae · 11-11-2013, 03:40 AM

I received mine on Friday. Hana & Alice really is a nice slipcase with the glossy pictures and inside pictures and writing like the April Story slip. The box set case is a nice bonus... makes a very collectible package. But you are right... what a shame to have just one small but important detail missed with the missing sub. In looking at the sub menu, I have to wonder if someone made a mistake... there are 2 Korean subs included and they look identical at first glance. The disc also has English friendly menus. If it's a mistake, then the company should fix it.

DJJez · 07-17-2015, 03:02 AM

anyone got one of these they want to sell?

PGW · 07-17-2015, 03:36 AM

Well, since this thread is alive again... I popped in the blu-ray a week or two ago and compared it against the Korean SE DVD.

Absolutely no contest. The blu-ray makes the DVD look like it was transferred by shooting it off a wall with the lights out.

What a shame there aren't any English subs!

Geode · 07-30-2015, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PGW

Well, since this thread is alive again... I popped in the blu-ray a week or two ago and compared it against the Korean SE DVD.

Absolutely no contest. The blu-ray makes the DVD look like it was transferred by shooting it off a wall with the lights out.

What a shame there aren't any English subs!

I would have thought they would have rectified the situation with the subs by now in a new release.

Yasujiro Ozu · 12-16-2015, 11:23 PM

I watched Hana and Alice + April story this week and getting this boxset would have been a treat. If only they would re -release with English subs though.

PGW · 12-17-2015, 02:19 AM

April Story has English subs - it's just H&A.

By the way, is anyone aware of an English friendly release of the recent sequel, "The Case of Hana And Alice"?

p_cqvist · 12-17-2015, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PGW

By the way, is anyone aware of an English friendly release of the recent sequel, "The Case of Hana And Alice"?

Anime Limited will release it in the UK sometime next year, Q1 possibly. That's the only one I'm aware of.

Yasujiro Ozu · 12-18-2015, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PGW

April Story has English subs - it's just H&A.

By the way, is anyone aware of an English friendly release of the recent sequel, "The Case of Hana And Alice"?

Yes I know. I will buying April story in Blu shortly although will have to wait for H&A.

Geode · 03-27-2016, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by p_cqvist

Anime Limited will release it in the UK sometime next year, Q1 possibly. That's the only one I'm aware of.

Is it going forward?

p_cqvist · 03-28-2016, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geode

Is it going forward?

I'm actually wondering the same, they've been awfully quiet. This is the latest post I'm able to find about it, so I probably just imagined reading Q1 somewhere.

PGW · 02-02-2017, 09:38 PM

I received the Anime Ltd. "Case Of Hana And Alice" blu-ray and watched it last night. I found the film completely charming, and beautifully animated (and, no, guy-who-wrote-the-Amazon-review, it's not supposed to be a "crime" movie. You really haven't seen many Iwai films, have you?). The blu-ray (locked to Region B, unfortunately) looks perfect. The only extra is a long interview with Makoto Shinkai. It would have been nice to have had some "making of" footage, or an interview with Iwai. A few "artcards," booklet (unfortunately, with a number of terrible misspellings) and nice, heavy box round out the package. On the other hand, it seems like I've been waiting ages to see an English-friendly issue of this... so these complaints are just nit-picking.

10-09-2013, 12:16 AM	#1
timae Member Member since:Mar 2012 Location:Muskoka	Hana & Alice LE Hana & Alice LE bluray with LE Box for Love Letter + April Story LE blurays... http://www.kimchidvd.com/en/good/goo...good_seq=19537 Curiously, this release says it has no English subs, unlike the other 2 releases from Contents Gate. Still hoping that's a mistake but, I can't say that I'm surprised. Here is another view of the included box for the set:

10-09-2013, 03:39 AM	#2
PGW Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2009 Location:United States Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:4	Release date 10-07-2010... huh? Have we gone back in time? H&A is one of my favorite films, so I'm very disappointed it doesn't appear to have English subs (particularly since the Korean DVD has them). Can someone who's gotten this confirm?

10-09-2013, 10:30 AM	#3
timae Member Member since:Mar 2012 Location:Muskoka	YesAsia has a release date of 10-16-2013. The extras appear to be the same as the Korean DVD. It's hard to imagine they couldn't find a few kB for English subs.

10-28-2013, 06:34 PM	#4
PGW Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2009 Location:United States Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:4	Hard to imagine... but unfortunately true. I received the disc today and I can confirm that there are no English subs. What a shame – all the more so because it's packaged in a beautiful slipcase inside of a box that also holds "April Story" and the limited edition of "Love Letter." Sigh.

11-11-2013, 03:40 AM	#5
timae Member Member since:Mar 2012 Location:Muskoka	I received mine on Friday. Hana & Alice really is a nice slipcase with the glossy pictures and inside pictures and writing like the April Story slip. The box set case is a nice bonus... makes a very collectible package. But you are right... what a shame to have just one small but important detail missed with the missing sub. In looking at the sub menu, I have to wonder if someone made a mistake... there are 2 Korean subs included and they look identical at first glance. The disc also has English friendly menus. If it's a mistake, then the company should fix it.

07-17-2015, 03:02 AM	#6
DJJez Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 Location:Reading, England Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:1160 Blu-ray collection:2886 DVD collection:1 Trading Score:9	anyone got one of these they want to sell?

07-17-2015, 03:36 AM	#7
PGW Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2009 Location:United States Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:4	Well, since this thread is alive again... I popped in the blu-ray a week or two ago and compared it against the Korean SE DVD. Absolutely no contest. The blu-ray makes the DVD look like it was transferred by shooting it off a wall with the lights out. What a shame there aren't any English subs!

12-16-2015, 11:23 PM	#9
Yasujiro Ozu Active Member Member since:Aug 2013	I watched Hana and Alice + April story this week and getting this boxset would have been a treat. If only they would re -release with English subs though.

12-17-2015, 02:19 AM	#10
PGW Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2009 Location:United States Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:4	April Story has English subs - it's just H&A. By the way, is anyone aware of an English friendly release of the recent sequel, "The Case of Hana And Alice"?

02-02-2017, 09:38 PM	#15
PGW Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2009 Location:United States Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:4	I received the Anime Ltd. "Case Of Hana And Alice" blu-ray and watched it last night. I found the film completely charming, and beautifully animated (and, no, guy-who-wrote-the-Amazon-review, it's not supposed to be a "crime" movie. You really haven't seen many Iwai films, have you?). The blu-ray (locked to Region B, unfortunately) looks perfect. The only extra is a long interview with Makoto Shinkai. It would have been nice to have had some "making of" footage, or an interview with Iwai. A few "artcards," booklet (unfortunately, with a number of terrible misspellings) and nice, heavy box round out the package. On the other hand, it seems like I've been waiting ages to see an English-friendly issue of this... so these complaints are just nit-picking.

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