花とアリス殺人事件

The Case of Hana & Alice

A prequel to the 2004 live action film "Hana to Alice." Hana to Alice Satsujin Jiken (The Case of Hana & Alice) will tell the story of how the two female high school leads in the first Hana & Alice live-action film met. 51-year-old film director Iwai (All About Lily Chou-Chou, Swallowtail Butterfly) conceived, wrote, and directed the original 2004 live-action film.

Names

Original	花とアリス殺人事件 (japanese)
Romaji	Hana to Alice Satsujin Jiken
English	The Case of Hana & Alice
Chinese	花与爱丽丝杀人事件 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	Hana e Alice - Il caso di omicidio

Facts

Format	Feature film · 1 ep · 98 min · 2h total
Aired	2015-02-20 (Winter 2015)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	STEVE N' STEVEN
Source	Original work
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Drama Mystery Slice of Life
Themes	Female Protagonist Rotoscoping Coming of Age Urban Bullying Hikikomori
Streaming	Amazon Prime Video

Reception

Community score	7.24 / 10
Bayesian score	7.32 / 10
Composite	54.0
On lists	17,933
Favourited	304 (1.7%)
Completion	90.8%
Drop rate	1.9%
In backlog	60.9%
Score spread σ	1.70

Score distribution

13723938541545316661471,24981,207969910327

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Winter 2015	B	17 of 66
Year	2015	C	102 of 347
Genre	Mystery	C	288 of 652
Season (all years)	Winter	C	417 of 1,557
Source material	Original work	B	421 of 1,732
Format	Feature film	C	427 of 997
Length	Movie	C	427 of 997
Era	Late 2010s	C	534 of 1,863
Genre	Slice of Life	C	616 of 1,578
Genre	Drama	C	864 of 1,917
Origin	Japan	C	1,972 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Shunji Iwai, Hiroshi Takiguchi, Yuuhei Sakuragi
Music	Shunji Iwai, Heku to Pascal
Original creator	Shunji Iwai

AniList id 20908 · MAL id 27969 · Bangumi 115732 · record updated 2026-08-26

花とアリス 殺人事件