The sketches were not very detailed, yet very detail in the motion presentation. This anime was like any other neat and cute anime you had seen. The formats are different, as well as the time gap between the two films. Either way watching both the films is good for the better understanding, and chronological order is the best way to go for. But for a prequel, it's not necessary as the story wise it would be the original, despite not the first to release in the series or franchise. Usually to watch a sequel, you have to be familiar with the original. So I had to watch that before coming to this one and I found both the films were pretty good. It is a prequel to the 2004 film 'Hana and Alice' from the same writer, director. Reviewed by Reno-Rangan 7 / 10 The legend of Yuda. She is told that if anybody knows his fate it would be Hana, the recluse in the house next door, who has been unable to bring herself to attend class since 'Judas' disappeared.-Brian Greenhalgh She immediately finds herself bullied due being assigned the seat of 'Judas' who is said to have been murdered over a year before. After her parents separate, 14 year-old Tetsuko (who will soon be nick-named Alice) moves with her mother to a new town in what she calls 'The Boonies' and must enroll as a transfer student in a new middle school.