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Jan 15, 2022 · Review: ‘Belle’ is a striking virtual reality riff on ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Jan. 13, 2022. Hosoda’s latest conceptually daring adventure, “Belle,” now in theaters, situates the old-age...
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As Belle becomes U’s newest celebrity, she brings out all...
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Belle (竜とそばかすの姫, Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime, literally The Dragon and the Freckled Princess) is a 2021 Japanese animated science fantasy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced by Studio Chizu.
With Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro. Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
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- Animation, Adventure, Drama
- Mamoru Hosoda
- 2022-01-14
Jan 14, 2022 · Mamoru Hosoda’s animated film “Belle,” a modern reimagining of “Beauty and the Beast,” sees an outcast by the name of Suzu (voiced by Kaho Nakamura), discovering community and love on a virtual reality platform called U. Through lush graphics, Hosoda’s fairytale charts the highs and lows of online stardom, and how we act out our ...
For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer.
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- Mamoru Hosoda
- PG
- Nippon Television Network
Jan 13, 2022 · A dazzling phantasmagoria, it allows customers to log out of their reality by slipping into an avatar in the U space. Once inside, users — their real selves obscured by eccentric, sometimes ...
Jan 14, 2022 · Belle follows 17-year-old Suzu Naito (Kylie McNeill), who lost her mother at a young age in an accident.
