U is billed as a perfect sensory replica of reality, and the online space’s mysterious creators invite users to start over and live their lives in U. Distribution company GKIDS has now posted the English-dubbed version of the movie’s opening scene online.īelle takes place in a near future where seemingly everyone on Earth has the option to plug into a virtual reality called U, which automatically generates an avatar for them based on their biometric information. Belle, the latest movie from Hosoda’s Studio Chizu, is a futuristic riff on the classic Beauty and the Beast story. Over the past decade, Hosoda has built a reputation as one of Japan’s most celebrated and recognizable anime movie writers and directors, for his heady, visually lush films The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, and Mirai. Since Mamoru Hosoda’s anime movie Belle premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in July 2021 - just one day ahead of its Japanese opening - it’s become one of the year’s most anticipated anime movie releases.

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