Belle

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.
Japanese with English subtitles.

Gold List: Best Animated Feature award winner!
London Film Festival: Best Film nominee!
Awards of the Japanese Academy: Best Animation Film, Original Score nominee!
Annie Awards: Best Animated Independent Feature, Directing, Writing, Production Design, Effects nominee!

94% All Critics / 100% Top Critics / 95% Audience Score! “A remarkable story brought to life with dazzling animation, Belle finds writer-director Mamoru Hosoda setting a brilliant new benchmark.” (Rotten Tomatoes)

5 Stars! “Belle is a beautifully observed, dazzlingly animated sci-fi fairy tale…Both a beast and a beauty, Hosoda’s film is a triumph.” (The Telegraph)

5 Stars! “dazzling anime skew on Beauty and the Beast…Belle is also incredibly funny, gear-shifting from soaring uplift and plunging lows to bone-dry comic moments that Hosoda edits perfectly…It’s high time to mention Studio Chizu in the same breath as Studio Ghibli, because this one is an absolute feast.” (Time Out)

5 Stars! “Belle asserts itself as a feast for the heart and senses, mounted in dazzling shows of vision and ambition…Hosoda gives a tale as old as time a ravishing new set of wings: timely, embracing, and potent.” (Total Film)

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