{"id":18991,"date":"2021-05-14T23:33:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T06:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=18991"},"modified":"2021-05-14T23:33:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T06:33:55","slug":"mamoru-hosadas-belle-movie-gets-july-16-release-date-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/05\/14\/mamoru-hosadas-belle-movie-gets-july-16-release-date-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamoru Hosada\u2019s Belle Movie Gets July 16 Release Date In Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Mamoru Hosoda&#8217;s upcoming film, <em>Belle <\/em>(<em>Ry\u016b to Sobakasu no Hime, meaning The Dragon and the Freckled Princess in Japanese<\/em>), is set to premiere on July 16 in Japan. The release date was revealed in a new, brief trailer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The July release window for Japan was first revealed in <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/04\/01\/mamoru-hosadas-belle-highlights-its-worlds-and-visuals-in-new-trailer\/\">a full-length trailer in April<\/a>. An English-translated version of that trailer stated that the movie will be coming soon.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\uff0f<br>\u3297\ufe0f\u516c\u958b\u65e5\u6c7a\u5b9a\u2728<br>\uff3c<br><br>\ud83c\udfac\u300e<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E7%AB%9C%E3%81%A8%E3%81%9D%E3%81%B0%E3%81%8B%E3%81%99%E3%81%AE%E5%A7%AB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u7adc\u3068\u305d\u3070\u304b\u3059\u306e\u59eb<\/a>\u300f\u306e<br>\u516c\u958b\u65e5\u304c7\u670816\u65e5(\u91d1)\u306b\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u2757<br><br>\u3053\u306e\u590f\u3001\u7d30\u7530\u5b88\u76e3\u7763\u6e3e\u8eab\u306e\u6700\u65b0\u4f5c\u304c<br>\u3064\u3044\u306b\u3001\u30d9\u30fc\u30eb\u3092\u8131\u304e\u307e\u3059\uff01\uff01<br><br>\u516c\u958b\u307e\u3067\u304a\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\u2757<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E7%B4%B0%E7%94%B0%E5%AE%88?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u7d30\u7530\u5b88<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E5%9C%B0%E5%9B%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u30b9\u30bf\u30b8\u30aa\u5730\u56f3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p65EizB3QB\">pic.twitter.com\/p65EizB3QB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u300e\u7adc\u3068\u305d\u3070\u304b\u3059\u306e\u59eb\u300f\u7d30\u7530\u5b88\u6700\u65b0\u4f5c\uff20\u30b9\u30bf\u30b8\u30aa\u5730\u56f3 (@studio_chizu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/studio_chizu\/status\/1393202784535650307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The announcement of <em>Belle<\/em>&#8216;s Japanese release date comes after two recent waves of cast announcements this month. <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/05\/06\/mamoru-hosodas-belle-reveals-some-of-its-cast\/\">The first of the cast<\/a> to be announced were Ryo Narita, Sh\u014dta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro, and Rira Ikuta as the classmates of protagonist Belle\/Suzu. <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/05\/13\/mamoru-hosodas-belle-adds-kenjiro-tsuda-mamoru-miyano-and-more-to-its-cast\/\">The second group of revealed cast members<\/a> include Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kenjiro Tsuda, Mami Koyama, and Mamoru Miyano.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The movie\u2019s staff includes\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em>\u00a0character designer Jin Kim, British architect and designer Eric Wong, and Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart from Irish studio Cartoon Saloon, which produced the Oscar-nominated\u00a0<em>Song of the Sea<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Secret of the Kells<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Wolfwalkers<\/em>. Studio Chizu is handling the animation production.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studiochizu.com\/news\/512\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studio Chizu website<\/a>\u00a0describes the story as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Our protagonist, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl, who lives in the countryside of Kochi Prefecture with her father, after losing her mother at a young age.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>She loves singing with her mother more than anything else, but as a result of her mother<span class=\"cha-ja\">\u2019<\/span>s death was no longer able to sing.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>It wasn<span class=\"cha-ja\">\u2019<\/span>t long before she and her father grew more and more distant from each other, and Suzu closed her heart to the rest of the world.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>When Suzu felt that writing music was her only purpose left in life, she then discovers the massive online space known as\u00a0<span class=\"cha-ja\">\u201c<\/span>U,<span class=\"cha-ja\">\u201d<\/span>\u00a0where she takes on her persona, Belle.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Another me.<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Another reality.<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>We are no longer limited to a single world.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Suzu quickly realizes that when she is inside\u00a0<span class=\"cha-ja\">\u201c<\/span>U<span class=\"cha-ja\">\u201d<\/span>\u00a0as her avatar, Belle, she can sing quite naturally. As she continues to showcase her own music in the virtual world, she fast becomes the rising star of\u00a0<span class=\"cha-ja\">\u201c<\/span>U.<span class=\"cha-ja\">\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Nonetheless, that surprise is short-lived. Suddenly, a mysterious dragon-shaped creature appears before her<span class=\"cha-ja\">\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Sources: Studio Chizu JP Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2021-05-14\/mamoru-hosoda-belle-film-opens-on-july-16\/.172806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anime News Network<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mamoru Hosoda&#8217;s upcoming film, Belle (Ry\u016b to Sobakasu no Hime, meaning The Dragon and the Freckled Princess in Japanese), is set to premiere on July 16 in Japan. The release date was revealed in a new, brief trailer. The July release window for Japan was first revealed in a full-length trailer in April. 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