Check Out The First Three Minutes Of Manoru Hosuda’s Belle
Mamoru Hosoda has directed some of the finest anime films of the past few years…Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The Boy and The Beast, Wolf Children and more. His next big project, Belle, is about to hit theaters…but you can watch it for free today! The first few minutes of it, anyway… At first glance, the premise of this one feels familiar to Hosoda’s own Summer Wars (and that portion of the Digimon movie he directed): there’s this virtual reality world and it’s mega-popular and everyone participates in it. The virtual world is so real and advanced that it can authentically recreate all five human senses. There are a lot of influencers in this world, but the biggest has to be a pop star who simply goes by “BELLE.” There’s more to Belle than her glamorous virtual persona lets on, however. Her real name is Suzu, she lives in a small community, and everyone who knows her in real life simply calls her “The Sad Girl.” Suzu
