Mamoru Hosoda—known for acclaimed works such as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, Boy and the Beast, and Mirai—is back with another hit, and BELLE now has a date for more theaters outside of Japan. English distributor GKIDS announced further plans …Read more »
BELLE, Mamoru Hosoda’s new film, is now officially his top grosser. The film has earned 5.87 billion yen (about $53.4 million) at the Japanese box office — that’s more than Hosoda’s Boy and the Beast, which brought in 5.85 billion. And it’s still playing in …Read more »
Director Mamoru Hosoda is riding high off the success of his latest film, BELLE, but that didn’t stop him from recommending some other essential anime you absolutely have to see. During Saturday’s “The Most Useful School in the World” program, Hosoda ran through a list …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE continues to do well, nabbing the top spot of the Japanese box office for the second weekend in a row. So far 1.69 million people have bought tickets and it’s brought in 2,437,411,900 yen (approximately $22.11 million). The live-action Tokyo Revengers took …Read more »
BELLE director Mamoru Hosoda recently appeared to throw some shade at Hayao Miyazaki, but a recent survey put Hosoda in competition with Your Name director Makoto Shinkai, not Miyazaki. Japanese company 1Screen questioned survey respondents whether they liked Mamoru Hosoda’s or Makoto Shinkai’s films more. …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s new movie BELLE will become available for American audiences this winter when GKIDS releases it dubbed and subbed. In the meantime, the insert song “Kokoro no Soba ni” (translated as “Beside the Heart”) is available to listen to on YouTube. It’s sung by …Read more »
Director Mamoru Hosoda, whose movie BELLE just opened in Japan, does not think anime treats female characters well. “You only have to watch Japanese animation to see how young women are underestimated and not taken seriously in Japanese society,” he remarked in a recent interview. …Read more »
The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Official Programme book just came out in Japan, and English speakers will be able to read a translated version on July 21. The book goes into detail on the thirty-three featured sports in the Olympics, and several contributors would catch …Read more »
Director Mamoru Hosoda is breaking more new ground with his next feature film, BELLE. In addition to opening in standard theaters in Japan on July 16, Hosoda’s latest will mark the director’s first journey to the even bigger screen of IMAX. The latest trailer from …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda is getting a short-term exhibit of his work at the “Studio Chizu Exhibition at animate ONLYSHOP” located in the Yokohama Vivre building. But even if you’re not local or unable to travel, you can visit the exhibit digitally on July 15. YouTuber and …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s anime movie Belle has received an international trailer that includes English subtitles. Belle is scheduled to come out on July 16 in Japan. This is the description given for the feature: “Our protagonist, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl, who lives …Read more »
BELLE, the next theatrical film from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, The Boy and the Beast), is set to premiere in Japan on July 16, and more cast members have been revealed in the weeks leading up to its debut. The latest to make …Read more »
A new key visual has been revealed for Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE anime film, which is set to premiere in Japan on July 16. This one has world-famous virtual singer Belle getting up close and personal with a creature called Dragon, featuring the tagline “You’re not …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s latest film, BELLE, is set to hit Japanese theaters July 16. The film is directed and written by Hosoda, and features music by Taisei Iwasaki (Blood Blockade Battlefront). Here the official description: Our protagonist, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl, who …Read more »
More cast members have been announced for Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE, the latest from the acclaimed director that’s set to premiere in Japan this July. In addition to actor photos and character art, the official website shared a relationship chart that shows the connection between the …Read more »
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