Anime With Girl, Baby Dragon and Scientist Cantonese
| Belle | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Japanese | 竜とそばかすの姫 |
| Hepburn | Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime |
| Literally | The dragon and the freckled princess |
| Directed by | Mamoru Hosoda |
| Screenplay by | Mamoru Hosoda |
| Story by | Mamoru Hosoda |
| Produced by |
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| Starring |
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| Edited by | Shigeru Nishiyama |
| Music by |
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| Production | Studio Chizu |
| Distributed past | Toho |
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| Running time | 124 minutes |
| Land | Nihon |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $63.i million[one] |
Belle ( 竜とそばかすの姫 , Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime , literally "The Dragon and the Freckled Princess") is a 2021 Japanese blithe scientific discipline fantasy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced past Studio Chizu. The story is inspired past the 1756 French fairy tale Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, with Hosoda taking cues from the 1991 Disney animated motion picture.[2]
The film received its world premiere on July 15, 2021, at the 2021 Cannes Motion picture Festival,[three] where information technology was well-received past critics with a continuing ovation that lasted fourteen minutes.[iv] It was released theatrically in Japan on July 16, 2021. GKIDS has licensed the film in North America, with a nationwide release date of Jan 14, 2022,[5] and previews in select IMAX theaters on January 12,[6] while Anime Limited released the film in the United kingdom on Feb iv, 2022.[vii] [8]
Belle is the third-highest-grossing Japanese motion-picture show of 2021, accounting for ¥six.53 billion in box-office rakings every bit of December 12, 2021.[nine] [10]
Plot [edit]
Suzu Naito is a seventeen-yr-old loftier school student who lives in the rural Kōchi Prefecture of Nihon. When she was young, she was close with her female parent, who supported her love for singing and writing songs. However, one twenty-four hour period, Suzu witnessed her female parent rescuing a child from a flooding river at the cost of her own life. The traumatic experience caused Suzu to resent her female parent for "abandoning" her for a stranger'southward kid and became unable to sing. The outcome has led to her growing distant from her father, despite his attempts to reach out. She is alienated from most of her classmates, with the exception of her childhood friend Shinobu Hisatake, on whom she has a vanquish; popular girl Ruka Watanabe; her sportsman classmate Shinjiro Chikami, nicknamed Kamishin; and her genius all-time friend Hiroka Betsuyaku. On Hiro's suggestion, Suzu signs into the popular virtual world known every bit "U" and creates a cute avatar with freckles she names "Bong", the English translation of her own name's significant. Upon logging into U, Suzu finds herself capable of singing like she used to. Bong's appearance is at beginning criticized due to her freckles, but afterward making several appearances while singing and with the aid of Hiro who has appointed herself as Bell's manager and producer, Bell soon becomes a big hitting. Following her popularity, people start to refer her as "Belle", which means "beautiful" in French.
During one of Belle's concerts, a dragon avatar simply called "The Dragon" (or "The Beast") makes his appearance and ruins the concert. This prompts a vigilante grouping led by the cocky-righteous Justin to attack the Dragon, accusing him of ruining the peace of U. Suzu feels intrigued by the Dragon and begins to gather information most him. She discovers that he is popular amongst children, who consider him to be their hero. Suzu enters U as Belle to search for the Dragon while evading Justin. Afterwards a run in with 5 AIs who promise to assist but purposely go on getting her lost, she is led into the Dragon'due south castle by an angel avatar and finally meets the Dragon. Despite their rocky beginning, Belle grows closer with the Dragon. Meanwhile, in the existent globe, Ruka confides to Suzu that she has someone she likes. Since both Ruka and Shinobu are the most pop students at school, Suzu mistakenly believes that Shinobu is the one Ruka likes until Ruka afterwards clarifies that the one she likes is Kamishin. With Suzu'due south help, Ruka and Kamishin are able to admit their feelings for each other.
Back in U, Justin interrogates Belle, aware that she is shut with the Dragon, and threatens to unveil her identity to the whole world if she refuses to cooperate. The Dragon's AIs rescue Belle at the last second, saving her from being unveiled before leaving one time more. However, shortly afterwards, Justin and his group locate the Dragon's castle and destroy it, but fail to capture the Dragon. Belle manages to detect him and tries to help him, but he flees before she tin can do annihilation. Suzu and Hiro immediately endeavour to find out the Dragon's real identity before Justin can. They are able to discover his existent identity, Kei, after hearing his younger brother, Tomo (the angel avatar), sing the song that she had sung to the Dragon before. From the live video, it is revealed that Kei and Tomo are being driveling past their father who became vehement after the decease of the boys' mother. Suzu contacts Kei to help, merely Kei does not believe that she is Belle. To earn Kei's trust, Shinobu, Ruka, Kamishin, and four choir teachers whom Suzu has known since childhood urge Suzu to sing as herself in U, revealing that they've known she was Belle from the beginning. Following Shinobu's urging, Suzu unveils herself to the whole world in U and begins to sing, gaining support from anybody listening. Watching Belle as Suzu, Kei decides to trust her and tries to contact her once more. Unfortunately, Kei's father sees the recorded video of his abuse posted online and immediately cuts off the internet connection before Kei tin tell Suzu his address.
From the recording of the room, Kamishin recognizes the buildings nearly Kei'due south hometown in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, near Tokyo. Since the authorities cannot act until 48 hours have passed, Suzu speedily rushes to the city past herself to find Kei. Arriving at Kei's hometown, Suzu protects Kei and Tomo from their begetter. In one case the situation is settled, Suzu and Kei thank each other for each giving the other courage. The next day, Suzu returns dwelling house; her father welcomes her at the station, and she warmly tells him she'south dorsum. Shinobu praises Suzu for her bravery and decides to stop being her guardian in her mother's place. Finally agreement her mother's actions, Suzu comes to terms with her mother's expiry and is prepare to sing with her friends.
Voice bandage [edit]
| Grapheme | Cast | |
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| Japanese | English[11] | |
| Suzu Naito / Belle | Kaho Nakamura[12] | Kylie McNeill |
| Dragon / Kei | Takeru Satoh[13] | Paul Castro Jr. |
| Suzu's father | Kōji Yakusho[14] | Ben Lepley |
| Hiroka "Hiro-chan" Betsuyaku | Lilas Ikuta | Jessica DiCicco |
| Shinobu "Shinobu-kun" Hisatake | Ryō Narita | Manny Jacinto |
| Shinjiro "Kamishin" Chikami | Shōta Sometani | Brandon Engman |
| Ruka "Ruka-chan" Watanabe | Tina Tamashiro | Hunter Schafer |
| Justin | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Chace Crawford |
| Okumoto | Fuyumi Sakamoto | Ellyn Stern |
| Jelinek | Kenjiro Tsuda | Andrew Kishino |
| Swan | Mami Koyama | Noelle McGrath |
| Muitarō Hitokawa / Tokoraemaru | Mamoru Miyano | David Chen |
| Kita | Michiko Shimizu | Jessica Gee George |
| Yoshitani | Ryoko Moriyama | Barbara Goodson |
| Hatanaka | Sachiyo Nakao | Martha Harms |
| Nakai | Yoshimi Iwasaki | Wendee Lee |
| Suzu's mother | Sumi Shimamoto[15] | Julie Nathanson |
| Kei'southward father | Ken Ishiguro | Kiff VandenHeuvel |
| Peggie Sue | ermhoi | Cristina Vee |
Product [edit]
While Studio Chizu worked on the projection, they had assistance from veteran Disney animator and character designer Jin Kim and Michael Camacho on the design of Belle and studio Cartoon Saloon for the background work of the world of U.[xvi] [17]
Hosoda initially intended for Belle to be a musical, but considered the idea difficult due to Japan not having a culture of making musicals. However, he still wanted music to be primal to the pic, so he searched for a protagonist that could sing. He stated that he preferred the aforementioned person doing both speaking and singing voices to make it convincing, and searched for a singer who could express their feelings though vocal and move people, even if they don't understand Japanese. He then found Kaho Nakamura, whom he considered relatively unknown, but a perfect choice for the office. Hosoda stated that Nakamura was besides involved in writing lyrics, then she could experience the lyrics she was singing.[18]
Soundtrack [edit]
| Belle: Original Movement Film Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | ||||
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| Recorded | 2020–2021 | |||
| Studio | Victor Studio, Bunkamura Studio, Studio Tanta, Shibuya, Tokyo, Nippon Abbey Route Studios, London, UK | |||
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| Length | i:16:52 (digital) ane:13:45 (concrete) | |||
| Language | English language, Japanese, Latin | |||
| Label | Studio Chizu Sony Music Amusement Milan Records (international) | |||
| Producer | Taisei Iwasaki | |||
| Studio Chizu chronology | ||||
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Track listing [edit]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Performer(south) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one. | "U" (non bachelor on Japanese concrete release) | Daiki Tsuneta | Daiki Tsuneta | millennium parade Japanese: Kaho Nakamura (as "Belle") English language: Kylie McNeill (as "Belle") | 3:07 |
| two. | "Whispers" (ささやき, Sasayaki) | Kaho Nakamura | Ludvig Forssell | Japanese: Nakamura English: McNeill | 0:28 |
| iii. | "Slingshot" | Miho Hazama Taisei Iwasaki | 2:56 | ||
| four. | "Memories of a Sound" (遠い音色; Tōi neiro) | Taisei Iwasaki | ane:29 | ||
| v. | "Edgeless Words" | Ludvig Forssell | Ludvig Forssell | ermhoi | 1:18 |
| 6. | "Gales of Song" (歌よ; Uta yo) | Kaho Nakamura | Ludvig Forssell | Japanese: Nakamura (as "Belle") English language: McNeill (as "Belle") | 3:59 |
| seven. | "Fleeting Days" (儚い日常; Hakanai nichijō) | Ludvig Forssell | 0:forty | ||
| 8. | "Swarms of Vocal" (導き; Michibiki) | Kaho Nakamura | Ludvig Forssell | Japanese: Nakamura (as "Belle") English: McNeill (as "Belle") | 1:38 |
| nine. | "Alle Psallite Cum Luya" (いざ、リラを奏でて歌わん; Iza, rira o kanadete utawan) | Ryoko Moriyama Sachiyo Nakao Fuyumi Sakamoto Yoshimi Iwasaki Michiko Shimizu Nakamura | 0:38 | ||
| 10. | "Fama Destinata" (Destined Fame) | Ludvig Forssell | Japanese: Nakamura (as "Belle") English: McNeill (equally "Belle") | 2:xviii | |
| 11. | "Dragon" (竜; Ryū) | Yuta Bandoh | i:28 | ||
| 12. | "Justin" (ジャスティン; Jasutin) | Yuta Bandoh | ane:eleven | ||
| 13. | "Unveil" (アンベイル; Anbeiru) | Yuta Bandoh | 1:33 | ||
| 14. | "Digital Ripples" (電網鼓動; Denmō kodō) | Ludvig Forssell | v:21 | ||
| 15. | "Dragon's Lair" (竜の城; Ryū no shiro) | Yuta Bandoh | 3:10 | ||
| sixteen. | "Lend Me Your Vox (Typhoon)" (心のそばに(鈴); Kokoro no soba ni (Suzu)) | Mamoru Hosoda Kaho Nakamura Taisei Iwasaki | Taisei Iwasaki | Japanese: Nakamura English: McNeill | 1:16 |
| 17. | "Social Warfare" (手のひらの戦乱; Tenohira no senran) | Ludvig Forssell | ane:19 | ||
| xviii. | "Assail" (強襲; Kyōshū) | Yuta Bandoh | 3:48 | ||
| xix. | "Lend Me Your Vocalization" (心のそばに; Kokoro no soba ni) | Mamoru Hosoda Kaho Nakamura Taisei Iwasaki | Taisei Iwasaki | Japanese: Nakamura (as "Belle") English language: McNeill (as "Belle") | 5:03 |
| 20. | "#UnveilTheBeast" | Ludvig Forssell | 1:38 | ||
| 21. | "Authority and Arrogance" (倨傲の権力; Kyogō no kenryoku) | Ludvig Forssell | 2:04 | ||
| 22. | "Scorching the Facade" (竜の城、燃ゆ; Ryū no shiro, rán yu) | Yuta Bandoh | iii:44 | ||
| 23. | "The Truth Obscured" (潜む真実; Hisomu shinjitsu) | Ludvig Forssell | 1:04 | ||
| 24. | "Lend Me Your Voice (Humming)" (心のそばに(知くん); Kokoro no soba ni (Tomo-kun)) | Taisei Iwasaki | Japanese: HANA English: Bentley Griffin | 0:48 | |
| 25. | "Distrust" (不信; Fushin) | Ludvig Forssell | 2:47 | ||
| 26. | "A Million Miles Away" (はなればなれの君へ; Hanarebanare no kimi east) | Mamoru Hosoda Kaho Nakamura Taisei Iwasaki | Taisei Iwasaki | Japanese: Nakamura (as "Belle") English: McNeill (as "Belle") | eight:01 3:08 (role 1) 1:06 (part ii) 1:45 (office 3) 2:01 (part 4) |
| 27. | "Pieces of the Puzzle" (糸口; Itoguchi) | Ludvig Forssell | ii:xiv | ||
| 28. | "Faces in the Rain" (素顔; Sugao) | Taisei Iwasaki Yuta Bandoh | Japanese: Nakamura English: McNeill | 2:22 | |
| 29. | "Skies of Song" (辿り着いた空; Tadoritsuita sora) | Kaho Nakamura | Ludvig Forssell | Japanese: Nakamura English: McNeill | 3:02 |
| 30. | "A Million Miles Away (reprise)" (はなればなれの君へ (reprise); Hanarebanare no kimi e (reprise)) | Mamoru Hosoda Kaho Nakamura Taisei Iwasaki | Taisei Iwasaki | Japanese: Nakamura (equally "Belle") English: McNeill (as "Belle") | 6:29 |
| Total length: | ane:16:52 (digital) 1:13:45 (physical, Japan simply) | ||||
Reception [edit]
Box office [edit]
Belle is the third-highest-grossing Japanese film of 2021, accounting for ¥6.53 billion in box-office rakings as of December 12, 2021.[9] [10]
In the film's U.S. opening weekend it made $one.6 one thousand thousand from i,326 theaters, and a total of $one.viii meg over the four-twenty-four hour period Martin Luther Male monarch Solar day holiday frame.[19] [xx] The motion-picture show dropped out of the box office summit x in its second weekend with $570,213.[21]
Critical response [edit]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 105 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website'southward consensus reads, "A remarkable story brought to life with dazzling animation, Belle finds writer-director Mamoru Hosoda setting a brilliant new benchmark."[22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the flick a score of 83 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[23] American audiences polled past PostTrak gave the film an 86% positive score, with 63% proverb they would definitely recommend it.[24]
At the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, the film received a 14-minute-continuing ovation.[25] [26] Joe Morgenstern wrote for The Wall Street Journal that "There'due south as well much plot for the film to manage, but its eye, and sumptuous art, are so firmly in the right identify that its appeal comes through sweet and clear."[27] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times praised the visual quality, grapheme evolution, worldbuilding, and called the film "unfailingly touching."[28] Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times praised the visuals and story, writing "It'due south a tale equally old as fourth dimension and as newfangled equally TikTok, in which the virtual globe, though packed with fantasy and bamboozlement, tin bring startling truths to the surface."[29]
Accolades [edit]
The film has received v Annie Award nominations, including one for Best Independent Animated Feature. Its full makes it the nigh nominations for a Japanese anime film always at the awards, surpassing previous films Spirited Away, Millennium Actress (both 2001), and Weathering with You (2019) with four.
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External links [edit]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Belle at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Belle at IMDb
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_(2021_film)
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