Mamoru Hosoda’s animate feature “Belle” has scored a January 14th 2022 U.S. release date according to distributor GKIDS. In addition, two teaser trailers have been released.
The coming-of-age story follows 17-year-old Suzu, a student living in a rural village with her father who enters a virtual world for 5 billion members on the internet. There she meets a world-famous singer and embarks on a variety of adventures with her.
Already released in Japan, the highly acclaimed anime follows on from Hosoda’s Oscar-nominated 2018 film “Mirai”. “Belle” will be released in both its original Japanese language and a new English-dubbed version next year.
