Oct 22
A spinoff story set five years after Mamoru Hosoda's film Belle has opened at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Box1000 in Takanawa, Tokyo. Titled Belle - PROJECT LAYRA -, the animersive live follows LAYRA, a new artist produced by Hiro-chan, at a music festival inside the virtual world U. Before the show, audiences install the TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY app and calibrate their phones inside the venue.
Sep 16
The debut song "Watashi wa LAYRA" by the virtual artist LAYRA was released digitally on Wednesday, September 16. TeddyLoid produced the track and wrote its lyrics and music with music creator Ryota Saito, with TeddyLoid handling arrangement. Five singers share vocal duties: miwa, Natsumi Konomi, Konomi Suzuki, Maria Miki, and ASCA. The song is the opening number for the animmersive live show "Belle - PROJECT LAYRA -," which runs from Saturday, October 10 to Sunday, November 15 at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Box1000 in Takanawa, Tokyo. The show is a spin-off story set five years after Mamoru Hosoda's film "Belle." In it, Hiro-chan <As>, who produced the diva Belle in the film, finds a new artist, LAYRA, in the virtual world <U> and launches her as a new diva. The five performers alternate by day as LAYRA and as Kotomi, her real-world origin. A music video combining footage from the film with 3DCG also released at 18:00.
Sep 12
The production committee for Animersive Live: Belle - PROJECT LAYRA - announced on September 12 that the sibling duo Pokopii, made up of Koga-ryu Ninja! Ponpoko and I Want to Be Stylish! Peanuts-kun, will appear in the immersive music live show. The show is based on Mamoru Hosoda's film Belle and opens October 10. The pair was chosen through an audition open to VTubers with 3D models, announced in August.