AZKi Joins Animersive Live Belle Project Layra
The casting of a Hololive VTuber as a guest artist signals a crossover between virtual idol culture and a mainstream anime film's immersive stage adaptation, potentially drawing a new audience to the venue-based show.
Key Facts
- AZKi, a Hololive-affiliated VTuber, will appear as a guest artist in "Animersive Live 'Belle - PROJECT LAYRA -'".
- The announcement was made on August 21, 2026, via the event's official X account, with a silhouette tease at 3:00 p.m. and confirmation at 7:00 p.m.
- The immersive live show is scheduled to run from October 10 to November 15, 2026, at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Box1000.
- The show is a spin-off set five years after the film "Belle" (2021), directed by Mamoru Hosoda, with cooperation from Studio Chizu.
Reporting from 2 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), PANORA.
Hololive-affiliated VTuber AZKi will appear in the immersive music live show "Animersive Live 'Belle - PROJECT LAYRA -'," based on Mamoru Hosoda's 2021 film "Belle." The announcement came on August 21, 2026, through the show's official "HIROchan" X account, which first posted a silhouette hinting at a guest artist as the "Diva of the VTuber world" shortly after 3:00 p.m. that day, then confirmed AZKi's involvement at 7:00 p.m. AZKi also released a comment expressing excitement about performing on the show's main stage. The live event is scheduled to run from October 10 to November 15, 2026, at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Box1000 in Tokyo. The show is a spin-off story set five years after the film, following the character Hiro-chan as she produces a new songstress in the virtual world U, which in the film gathered 5 billion users. Organizers are MoN Takanawa and the Animersive Live "Belle" Production Committee, with cooperation from Studio Chizu.
- AZKi is a Hololive-affiliated VTuber whose own X account posted a comment about the appearance, expressing excitement at "delivering songs on U's main stage."
- The show blends anime, music, video, theater, and virtual expression as an immersive music live format.
- AZKi's character in the show is a guest artist for Utopia, a role the "HIROchan" account teased as the "Diva of the VTuber world."
- The spin-off story follows Hiro-chan (also written with the phonetic reading "Az"), the producer of the songstress Bell in the original film, working to produce a new songstress in U five years after the events of "Belle."
- The film's 2021 virtual world U, an internet space gathering 5 billion users, is recreated as a live music experience in the real venue MoN Takanawa.
- The program runs Saturdays and Sundays only, from October 10 to November 15, 2026, with the venue listed as MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Box1000.
- Organizers are MoN Takanawa and the Animersive Live "Belle" Production Committee, with cooperation from Studio Chizu LLP.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- GAME Watch (Impress) ホロライブ・AZkiさんが「竜とそばかすの姫 - PROJECT LAYRA - 」に出演決定！
- PANORA アニマーシブライブ「竜とそばかすの姫」にホロライブ所属のVTuber「AZKi」が出演決定