Belle Spinoff Musical Show Set Five Years After the Film
The show extends the BELLE story into a new format, with Hiro-chan trying to produce a new diva by holding the biggest music festival in the history of the virtual world U.
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A website opened on Tuesday to announce Animmersive Live: Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime, an immersive musical show based on Mamoru Hosoda's BELLE film. The show runs from October 20 to November 15 at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives in Tokyo. It is a spinoff story set five years after the original film.
The new show is a spinoff set five years after the original film. In the story, Hiro-chan, the "As" avatar of the singer BELLE's producer, tries to produce and discover a new diva by holding the biggest music festival in the history of the virtual world U.
Yuki Hiroya is the creative director, Yuichiro Komikado is writing the script, and Toshitaka Shinoda is the video director. Akira Yamazaki is the stage director, Tatsuro Ogata is the CG director, and Teddy Loid is the music director. Mika Pikazo and Nike Shimaguchi are designing the characters.
BELLE opened in Japan in July 2021. The film had IMAX screenings in 38 theaters throughout Japan, making it the first of Hosoda's films to have IMAX screenings. The film is Hosoda's highest-grossing film.
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