BELLE | Official Opening Scene

BELLE
From Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu
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⭐️ An Official Selection of the 2021 Cannes International Film Festival and the 2021 New York Film Festival

Kylie McNeill — Suzu/Belle
Paul Castro Jr. — Dragon
Chace Crawford — Justin
Jessica DiCicco — Hiro
Brandon Engman — Kamishin
Manny Jacinto — Shinobu
Hunter Schafer — Ruka
Cristina Vee Valenzuela — Peggie Sue

Additional Voices from SungWon Cho (ProZD), Xanthe Huynh, LilyPichu, Zeno Robinson, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas, and Laura Stahl

From the celebrated Oscar®-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, creator of Mirai, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and more, comes a fantastical, yet beautiful and contemporary thematic story of one girl’s growth in the age of social media.

Suzu is a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet. There, she is not Suzu anymore but Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature. Together, they embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love, in their quest to become who they truly are.

[tillie]

This is the first anime movie that I actually want to watch in English. Kylie McNeil’s voice is just beautiful, and the whole dub in general sounds good.

[roguewave]

I’m so glad that they dubbed the singing! Up until fairly recently, none of the companies that dub anime were willing or able to have someone dub over the songs

[sle]

I feel like the translators deserve a ton of credit here too. Not only is Kylie amazing but you can tell a lot of effort went in to crafting translations that fit the songs and lip flaps as best as possible.

I want to see this in a movie theater so badly...😭

[NuttachaiTipprasert]

I already watched this in Japanese with Eng sub but this will be the first movie I don't mind rewatching again in Eng dub. The translation quality here is top notch and it deserves recognition -- especially the lyrics.

[destropher]

Despite some of the flaws I had with the movie, this opening scene was so well done and sucked me into the world of U. The small screen of YouTube does not do it justice, it'll blow your mind when watching on a big theatre screen and sound system!

[jonlava]

Belle blew me away. It moved me to tears. The anime is a gentle modern fairy tale of love and loss, and kindness. And the music weaves it together, it was like listening to a rainbow. Kylie McNeil’s sweet ethereal voice is so clear and powerful, uplifting with delicate strong notes resonating of Celine Dion. The music, the movie should win some awards.

[arifalln]

2:11 her little movements with the beat and lyrics she’s singing are so in sync it’s life like

[Ghulace]

The “lalalai when our heart beats collide” is so beautiful 😭

[Mochiyung]

When they said “you may not be able to start over in the real world, but you can start over in the world of U.”
That made me kind of tear up, this honestly goes deep for a lot of people—

[dominicdipasquale]

IMAX baby let's

By the way, I love how Belle is introduced by seeing her from quite a distance riding a whale with speakers on its back. Makes you really want to know who this person is and builds the mystique

[khandimahn]

I heard this got a standing ovation at Cannes... for 14 minutes! I can see why. This sure tempts me to break quarantine to see it in a theater.

[Jurico_Noes]

I won’t stop praising this intro it’s so Powerful with that Percussion from that snare drum and the horns the marimba my god so many other sounds that they put together and those Vocals both from JP and EN delivered at 1000% the first and the last song Gave me Goosebumps but that last one was making my heart cry the Atmosphere they made for those Scenes Epic I was in total awe loved this movie, if it’s one thing I love about Anime when they get it Right is Atmosphere and they gave plenty of that with the beautiful Animation, Music and the Story haven’t seen an Anime movie quite like this one, It separates itself it’s in its own class.

[SpongicX]

What a way to start a movie and get people excited for such an emotional roller coaster.

[princessthyemis]

Belle's design is STUNNING! I love how she is animated!

[cobwebinthecorner]

I watched it last night in theaters and I'll be honest, it got me bawling my eyes out near the end. Very emotional. I even got my sister, who isn't an anime fan, to watch this, and she absolutely loved it.

[WildRose]

So beautiful this movie will get some kind of award... it has to!

[Crybabynikee]

This is one of the most insane intros to a movie I have seen in so long. Absolutely beautiful.

[Davy_Backlog]

Summer Wars is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I've always wanted Hosoda to make a new movie with a similar feel. Looks like my wish was granted! 😁

[gummarn]

When I watched this scene in Japan, I was overwhelmed and got goosebumps immediately. It was Japanese sub, but English dub is so perfect too, and now I’m getting goosebumps again.

[l.ftshoe]

DUDE I WATCHED THIS MOVIE LAST NIGHT AND I HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY OBSESSED. THE MUSIC, THE PLOT, AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS. ITS JUST AMAZING. I AM SUCH A NERD 😭