Go Behind the Scenes of One of Anime’s Most Talented Moviemakers in This Stunning New Artbook io9 has a look at The Man Who Leapt Through Film , a gorgeous new book about the films of Mamoru Hosoda.

In his new movie Belle, Mamoru Hosoda deals with themes he’s explored in Summer Wars, Wolf Children, Mirai, and even Digimon: Our War Game. In a new interview he talks about the anime movie ...

In “Belle,” this intimate encounter between monster and damsel, which marks a shift in their relationship, transpires in a striking, swoon-worthy aerial dance.

Mamoru Hosoda’s latest, “Belle,” which opened in theaters Wednesday, is an ultra-modern take on “Beauty and the Beast” that transfers the fairy tale to a digital metav… ...

The 17-year-old Suzu (voiced by Kaho Nakamura in the subtitled version I saw; an English dub is also playing) reluctantly joins U as an avatar named Belle, a more exotic beauty than the modest and ...

With “Belle,” anime director Mamoru Hosoda introduces audiences to yet another virtual world, which he dubs “U” — a place where U can be another you, as the title character does ...

Mamoru Hosoda, the famed creator behind feature films such as Belle, Summer Wars, Digimon Adventure Our War Game! and more has celebrated the release of Pixar’s newest movie, Turning Red, on ...

The girls and women of anime tend to experience the conflicting emotions of real life. That’s because the auteurs try to create “an everyday, real person.” ...

Feast your eyes on this exclusive scene from Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai) and Studio Chizu’s anime feature film Belle ahead of its US theatrical release this Friday, January 14.

Belle feels the love inside Hosoda’s virtual world. I n theaters this week after a successful run in Japan and a 14-minute standing ovation at Cannes, Belle is anime director Mamoru Hosoda’s ...

If you haven’t heard of Belle before, here’s the official description from Studio Chizu: “Our protagonist, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl, who lives in the countryside of Kochi ...