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The Dragon and U: A review of Belle

October 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Belle is evolved so far from Beauty and the Beast that it highlights the faults of the former. It does so in a non-critical way, Mamoru Hosoda is a fan.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Mamoru Hosoda, reviews, scotland loves anime

Enter Dragon: The international trailer for Belle looks and sounds gorgeous

June 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Due out this year, Belle is an anime from Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu about a young woman struggling to deal with the death of her mother who starts to sing in online virtual reality.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Mamoru Hosoda, trailers

Beauty and the Beast for the VR generation: Belle reveals international trailer

June 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle looks to be both a powerful and beautiful anime. The feature-length is due out in Japan on July 16th, and the international, subtitled trailer is here now.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Mamoru Hosoda, trailers

Demons and followers: Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle scheduled for July with new trailer

April 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai, Wolf Children, Summer Wars) highly anticipated next anime is Belle, and it now has a July 2021 release date.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Mamoru Hosoda, trailers

Wolf Children review

October 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wolf Children is an anime by Mamoru Hosoda who is responsible for Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. I watched Summer Wars at the Scotland Loves Anime film festival of 2011 and really enjoyed it – I went into Wolf Children with my expectations high. This is always dangerous. Wolf Children is […]

Filed Under: Anime, Movies Tagged With: Mamoru Hosoda, reviews, werewolves

The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki

April 8, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a new trailer for Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki aka The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki. This blogger isn’t always interested in “relationship anime” but there are two significant twists with The Wolf Children. The first twist is tht it’s from Mamoru Hosoda. Hosoda is responsible for both The Girl Who Leapt Through […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: anime, Mamoru Hosoda, trailers

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