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“You can’t start over in the reality, but you can start over in U,” says the female voice welcoming users to the sophisticated virtual-reality application where Mamoru Hosoda’s astonishingly poignant ...

With Mamoru Hosoda’s latest movie opening in US theaters this Friday, Studio Chizu and the film’s distributor have shared a new trailer for Belle. The more than three-minute-long clip shows the ...

Anime master Mamoru Hosoda imagines another forward-thinking virtual world, “U,” using it as the backdrop for an empowering musical fairy-tale. With “Belle,” anime master Mamoru Hosoda has reimagined ...

“Belle,” a dazzling new anime from the Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda, drops us into a surreal cyberscape known as “U,” where internet users hide behind outlandish avatars, enormous humpback whales ...

The California Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety ...