{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c308812ff92f41863282d1b2","clusterId":"c_b875720bae5c95dfb10fe9b2","slug":"belle-spinoff-musical-show-set-five-years-after-the-film","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Belle Spinoff Musical Show Set Five Years After the Film","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe new show is a spinoff set five years after the original film. In the story, Hiro-chan, the \u0026#34;As\u0026#34; avatar of the singer BELLE\u0026#39;s producer, tries to produce and discover a new diva by holding the biggest music festival in the history of the virtual world U.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuki 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.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBELLE opened in Japan in July 2021. The film had IMAX screenings in 38 theaters throughout Japan, making it the first of Hosoda\u0026#39;s films to have IMAX screenings. The film is Hosoda\u0026#39;s highest-grossing film.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Belle's spinoff musical moves the story past the film's ending, which the movie never depicted. Hosoda's characters get a future the original deliberately left open.","twitterPost":"Belle's spinoff musical sets its story after the film's ending, giving Hosoda's characters a future the movie left open.","threadsPost":"Belle's spinoff musical is set five years after the film, which means the story continues past the movie's ending. The film closed on a note of unresolved longing, and this show picks up from there, giving Hosoda's characters a future the original never showed.","newsletterBlurb":"A new immersive musical show based on Mamoru Hosoda's BELLE will run in Tokyo from October 20 to November 15. The spinoff story is set five years after the original film, with Hiro-chan trying to produce a new diva in the virtual world U.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-28/immersive-musical-show-to-tell-story-set-5-years-after-mamoru-hosoda-belle-film/.240038\",\"title\":\"Immersive Musical Show to Tell Story Set 5 Years After Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Film\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4538,"outputTokens":669,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1785944272,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T15:29:13.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-05T15:32:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-05T15:29:13.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b875720bae5c95dfb10fe9b2","canonicalTitle":"News\nImmersive Musical Show to Tell Story Set 5 Years After Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Film","representativeArticleId":"a_fd50df54c738129f06ee88f7","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":1,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Belle\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Mamoru Hosoda\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-28T08:14:35.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-28T08:14:35.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-05T15:32:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-28/immersive-musical-show-to-tell-story-set-5-years-after-mamoru-hosoda-belle-film/.240038","title":"News\nImmersive Musical Show to Tell Story Set 5 Years After Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Film"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Belle"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime"],"studios":[],"people":["Mamoru Hosoda"],"type":"event","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}