{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3f1e9370d3b122d3f009f168","clusterId":"c_a33ce655685187080fe24f3a","slug":"immersive-live-set-5-years-after-belle-announced-with-teddyloid-mika-pikazo","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Immersive Live Set 5 Years After 'Belle' Announced With TeddyLoid, Mika Pikazo","summary":"An immersive music live event titled \"Animmersive Live: Belle,\" set five years after director Mamoru Hosoda's 2021 film \"Belle,\" will run from October 10 to November 15, 2026, at the MoN Takanawa museum in TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The production team includes music director TeddyLoid, known for Ado's \"Dance\" and \"Show,\" character designers Mika Pikazo and Nike Shimaguchi, creative director Yuki Hiroya, scriptwriter Yuichiro Komikado, video director Toshitaka Shinoda, stage director Akira Yamazaki, and CG director Tatsuo Ogata. The story follows Hiro-chan, Suzu's best friend who produced the diva Bell, as he works to produce a new diva in the virtual world U. The artist playing the new diva will be announced sequentially. Ticket sales began July 28 with an official fastest advance lottery on Lawson Ticket, running until August 4. Regular ticket prices range from 5,500 yen for U25 seating to 11,000 yen for the standing cheering area, with goods-included options up to 14,300 yen. Hosoda commented, \"I think a new diva born from BELLE will live in many people's hearts. I am very excited.\"","whyItMatters":"This is the first performance adaptation of \"Belle\" and the debut of MoN Takanawa's \"Animmersive\" format, blending anime, music, video, theater, and virtual expression as a new cultural experiment.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMoN Takanawa opened in March 2026 as a cultural creation hub in TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY. Its spring opening commemorative special performance presented \u0026#34;MANGALOGUE,\u0026#34; a fusion of manga and live narration based on Osamu Tezuka\u0026#39;s \u0026#34;Phoenix.\u0026#34; From April to May, the venue hosted \u0026#34;MANGALOGUE: Fire Bird,\u0026#34; an installation using robot arms and large LED panels. The museum is operated by the JR East Culture Creation Foundation, with the mission of \u0026#34;connecting culture to 100 years in the future.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u0026#34;Animmersive\u0026#34; name combines \u0026#34;anime\u0026#34; and \u0026#34;immersive.\u0026#34; The production is organized by MoN Takanawa and the Animmersive Live \u0026#34;Belle\u0026#34; Production Committee, with cooperation from Studio Chizu LLP. The press release describes it as \u0026#34;Japan\u0026#39;s first new immersive music live show that fuses anime, music, video, theater, and virtual expression.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral creators shared comments. Yuki Hiroya, creative director and CCO of NO MORE Inc., said the team took on the project \u0026#34;with top creators from various industries to create a live show depicting the world five years after \u0026#39;Belle,\u0026#39; where the audience becomes part of the story and bathes in music with their whole bodies.\u0026#34; Scriptwriter Yuichiro Komikado, who co-founded the theater group No Meets with Hiroya during the COVID-19 pandemic, said he felt \u0026#34;deeply honored to write a story that could have been, as a continuation of the vast and beautiful world of \u0026#39;U.\u0026#39;\u0026#34; He was nominated for the 65th Kishida Kunio Drama Award for the third No Meets performance \u0026#34;Soredemo Waraereba.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVideo director Toshitaka Shinoda, who founded Ijigen TOKYO after working at Dentsu Tech, said he usually spends time in VRChat and that \u0026#34;Belle\u0026#34; is close to his VR experience. Stage director Akira Yamazaki leads the theater group Warui Shibai and has worked on LIVE STAGE \u0026#34;Bocchi the Rock!\u0026#34; and the stage play \u0026#34;Lycoris Recoil.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTicket buyers in the official fastest advance lottery receive an original ticket-style keychain as a bonus. Goods-included tickets let buyers choose a limited-design muffler towel or water bottle.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mamoru Hosoda on the new immersive live set 5 years after Belle: \"I think a new diva born from BELLE will live in many people's hearts. I am very excited.\"","twitterPost":"Animmersive Live: Belle brings the virtual world U to a real Tokyo venue this October, with TeddyLoid writing new songs and Mika Pikazo on character design. The diva artist is still unannounced.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"A new immersive live event set five years after Mamoru Hosoda's \"Belle\" will run in Tokyo this October, with TeddyLoid, Mika Pikazo, and other top creators. 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