Suzu is a shy student, but when she enters “U,” a massive virtual world, she escapes into her persona as Belle, a popular singer. When her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes, Suzu embarks on a quest to uncover the identity of this “beast” and discover her true self.

Beauty and the Beast gets a hyper-contemporary update in this dazzling animated spectacular from Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai). Soaring between the romantic travails of high school life and the maximalist cyber realms of the metaverse, Belle is a J-Pop musical of extraordinary ambition and imagination.