Belle (
Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime, literally The Dragon and the Freckled Princess ) anime film revealed five cast members for the choir, a group that watches over the protagonist Suzu like a mother.
The newly announced cast includes (pictured above from left to right):
Sachio Nakao as Hatanaka, a university lecturer
Fuyumi Sakamoto as Okumoto, as self-made farmer.
Ryoko Moriyama as Yoshitani, a fisher and leader of the choir
Michiko Shimizu, who runs a liquor store
The five choir members will perform the Alle psallite cum luya song. This will be Sakamoto s first voice acting role.
The film will open in Japan on July 16.
Mamoru Miyano as Muitaro Hitokawa and Tokoraemaru
What’s extra fascinating with this film is that it looks like the character designs came from Jin Kim, who worked on numerous Disney productions with
Frozen to
Moana, and that there’s some great mutual respect between Hosoda and Kim and have wanted to work together for some time. This became possible after
Mirai.
In addition to that, the project also collaborated with Cartoon Saloon out of Ireland and a London-based architect named Eric Wong to design the internet space for the film settings.
Plot Concept: Our protagonist, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl, who lives in the countryside of Kochi Prefecture with her father, after losing her mother at a young age. She loves singing with her mother more than anything else, but as a result of her mother’s death was no longer able to sing.
The film will open in Japan on July 16. Advance MoviTicke Card passes go on sale online on Friday.
Chizu describes the story:
Our protagonist, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl, who lives in the countryside of Kochi Prefecture with her father, after losing her mother at a young age.
She loves singing with her mother more than anything else, but as a result of her mother s death was no longer able to sing.
It wasn t long before she and her father grew more and more distant from each other, and Suzu closed her heart to the rest of the world.
Chizu describes the story:
Our protagonist, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl, who lives in the countryside of Kochi Prefecture with her father, after losing her mother at a young age.
She loves singing with her mother more than anything else, but as a result of her mother s death was no longer able to sing.
It wasn t long before she and her father grew more and more distant from each other, and Suzu closed her heart to the rest of the world.
When Suzu felt that writing music was her only purpose left in life, she then discovers the massive online space known as “U,” where she takes on her persona,