In the behind-the-scenes video, which you can check out embedded above, Hosoda admits that the process of creating “U” was not easy. “Getting someone to design U, another world where 5 billion people ...

In Mamoru Hosoda's Belle you can become whoever you want to be thanks to the social media-turned-VR platform "U". This is certainly the case for lead character Suzu, who takes on a virtual alter-ego ...

Anime master Mamoru Hosoda makes movies that, even at their most elaborate, can reach such staggeringly emotional heights that they seem to break free of anything you’re prepared for in an animated ...

With “Belle,” anime director Mamoru Hosoda introduces audiences to yet another virtual world, which he dubs “U” — a place where U can be another you, as the title character does, transforming from a ...