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Rob19ny
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That scene near the end reminded me of Bokura no War Game then I read the synopsis and that's why. lol They actually mentioned it this time. I'm watching it just for that now.
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catbot158
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Hmm, a girl that calls herself Belle online, and is attractive towards others...and she meets a monstrous creature in a palace-like world....
Tale as old as time, True as it can be~ |
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LegitPancake
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They've already decided on the English localized title? Why does it have to be completely different from the original Japanese? (Or is the JP one just a subtitle?)
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RockSplash
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They want something marketable. Most American titles are 5 words or shorter. Its just a difference in taste. Plus, getting tickets for belle is a lot easier than dragons and freckles or whatever the original title was. |
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GainaxFanboy
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It looks gorgeous.
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zero-r
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For real.... there is no need to call it "Belle" (or "The Princess of Dragons and Freckles"), you can just call it "Beauty and The Beast version 2.0"... Because that's what this is, right? A modernize take of that story (as an anime). |
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MFrontier
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Beauty and the Beast in anime form with a dash of commentary on social media? Okay.
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dm
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Back to the best bits of Summer Wars and maybe even Digimon.
Looks like fun. There are a couple of Hosoda films I haven't gotten yet (I guess, just The Boy and the Beast, maybe this weekend), but I've enjoyed the one's I have seen. And I really like the aesthetic of his e-universe bits. |
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Posts Sometimes
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...Are you sure that's the translation you want to go with? Maybe it's just me, but "The Dragon and the Freckle Princess" sounds more like what the title is meant to say in this case. |
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ErikaD.D
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Ironically, he is the SAME Hosoda who created ''Wolf Children'' about single mother raising children whose father is dead and after that he's switching to dead mom cliche in his newer movies (''The Boy and The Beast'' and now ''Belle'', ugh). Not gonna lie, I'm dissapointed on Hosoda. Reminds me of Makoto Shinkai and his movies, which the MC's father in ''Children Who Chase Lost Voice'' is dead while mother is alive but after that Shinkai switches to dead mom cliche in newer movies, ''Your Name''(Yotsuba and possibly Taki) and ''Weathering with You''(Hina and Moka). Go figure. 
Basically it's The Boy and The Beast 2.0 but with female MC. Last edited by ErikaD.D on Thu Feb 18, 2021 2:30 pm; edited 4 times in total |
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Lancelotginus
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Hosoda really needs to bring back Satoku Okudera to write the screenplays for his movies. With her help Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, and Wolf Children were well done and enjoyable. Without her, Boy and the Beast and Mirai were barely watchable.
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Cardcaptor Takato
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Summer Wars and Our War Game are my favorite Hosoda works so I'm down for them remaking Our War Game again even after the recent Digimon reboot had already done another modern retelling of Our War Game.
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SouthParkboy
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After seeing the teaser it looks interesting and it's Summer Wars + Beauty and the Beast by way of Jem and the Holograms or any other magical idol girl animated product of the 80's and maybe a little bit of Ready Player One and Wreck-It Ralph. Also I bet you $20 GKIDS is so going to get USA rights to this film in the upcoming of this 2021.
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