NANGOKU, Kochi Prefecture--A traditional "tsuitate" partition adorned with an illustration of a dragon, which is featured in Mamoru Hosoda's animated film "Belle," is being displayed at the Kochi ...

OCHI, Kochi Prefecture--A monument of the Dragon from Mamoru Hosoda’s animated feature film “Belle” was set up at a museum in Ochi, a town known as the real-life location of the area where ...

Anime master Mamoru Hosoda ... a computer whizz who helps craft Belle. In U, Belle finds herself drawn to the metaverse’s notorious villain called the Dragon (or the Beast) who’s hunted ...