The English-language voice cast for Mamoru Hosoda’s highly anticipated Belle has been announced ahead of its release next year.
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Featuring the voice of stars like Chace Crawford, Manny Jacinto, and Hunter Schafer, the film’s English dub cast is a star-studded affair. Leading the cast will be Kylie McNeil, who plays both the teenaged Suzu and the titular virtual singer ‘Belle’ in her first lead role. The full cast for the English dubbed version of Belle is as follows:
- Chace Crawford as Justin
- Manny Jacinto as Shinobu
- Kylie McNeil as Suzu/Belle
- Hunter Schafer as Ruka
- Paul Castro Jr. as Dragon
- David Chen as Gogo Doggo
- Jessica DiCicco as Hiro
- Brandon Engman as Kamishin
- Martha Harms as Hatanaka
- Jessica Gee George – Kita
- Barbara Goodson as Yoshitani
- Bentley Griffin as Angel
- Andrew Kishino as Jellinek
- Wendee Lee as Nakai
- Ben Lepley as Suzu’s Father
- Noelle McGrath as Swan
- Julie Nathanson as Suzu’s Mother
- Aaron Phillips as Fox
- Ellyn Stern as Okumoto
- Frank Todaro as Reggsination
- Kiff VandenHeuvel as Kei and Tomo’s Father
- Cristine Vee Valenzeuala as Peggie Sue
Additional Voices by:
- Tom Bromhead
- John Bentley
- Tiana Camacho
- SungWon Cho
- Courtney Chu
- Larissa Gallagher
- Heather Gonzalez
- Xanthe Huynh
- Anjali Kunapaneni
- LilyPichu
- Kyle McCarley
- Julie Nathanson
- Zeno Robinson
- Stephanie Sheh
- Michael Sinterniklaas
- Rachel Slotky
- Laura Stahl
The highly anticipated anime film is the ninth project for Hosoda following his 2018 Oscar-nominated film Mirai. Belle has been described as a touching, coming-of-age story that’s told in a fantasy-filled visual style. The film follows 17-year-old Suzu, a student living in a rural village with her father. After one day entering “U,” a virtual world for 5 billion members on the internet, she meets a world-famous singer and embarks on a variety of adventures with her.
The film is packed to the brim with talent from all across the world, including Jin Kim, a character designer who has worked on classic Disney films like Frozen and Moana, and Eric Wong, a British architect who helped create the world of “U” in the film.
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Belle: Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime is written and directed by Hosoda. The film’s crew also includes character designer Jin Kim (Frozen, Moana, Big Hero 6), as well as directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart of Cartoon Saloon (Wolfwalkers). It will be produced by Studio Chizu.
Similar to some of Hosoda’s previous works, like Summer Wars or Digimon, it will explore humanity’s relationship with a virtual world. Studio Chizu says it is “…a tale of hope and courage that will be an inspiration for everyone around the world.”
