Mamoru Hosoda

Bienvenue dans “U” ! Ici, vous serez quelqu’un d’autre. Ici, vous commencerez une nouvelle vie. Ici, vous pourrez changer le monde… Suzu est une adolescente discrète qui vit dans une petite ville de montagne avec son père. Depuis qu’elle a perdu sa mère lorsqu’elle était enfant, elle n’arrive plus à chanter, malgré son amour pour la musique... Jusqu’au jour où elle découvre le monde virtuel de « U ». Suzu y devient Belle, une diva adulée de tous grâce au pouvoir incomparable de sa voix. La double vie compliquée de la timide jeune fille va bientôt prendre une envolée inattendue lorsque Belle rencontre Dragon, une créature aussi fascinante qu’effrayante. Décidée à démasquer qui se cache derrière cette bête qui sème la terreur dans U, Suzu pourrait bien aussi apprendre à se connaître elle-même.. Connectez-vous à l’univers de “U” aux côtés de Suzu à qui le monde virtuel apportera bien plus que le monde réel. Une réinterprétation moderne de La Belle et la Bête écrite par Mamoru Hosoda, le réalisateur du film d’animation éponyme encensé par la critique.

Little Kun isn't too happy about the latest addition to his family. With the arrival of a new baby sister in the house, he worries his parents may not love him as much as they used to...But when a teenage girl shows up and tells Kun that she is his sister from the future, it may be that there's more to this new relationship than Kun ever could've dreamed!

Suzu is a 17-year-old high school student living in rural Kochi who has kept the world at arm’s length ever since her mother's death many years ago. But at a friend's suggestion, she dips her toes into , a vast virtual world on the internet and starts going by Belle. As she explores this new world in her online avatar, Suzu reveals her hidden singing talent and becomes a sensation the world over, drawing the attention of a mysterious being called the Dragon. Who is this ferocious yet lonely stranger and what will come of their fateful meeting...? 

Kenji Koiso is a high school student with a crush on a kendo club beauty, Natsuki Shinohara, and a knack for mathematics. His aptitude with numbers earns him a part-time working maintenance on the global virtual reality world, OZ. One day, right before summer vacation, Natsuki asks Kenji to do her a favor -accompany her to her great-grandmother's 90th birthday celebration deep in the Japanese countryside. As Kenji tries to find his footing amongst the boisterous and tightly-knit Jinnouchi clan, receives a mysterious email with a long code and the message: "Solve me." Little does Kenji know what solving that code could lead to... Based on the award-winning and top-selling animated film by Mamoru Hosoda!

Tokyo's a big city--big enough that it's easy for a grieving boy like Ren to slip through the cracks. But Ren slips a little farther than he meant to, tumbling into the beast world of Jutengai! He ends up with a new name--Kyuta--and a new life learning the way of the sword as the apprentice of the bear Kumatetsu. Kumatetsu's got problems of his own, though, and the boy and the beast may have more to learn from each other than they realize. But the boy's arrival in the realm of the beasts has put both their worlds in danger, and they're going to need more than life lessons to face it!

Fleeing tragedy and mistreatment, a young boy named Ren hides among the crowds in Tokyo's busy Shibuya ward. His efforts to run away are more successful than he realizes when he ends up in the world of the beasts! A rough-living bear named Kumatetsu gives Ren a new life and a new name--Kyuta--but is Kumatetsu really up to the job of being a mentor?

When Hana falls in love with a young interloper she encounters in her college class, the last thing she expects to learn is that he is part wolf. Instead of rejecting her lover upon learning his secret, she accepts him with open arms. Soon, the couple is expecting their first child, and a cozy picture of family life unfolds. But after what seems like a mere moment of bliss to Hana, the father of her children is tragically taken from her. Life as a single mother is hard in any situation, but when your children walk a fine line between man and beast, the rules of parenting all but go out the window. With no one to turn to, how will Hana survive?