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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 83/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 85% of the 1,097 2020s animation movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic83/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
911 audience votes
Key crew
- Taisei IwasakiOriginal Music Composer
- Ludvig ForssellOriginal Music Composer
- Yuta BandohOriginal Music Composer
- Mamoru HosodaDirector
- Mamoru HosodaScreenplay
Cast
- Kaho NakamuraSuzu Naito / Belle (voice)
- Ryo NaritaShinobu Hisatake (voice)
- Shota SometaniShinjiro 'Kamishin' Chikami (voice)
- Tina TamashiroRuka Watanabe (voice)
- Lilas IkutaHiroka 'Hiro' Betsuyaku (voice)
- Ryoko MoriyamaYoshitani (voice)
- Michiko ShimizuKita (voice)
- Fuyumi SakamotoOkumoto (voice)
- Yoshimi IwasakiNakai (voice)
- Sachiyo NakaoHatanaka (voice)
- Toshiyuki MorikawaJustin (voice)
- Mamoru MiyanoMuitaro Hitokawa / Guttokoraemaru (voice)
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Themes
friendshipabusive fatherloveslice of lifedead mothersocial networkinner strengthanimeonline relationshipvirtual worldidolsubjective
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