Studio Chizu Teases a New Belle Stage Project Set for October 10

What was announced

Studio Chizu, the studio behind the 2021 film Belle, has teased a new project spun off from the movie. In a post on July 16, the studio said a "new project born from Belle" would arrive on stage, marking the reveal with the date "10.10 ON STAGE" and the line "Song. Guide me once more." The tease lands five years after Belle first reached theaters.

The announcement is deliberately sparse. Studio Chizu did not spell out what form the project will take, name a cast, or describe how audiences will be able to see it. What the post does make clear is that the project is stage-bound and that music sits at its center, echoing the film whose story turns on a teenage girl's voice.

The MoN Takanawa connection

The post tags MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives, a cultural venue in Tokyo's Takanawa Gateway City that opened earlier in 2026 and includes a theater space built around large LED panels. The venue has hosted other stage and live experiences, which points to the "ON STAGE" project being tied to that space. Studio Chizu has not formally confirmed the location or the exact nature of the event, and a second account tagged alongside the venue has not had its role explained.

Background

Belle is a Studio Chizu film directed by Mamoru Hosoda that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and opened in Japan on July 16, 2021. It follows Suzu, a shy rural high-schooler who, after the loss of her mother, joins a vast online world called "U" and becomes its breakout singer under the avatar name Belle. Music and performance sit at the heart of the film, which makes a stage project centered on song a natural extension of its world.

For now, the reveal is a teaser and little more. Fans will have to wait for Studio Chizu to fill in the specifics, from the project's format to how and where it can be experienced, ahead of the October 10 date the studio has put on the calendar.