Belle (Beauty and the Beast) Belle (Beauty and the Beast) Belle is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). Originally voiced by American actress and singer Paige O'Hara, Belle is the non-conforming daughter of an inventor who yearns to abandon her predictable village life in return for adventure. When her father Maurice is imprisoned by a cold-hearted beast, Belle offers him her own freedom in exchange for her father's, and eventually learns to love the Beast despite his unsightly outward appearance. Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg commissioned "Beauty and the Beast" as an animated
Beauty is the Beast well-conveyed through the use of line work." Also, it was listed by IGN as the tenth best "shojo" manga released in English to 2005. Beauty is the Beast Paul Dale Roberts from Manga Life said "Beauty is the Beast" is "a story that women and girls should enjoy", but he found himself "getting sleepy in some parts of the story". Julie Rosato's Mania Entertainment commented the artwork "is pretty typical for shoujo works, with nothing particularly outstanding about it." Rosato compared the series with "Here is Greenwood", but "while it shares with "Greenwood" plenty of quirky characters and a quiet,