Manga 'Look Back' Gets Anime Movie in June 2024

by DatRandomDude
Feb 13, 2024 7:47 AM | 25 Comments

Production company Avex Pictures opened an official website for an anime movie adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back manga on Wednesday, revealing the main staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and an announcement promo. The movie is scheduled to open in theaters in Japan on June 28.

Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Flip Flappers) is directing the anime movie at Studio Durian. He is also penning the script and designing the characters.

Fujimoto published the one-shot manga on the Shounen Jump+ website in July 2021. Shueisha published the manga in a single volume in September that year.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English under its VIZ Signature imprint in February 2022 and released the volume in September that year. Shueisha's Manga Plus platform also published the one-shot in English.

Look Back placed first in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 rankings in the Male Readers category. The manga was also nominated for the Manga Taisho Awards in 2022.

Synopsis
Fourth-grader Ayumu Fujino regularly draws four-panel manga for her school newspaper and is lauded as having the best artwork in her class. One day, she is asked by her teacher to turn over one of her manga slots in the school newspaper to a truant student named Kyomoto. When Kyomoto's manga pops up alongside Fujino's, it receives high praises for its detailed artwork, making Fujino furiously jealous.

Refusing to be beaten by someone who barely attends school, Fujino devotes herself to learning to create manga. As time goes on though, her goal of outshining Kyomoto seems to only get further and further away, and Fujino, now in sixth grade, eventually gives up and quits making manga.

Graduation day arrives, and Fujino is asked to deliver Kyomoto's graduation certificate to her. Through chance, the two end up coming face to face, and their unexpected meeting will end up having consequences far beyond what either of them could ever predict. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Announcement

Official site: https://lookback-anime.com
Official X (Twitter): @lookback_anime

Source: Oricon News

Look Back on MAL

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currently living in Japan and i went to see it!!! first 10 seconds was a little disorienting (i have motion sickness) but once the camera stops spinning in the beginning, WOW THIS MOVIE. if the one shot made you feel things, bring tissues. the movie theaters in japan are usually silent even during funny parts, but i heard so much sniffling. IT'S SO SO SO GOOD. <3 they did it justice. totally worth it, even if it's on the shorter end for movies. so so beautiful and moving.

Jul 9, 2024 9:03 PM by _kumikko

I enjoyed the manga; it deserves to be a movie.

Feb 20, 2024 9:17 PM by malvarez1

the second I've read the manga was made by Fujimoto I started hyper-ventilating (in a positive way of course)

Feb 18, 2024 2:09 PM by Miyuki_real

Hell yeah lets goooo!!!!

Feb 14, 2024 9:46 AM by Macaroon17

This was great. But Fire Punch and Goodbye Eri is the best of fujimoto so hopefully those get adapted as well.

Feb 13, 2024 10:27 PM by TheRailTracerMAL

I've just reread the manga, and I'm somewhat looking forward to watching it animated.

It's a bittersweet sad short good story,
but I'd be excited about some of his first one-shots being animated instead.

Unfortunately, I'm in the minority,
but in my opinion, some of the concept, plot, and potential of some of those one-shots are greater than his manga, i.e. Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man which are overrated with flaws.

Even Goodbye Eri, which is a bit ridiculous with an odd ending if I remember, but more intriguing than Look Back.
Although, Look Back is great as it is for its own charm of simplicity.

Regardless, I'm looking forward to it.
Funny, I think this is this studio's very first anime,
while Mappa who I don't know if their adaptation was successful, hasn't adapted any of his one-shots like they claimed they would, yet.

Feb 13, 2024 4:19 PM by waalex11

Great news. But I wonder if there's enough material here for a theatrical release.. It should run 70 minutes at the very least, right?

I really hope they don't add unnecessary scenes or drag them out. I liked how "clean" the story felt, in terms of detail and pacing.

Feb 13, 2024 3:46 PM by perseii

LET’S FUCKING GOOOO, HOPING FOR A GOOD ADAPTATION

Feb 13, 2024 12:46 PM by KohiChilly

Movie of the year 👏

Feb 13, 2024 11:49 AM by JaysonNnN

WE ARE EATING GOOD... SO WE SHALL PATIENTLY WAIT AS WELL. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Feb 13, 2024 11:21 AM by Pre_Yum

OMG YEEEEEESSSSSS

Feb 13, 2024 9:11 AM by aru4l

OMG YEEEEEESSSSSS

Feb 13, 2024 9:10 AM by aru4l

OMG YEEEEEESSSSSS

Feb 13, 2024 9:10 AM by aru4l

@Stardew Well, this is the third time in the last couple of years that side works from popular authors have been adapted.

Feb 13, 2024 9:02 AM by RobertBobert

Wow never thought this one shot would get a movie.

Feb 13, 2024 8:41 AM by Stardew

It's being filmed at DURIAN studios. Directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, who designed the devils on Chainsaw Man. At this rate, Sayonara Eri with Fire Punch will also get an adaptation, I'm looking forward to it!

However, Fujimoto was lucky to have two adaptations in one year!

Feb 13, 2024 8:38 AM by Omarumba

Esto si que es una sorpresa.

Feb 13, 2024 8:29 AM by removed-user

fujimoto should have never published this, they should adapt fire punch.

Feb 13, 2024 8:24 AM by Catalano

Even his one shots are getting adaptation. Wow.

Feb 13, 2024 8:23 AM by Softhenic03

Yooo that’s great, Fujimoto’s one-shots are awesome so I’m glad this one’s getting animated. Hope this paves the way for a Goodbye Eri adaptation someday.

Feb 13, 2024 8:15 AM by thebrentinator24

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