Manga 'Look Back' Gets Anime Movie in June 2024
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
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20 of 24 Comments Recent Comments
Feb 18, 2:09 PM by Miyuki_real
Feb 14, 9:46 AM by Macaroon17
Feb 13, 10:27 PM by TheRailTracerMAL
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, 4:19 PM by waalex11
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, 3:46 PM by perseii
Feb 13, 12:46 PM by BitChilly
Feb 13, 11:49 AM by JaysonNnN
Feb 13, 11:21 AM by Pre_Yum
Feb 13, 9:11 AM by aru4l
Feb 13, 9:10 AM by aru4l
Feb 13, 9:10 AM by aru4l
Feb 13, 9:02 AM by RobertBobert
Feb 13, 8:41 AM by Stardew
However, Fujimoto was lucky to have two adaptations in one year!
Feb 13, 8:38 AM by Omarumba
Feb 13, 8:29 AM by removed-user
Feb 13, 8:24 AM by Catalano
Feb 13, 8:23 AM by Softhenic03
Feb 13, 8:15 AM by thebrentinator24
Feb 13, 8:14 AM by MegamiRem
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