After a successful run in Japan, the animated film adapted from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back aims to make a splash in North America, thanks to a new deal involving GKIDS, who acquired the theatrical and home entertainment rights for the new film.
Look Back is set to make a debut in North America on October 4, it also debuted at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival to multiple packed house screenings. It was also screened at New York City’s Japan Cuts and Los Angeles’ Anime Expo. Meanwhile, when it debuted in Japan, opened on 119 screens and quickly climbed over 1 billion yen at the box office in the first two weeks. Due to popular demand, the film remains in theaters and has since expanded its Japanese domestic run. And has earned praise from, Studio Ghibli’s Chairman and Co-Founder, Toshio Suzuki.
Kiyotaka Oshiyama (The Wind Rises, Deca Dance, The Boy, and The Heron) took on the role of the Director, the screenplay, and character design. Studio Durian handled the animation production. Look Back was one of the most emotional stories in the current era of Shonen manga. It has been described as a love letter to the manga industry and was released on the second anniversary of the Kyoto Animation Arson Incident. In July 2021, the one-shot title became Shueisha’s most popular One-Shot in its history, reaching over 4 million reads on the digital manga platform (Shonen Jump Plus) in just two days in Japan. The manga won the first Rakuten Kobo E-book Awards in May 2023, and it ranked #1 in the 2022 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook. It was also nominated for last year’s Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards and was second place at the 15th Manga Taisho Awards.
Tatsuki Fujimoto’s One-Shot story, Look Back is available now where books are sold (both digital and in print), and also available to read on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump Plus and Manga Plus apps. Viz Media published the title for English audiences and is available to read on the Shonen Jump app.
The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together. A poignant story of growing up and moving forward that only Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man, could have crafted.
Source: Animation Magazine
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