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Look Back

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Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing. From TMDB

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2025

    "Look Back" won Best Animated Film award at the 48th Japan Academy Awards. prtimes.jp/main/html/rd...

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2025

    Kiyotaka Oshiyama ("Look Back") has directed a beautiful 4-min short entitled "Aka no Kiwoku", to promote the disaster-hit Fukushima prefecture (where he was born). Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAsy...

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    "Look Back" animated movie is coming on Prime Video (worldwide) on November 7. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkRR...

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 13, 2025

    I hope one day Kiyotaka Oshiyama ("Look Back") manages to make his "Shishigari" feature film. In 2019, he had already directed (and animated alone) a 17-minute short film for this project (in his Studio Durian). www.catsuka.com/news/2019-04...

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    "Look Back" live-action film is coming in 2026. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. shonenjumpplus.com/episode/1710...

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2025

    First teaser for "Look Back" live-action film by Hirokazu Kore-eda. www.youtube.com/watch?v=djXq...

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  • Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tvBluesky · Nov 10, 2024

    Just watched Look Back and it left me absolutely wrecked. What a beautiful movie. It’s so human.

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  • Manga Mogura (Anime & Manga News) @mangamogura.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    "Look Back" Anime Movie will start streaming WORLDWIDE on Amazon starting Nov 8, 2024! Animation Studio: Studio Durian Director: Kiyotaka Oshiyama Based on the Artist Drama Oneshot by "Chainsaw Man" creator Tatsuki Fujimoto. Image © Shueisha, Tatsuki Fujimoto, "Look Back" Production Committee

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2025

    For his new short film, Kiyotaka Oshiyama ("Look Back") also did the story, designs, and all the animation + backgrounds himself ♡ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAsy...

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  • Iron Pineapple @ironpineapple.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 28, 2024

    Just watched Tokyo Godfathers and Look Back as an anime movie double feature. Both are great! Anyway I need to watch more movies, so please recommend me your favorite anime movies (no spoilers please)

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    I bought an official "Look Back" poster so I could finally see this key art in its entirety ♡ Btw, the film is coming back in Japanese theaters on January 16 : lookback-anime.com/news/detail/...

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  • Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    "Look Back" live-action movie by Hirokazu Kore-eda is coming in theaters in the US, Canada, UK & Ireland via GKIDS. gkids.com/films/look-b...

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  • Kars @karoshimyriad.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2024

    Tatsuki Fujimoto's anime film adaptation "Look Back" is now available on Prime Video with English dub and sub. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DH5W7MQ8 #lookback #primevideo

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  • Kars @karoshimyriad.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    Tatsuki Fujimoto's anime film adaptation "Look Back" will be releasing with English subtitles on Prime Video on November 7. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkRR... #lookback #primevideo

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  • GKIDS Films @gkids.comBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    LOOK BACK, a film by Hirokazu Kore-eda Only in theatres 2026 brnw.ch/21x380k

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    Amazon Prime Video adds the Look Back anime film worldwide on November 7!

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  • gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2025

    No Other Land win good but Look Back is the best movie of 2024

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  • Gh👀lf 🎃 @goofcustom.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2024

    Look Back is out on Prime Video. If you missed this movie in theaters, please do yourself a favor and watch it ASAP. It's an excellent movie based on an excellent manga. www.amazon.com/Look-Back-Ki...

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  • TINY at MFF @tinydragon.artBluesky · Feb 1, 2025

    Just watched "Look Back" by Tatsuki Fujimoto. If you're an artist, do yourself a favor and take one hour away from your computer and watch this movie. It is required viewing, in my opinion.

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  • Manga Mogura (Anime & Manga News) @mangamogura.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    "Look Back" Anime Movie Production Artbooks will be released on Jan 20, 2025! - 9,900 Yen (65 $) -918 Pages - 3 Artbooks (A4 Original Artwork (Genga) 408 Pages, 2 Flip Books A5 250p&260p)

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  • GKIDS Films @gkids.comBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    "Keep your eyes on my back and you'll grow too." LOOK BACK, a film by Hirokazu Kore-eda Only in theatres 2026 brnw.ch/21x380k

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  • Brandon Santiago @4brandonjs4.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    It took me so long to realize what this Look Back movie was that people have been talking about. Nope. I’ve read the original manga. I’m not ready to go through those emotions again. 🤣

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  • Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2026

    RE-watched the Bob Dylan doc "Don't Look Back" tonight in honour of his birthday. Such a great film RS

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Apr 24, 2025

    The Look Back anime film wins the Japan Movie Critics Award for Animation of the Year!

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  • Mosha Winter ☕❄ @moewanders.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    Finally got around to watching Look Back. Nobody speak to me while I recover over the coming days. // #Filmsky #Anime

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  • Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.comBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    I have not yet seen the anime film adaptation yet, but I've just reviewed the original one-shot manga Look Back, by Chainsaw Man-creator Tatsuki Fujimoto, and it's such a good story, I can't wait to sit down with the movie later. www.marzgurl.com/manga-review...

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  • gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2024

    My favorite movie of the year was the brutalist. My second favorite was Look Back.

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  • Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.comBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

    Oh cool, Criterion Channel is streaming DONT LOOK BACK for free, in case A COMPLETE UKNOWN makes you want to watch a *good* Dylan movie www.criterionchannel.com/dont-look-back

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  • Benjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now @benjanun.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    Rewatched Look Back, basically a perfect film.

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  • JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.comBluesky · Nov 8, 2024

    The Look Back film references JoJo's Bizarre Adventure with the design of the spines of some manga volumes on a shelf.

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  • FalKoopa 🌈 @falkoopa.inBluesky · Oct 27, 2024

    2nd movie of the day lol This one I just booked because it aired at the same theatre right after Look Back.

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  • coach victryena 💪📋 @victryena.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    i would really recommend the film Look Back (from the creator of chainsaw man) - especially if you are an artist or a creative in is some way. it's such a beautiful film, i really cant praise it enough.

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  • Orion 🔜 MFF @alusiren.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 8, 2024

    Look Back fucked me UP... If you've ever put a pen to paper and love to draw, you should absoolutely watch this movie.

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  • GKIDS Films @gkids.comBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    LOOK BACK from Hirokazu Koreeda will screen at SCAD Savannah Film Festival this October.

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  • Delta @chainsawpedia.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2024

    Look Back will release on October 25th In the UK Nationwide! Enjoy the Film!

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Feb 17, 2025

    Look Back director and producer Kiyotaka Oshiyama and planning and producer Ryo Oyama win a special award of the 44th annual Fujimoto Awards.

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  • GKIDS Films @gkids.comBluesky · Sep 15, 2026

    LOOK BACK from Hirokazu Koreeda will screen at Chicago International Film Festival this October.

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  • TEATLES @teatles.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2025

    George reading (or maybe just looking at the pictures) the book-of-the-film “Don’t Look Back” by D.A Pennebaker. Lovely trousers.

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  • Alicia Haddick/アリシア @aliciahaddick.comBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    I interviewed the director of Look Back at Tokyo Film Festival, so come check out their four favorites and some insights into production on the film! (Conducted in Japanese, and I handled the translation!)

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  • dreamin' @dreaminerryday.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2024

    I watched the film version of “Look Back.” I def cried

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  • kViN @yuyucow.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 13, 2024

    Wrote about the Look Back movie and how its message about making art is intertwined with the unique approach to creating animation that Kiyotaka Oshiyama has cultivated. It's a film about this path being inherently isolating but also a means of connection, about it being painful yet inescapable

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  • GKIDS Films @gkids.comBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    LOOK BACK from Hirokazu Kore-eda will screen at the Busan International Film Festival this October.

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  • atelier @arainydancer.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    I can't believe we're getting yet another Look Back movie. Hirokazu Kore-eda will be personally going to your seat in the theater to kick you in the nuts

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  • Ahem @a-hem.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2024

    I went to see "Look Back" at theater yesterday And I cry like a lot haha 😭 So I doodle Shane inspire form movie #StardewValley #StardewValleyfanart

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  • GKIDS Films @gkids.comBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    LOOK BACK from Hirokazu Kore-eda will screen at the BFI London Film Festival this October.

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  • eriz @mieriz.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2024

    — «Why do you draw, Fujino?» Cried a lot, watching «Look Back». Absolutely recommend🧣 #lookback #kyomoto #art

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Mar 20, 2025

    Congratulations to Look Back on its Grand Prix win at the 3rd Niigata International Animation Film Festival!

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    On this day (9th March) in 1993, the Scala Cinema was showing Don’t Look Back (1967) and Bob Roberts (1992) as a double bill.

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  • Singto Conley ☄️ @singtoconley.netBluesky · Oct 17, 2024

    saw “Look Back”. physically could not stop crying for what felt like the entire last half of the film. best i’ve seen in years

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  • sad mike @sadmike99.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    “Look Back” was such a good movie #oc #sketch #art

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  • WTK @wtk.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2025

    [JP] Look Back BD + 4K UHD + CE LE. January 21. lookback-anime.com/discography/... Anime film is still streaming on Amazon Prime Video www.amazon.com/dp/B0DH5DMSRW

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Mar 14, 2025

    Look Back and the fourth live-action Kingdom film took home the Japan Academy Film Prizes along with Cells at Work, Let's Go Karaoke, Oshi no Ko, and Golden Kamuy!

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  • Ruric @ruric.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    I watched Look Back last night. That movie is good for the soul.

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  • Singto Conley ☄️ @singtoconley.netBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    “LOOK BACK” IS ON PRIME VIDEO NOVEMBER 7TH, TAP INNNNNNNN

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Oct 7, 2024

    Look Back, the anime film based on Chainsaw Man creator's one-shot manga, earned over US$688,000 at the U․S. box office!

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Feb 7, 2025

    Shin-ei Animation and staff members of the Look Back and My Hero Academia: You're Next films won awards at this year's Niigata Int'l Animation Film Festival.

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  • coach victryena 💪📋 @victryena.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2024

    been really obsessed with the film Look Back. love the soundtrack in particular so much, been listening to it nonstop

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    Look ahead to a live-action film adaptation of Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back manga in 2026!

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  • Get Played @getplayedpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2025

    This week on Get Anime'd we're talking about the 2024 film Look Back! Only on Patreon.com/getplayed

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Feb 13, 2024

    Take a look back at Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back manga and its newly announced anime film adaptation opening in Japan on June 28!

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Yuumi Kawai actor profile photo
Yuumi Kawai
Fujino (voice)
Mizuki Yoshida actor profile photo
Mizuki Yoshida
Kyomoto (voice)
Yoichiro Saito actor profile photo
Yoichiro Saito
Homeroom Teacher (voice)
Kota Oka actor profile photo
Kota Oka
Man (voice)
Kureha Maki actor profile photo
Kureha Maki
Fujino's Sister (voice)
Koya Yoshihashi actor profile photo
Koya Yoshihashi
Editor (voice)
Takeshi Miyajima actor profile photo
Takeshi Miyajima
Newscaster (voice)
Daisuke Takahashi actor profile photo
Daisuke Takahashi
Announcer (voice)

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