From the author of Chainsaw Man, Look Back will have a movie

Confirming the leak from a few days ago, a press release announced that the one-shot manga written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, "Look Back," will have an anime film adaptation. The statement revealed the production details and listed that the release is scheduled for June 28 in theaters in Japan.

In addition, Tatsuki Fujimoto, who is also the author of "Fire Punch" and "Chainsaw Man," commented on the matter:

"This work was created to force me to digest what I couldn't digest inside. I don't know if I was able to digest it by drawing it or not, but I can only thank the many people who participated in turning this work into a film. Director Oshiyama is a monster animator who is no stranger to otaku animation, so as an otaku I'm looking forward to seeing this work in cinema."

For his part, Tatsuki Fujimoto released the original one-shot through Shueisha's Shonen Jump Plus digital service in July 2021. In August of the same year, it was revealed that the scene showing a paranoid man entering an art school with an axe, claiming that he had been plagiarized by a student, was altered upon publication due to negative reviews. Many pointed out that this was a reference to the arson attack on Kyoto Animation studios in 2019.

Production Equipment

Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Chainsaw Man, DEVILMAN crybaby, Space☆Dandy) is directing the project at Studio Durian (Shishigari, Heikousen, Evangelion × Attack ZERO), and is also in charge of writing and supervising the scripts, as well as character design and animation direction.

From the author of Chainsaw Man, Look Back will have a movie

Synopsis of Look Back

Ayumu Fujino, a fourth-grader, regularly draws four-panel manga for her school's newspaper and is praised for having the best artwork in her class. One day, his teacher asks him to give one of his manga slots in the school newspaper to an absentee student named Kyomoto. When Kyomoto's manga appears alongside Fujino's, it receives high praise for its detailed illustrations, which provokes Fujino's jealousy.

Fujino refuses to be defeated by someone who barely goes to school and dedicates himself to learning how to create manga. However, as time passes, his goal of eclipsing Kyomoto seems more and more distant, and Fujino, now in sixth grade, eventually gives up and stops doing manga. Graduation day arrives and Fujino is asked to give Kyomoto his graduation certificate. By chance, the two end up coming face-to-face, and their unexpected encounter will end up having consequences far beyond what either of them could predict.

Source: Comic Natalie