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Look Back

Manga drew them together. Life made them best friends.

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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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$25.2M
Language
Japanese
  • friendship
  • elementary school
  • rivalry
  • coming of age
  • friends
  • school
  • based on manga
  • shounen
  • anime
  • philosophical
  • complex
  • mangaka

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Japan

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Availability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • TheatricalU25 Oct 2024
    • Digital / OTT8 Nov 2024
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereAnime Expo6 Jul 2024
    • PremiereJAPAN CUTS17 Jul 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York and Los Angeles, California4 Oct 2024
    • TheatricalNR6 Oct 2024
    • Digital / OTTPG-13Prime Video7 Nov 2024
    • PhysicalNR4K Ultra HD Collector's Edition8 Sept 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1221 Oct 2024
    • Digital / OTT12Amazon Prime Video6 Nov 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)Scotland Loves Animation7 Nov 2024
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG24 Oct 2024
    • Digital / OTTPGPrime Video8 Nov 2024
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical6 Oct 2024
  • American SamoaAS

    • Digital / OTTPrime Video6 Nov 2024
  • AustriaAT

    • PremiereJapannual Japanese Film Festival Vienna6 Oct 2024
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1226 Sept 2024
    • Digital / OTTPrime Video7 Nov 2024
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical10 Oct 2024
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2024
    • PremiereBeijing25 Oct 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas26 Oct 2024
    • Digital / OTT29 Mar 2025
  • ColombiaCO

    • Theatrical26 Sept 2024
  • Dominican RepublicDO

    • Theatrical3 Oct 2024

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Look Back was released on 28 June 2024.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    10/30/2024

    7/10

    "Fujino" is the class favourite when it comes to her four-scene manga that she draws for the weekly school newsletter. Then one afternoon her teacher asks her if she wouldn't mind letting "Kyomoto" have a go. She's never at school - indeed she's routinely called the truant, but he thinks that this might be a way of getting her more involved. How good can she be, thinks "Fujino"? Well it turns out that she's actually …

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