

Look Back
Manga drew them together. Life made them best friends.
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
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- 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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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
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/30/2024
"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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