The anime film adaptation of the manga Look Back in Tatsuki Fujimotothe author of Chainsaw Man It is Fire Punchhad a premiere and its director revealed that he had been working on the anime film until the day before the premiere and that he had not left the studio for over two months.
In a recent interview, Oshiyama commented:
They were extremely difficult days. It felt like I was doing a difficult triathlon. Every day was so exciting and it was barely over. It’s actually still too early to finish, so I don’t feel like it’s really over, so I thought if everyone watched the movie today, I would finally feel like it was over… I was in the studio all day for about two and a half months. I finally went home yesterday and slept on my own futon. I think I’ve accumulated quite a bit of sleep debt.
The anime adaptation of Look Back was made in Studio Durianwith Kiyotaka Oshiyama in charge of direction, character design and even writing the script. Furthermore, as a character designer, he also had to work directly with the animators and make the frames himself. It’s not about “exploitation”, but he himself decided to work this way. However, it is also a reality that other productions with much more staff still suffer from this type of problem, and it is a constant problem within the anime industry, where more and more productions with shorter delivery times are being requested.
With its premiere scheduled for June 28, 2024, the animation is from Studio Durian and the direction is Kiyotaka Oshiyamathe animation director of Space Dandy, Dennō Coil It is Flip Flappers.
- Art direction: Kiyoshi Samejima
- Assistant art directors: Yoshio Harisaki, Takashi Omori
- Color design: Maya Kusumoto
- Director of photography: Kazuto Izumita
- Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
- Sound direction: Eriko Kimura
As for seiyuu, we have the newcomers:
- Yumi Kawai as Fujino
- Mizuki Yoshida as Kyomoto
The one-shot was published in July 2021 in Shonen JumpPlus by Shueisha. In August, as we reported, the author edited the manga due to a negative reaction from readers. Many pointed out that this was a reference to the arson at the studios of Kyoto Animation in 2019.
In the description of Look Back we can read:
Student Ayumu Fujino frequently draws 4-panel manga for her school newspaper and is praised for having the best artwork in her class. One day, her teacher asks her to give up one of her manga slots in the school newspaper to an absent student named Kyomoto. When Kyomoto’s manga appears alongside Fujino’s, he receives much praise for his detailed art, which makes Fujino furious. Refusing to be defeated by those who barely go to school, Fujino dedicates herself to learning how to make manga. However, as time passes, her goal of overshadowing Kyomoto seems increasingly distant, and Fujino ends up surrendering and giving up the manga. Graduation day arrives and Fujino is invited to present Kyomoto with her graduation certificate. By chance, the two end up meeting face to face, and their unexpected meeting will end up having consequences far beyond what either of them could have predicted.
