The anime adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one-shot manga Look Back has won the Kineko Grand Prix Teens Feature award at the Kineko International Film Festival in Tokyo. The category features Japanese and international films aimed at audiences aged 13 to 18, with the winner selected by judges in the same age group.
Look Back opened in Japanese theaters in June 2024. It placed second in ticket sales during its opening weekend, while earning the highest weekend revenue. The film sold 135,000 tickets and generated 227 million yen (about US$1.40 million) in its first three days.
GKIDS screened the film in North America in October 2024. Its U.S. opening weekend brought in US$688,253.
Yūmi Kawai voices Fujino, a fourth-grade student who draws four-panel comics for her school newspaper. Mizuki Yoshida voices Kyomoto, her classmate who has stopped attending school. Kiyotaka Oshiyama directed the film, wrote its screenplay and designed its characters. His Studio Durian produced the animation.
Fujimoto first published the Look Back one-shot on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ in July 2021. Viz Media and MANGA Plus released it digitally in English, and Viz published a print edition in September 2022.
Sources: Anime News Network.