Big blockbusters and the summer holidays haven’t stopped people from turning out in droves to catch the Look Back anime film adaptation, based on the critically acclaimed one-shot manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto, locking in over 1 million tickets sold since the film released on June 28, just 52 days ago!
The official X (formerly Twitter) account revealed the milestone tonight with a special smartphone wallpaper to commemorate it.
Mantan Web reports that as of August 22, Look Back has made 1.73 billion yen (US$11.43 million) at the Japanese box office based on one million tickets sold. As a popular roadshow release, Look Back continues gaining more screening houses, moving up to 266 over the next two weeks after only starting in 119 theaters nationwide.
Kiyotaka Oshiyama (FLIP FLAPPERS) directs Look Back at Studio Durian. Oshiyama also wrote the script and provided the character designs. Kiyoshi Sameshima is the art director with haruka nakamura providing the music and Avex Pictures distributing the film, which was released in Japan on June 28, 2024.
Tatsuki Fujimoto released the Look Back one-shot in July 2021 on Shonen Jump+. An English language version of the manga is released by VIZ Media, which describes Look Back as such:
The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together. A poignant story of growing up and moving forward that only Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man, could have crafted.
Sources: Look Back on X (formerly Twitter), Mantan Web
