Look Back

The nominees are in for the 52nd Annual Annie Awards, which celebrates the world of animation across 37 categories. Among the many nominees are Look Back—the adaptation of the one-shot by Chainsaw Man author Tatsuki Fujimoto—and Ultraman: Rising.Look Back was nominated in the Best Feature - Independent category.Ultraman: Rising was nominated for Best Feature, as well as Best FX - Feature, Best Production Design - Feature and Best Editorial - Feature.Last year saw Takeshi Honda win Best Character Animation - Feature for The Boy and the Heron , which also netted a Best Storyboarding - Feature award for Hayao Miyazaki. We'll find out who this year's winners are when the Annie Awards take place on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

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Look Back will be coming to the small screens around the world on November 7 through Amazon Prime Video. After the hour-long anime film took the world by storm in mid-2024, the adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga by director Kiyotaka Oshiyama will be making its way onto Amazon Prime Video early next month worldwide. A brand new key visual drawn by Oshiyama was unveiled to celebrate the release.Kiyotaka Oshiyama (FLIP FLAPPERS) directs Look Back at Studio Durian.

After months in Japanese theaters, the theatrical run for the LOOK BACK anime film, an adaptation of the one-shot by Tatsuki Fujimoto, seems to be winding up, with the last theatrical gift announced tonight culminating in Fujimoto and director Kiyotaka Oshiyam

Following a successful run in Japan, the LOOK BACK anime film is officially making its way to cinemas in North America. GKIDS announced plans to bring the feature—directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama and based on the one-shot manga by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fuj

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

After holding the first place for two consecutive weekends since its debut, Kingdom: Daishougun no Kikan (Return of The Great General), the fourth installment in the live-action Kingdom film series, slipped to second place in its third weekend of release.In th

In its second weekend of July 19-21, Kingdom: Daishougun no Kikan (Return of The Great General), the fourth installment in the live-action Kingdom film series based on Yasuhisa Hara's manga, earned 816 million yen (5.2 million USD) on 529,000 admissions accord

The Look Back anime film has caught the eye of people from all walks of life across Japan including some very senior figures in the Japanese art world. Among them are the likes of Studio Ghibli chairman and co-founder Toshio Suzuki and acclaimed artist Yoshito

Kingdom: Daishougun no Kikan (Return of The Great General), the fourth installment in the live-action Kingdom film series based on Yasuhisa Hara's manga, made its first-place debut this last weekend with record-breaking results.The film starring Kento Yamazaki

Look Back’s anime film adaptation continues to draw praise from critics and viewers while more and more theaters across Japan pick up the movie. This has pushed the adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga to over 1 billion yen on Monday, July 16, – a standout a

Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman to Ehon no Lulun (Let's Go! Anpanman: Baikinman and Lulun of the Picture Book), the 35th feature film in the Anpanman anime franchise, took first place in the ticket sales ranking on the weekend of June 28-30, according to Kogyo Ts

The much-anticipated anime film adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back manga earned 227 million yen (US$1.4 million) on the back of 135,000 tickets sold in its first opening weekend, according to Mantan Web and Kogyo Tsushin. The film took the number two s

Look Back, an anime movie based on the one-shot manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man), took the number one spot both in gross and ticket sales in its second weekend. In the weekend of July 5-7, the movie earned 220 million yen (1.37 million USD) on 129,900

Look Back, an upcoming anime movie based on the one-shot manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man), released its first new trailer today, alongside a main visual. The trailer also features the movie's main theme "Light song" by haruka nakamura, and sung by urar

As a treat for those able to watch the anime film adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's critically acclaimed one-shot manga Look Back, the original draft of the book will be given out as a bonus to every ticket holder. The book, just titled “Original Storyboard,” r

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival announced today that the BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- and Look Back anime movies will both screen at the event in June in the non-competitive "Annecy Presents" track. The two Japanese animated films join o