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Look Back
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #20
- IMDb #86
- Google retired #133
- Metacritic #27
- Letterboxd #16
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #13
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- Metacritic Audience #84
- Douban #106
- Kinopoisk #206
- AlloCiné #145
- Trakt #32
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100.
See the most agreed on films →Two young, introverted girls bond through their shared love of drawing manga in elementary school. They become inseparable partners, pushing each other to greater artistic heights throughout their school years. The story explores the deep, complex friendship and creative rivalry that develops between them as they grow up, and how their paths diverge and reconnect through their art.
Details
- Director
- Kiyotaka Oshiyama
- Writer
- Kiyotaka Oshiyama
- Based on
- Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Studio
- Studio Durian, avex pictures, Shueisha
- Released
- 28 June 2024
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 58 min
- Rated
- NR
- Box office
- $25.2M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →10 wins from 16 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Annie Awards 2025 | Best Animated Feature – Independent | Look Back | Nominee |
| Blue Ribbon Awards 2025 | Best Film | Look Back | Nominee |
| Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 | Best Voice Artist Performance (Italian) | Ilaria Pellicone (as Kyomoto) | Winner |
| Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 | Best Score | Haruka Nakamura | Nominee |
| Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 | Film of the Year | Look Back | Winner |
| Japan Academy Film Prize 2025 | Best Animated Picture | Look Back | Winner |
| Japan Expo Awards 2025 | Daruma for Best Feature Film | Look Back | Winner |
| Japan Expo Awards 2025 | Daruma for Best Anime | Look Back | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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16 awards — Look Back
×| Best Voice Artist Performance (Italian) | Ilaria Pellicone (as Kyomoto) | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Look Back | Winner |
| Best Score | Haruka Nakamura | Nominee |
| Daruma for Best Feature Film | Look Back | Winner |
| Daruma for Best Slice of Life Anime | Look Back | Winner |
| Daruma for Best Anime | Look Back | Nominee |
| Animation of the Year (Feature Film) | Look Back | Winner |
| Best Director | Kiyotaka Oshiyama [ ja ] | Winner |
| Best Animated Picture | Look Back | Winner |
| Best Animated Picture | Look Back | Winner |
| Best Animation of the Year | Look Back | Winner |
| Special Award | Look Back | Winner |
| Best Actress | Yuumi Kawai | Nominee |
| Best Film | Look Back | Nominee |
| Best Animated Feature – Independent | Look Back | Nominee |
| Best Film | Look Back | Nominee |