LOOK BACK
ルックバック
Look Back
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 1 episode, ready to binge.
- Format
- MOVIE
- Season
- Spring 2024
- Studio
- Studio Durian
- Based on
- Manga
- Episode length
- 58 min
- Started
- 28 Jun 2024
- Ended
- 28 Jun 2024
- Score
- 86/100
Drama Slice of Life Drawing Female Protagonist Coming of Age Primarily Female Cast Meta Work Autobiographical Hikikomori
Ayumu Fujino is a fourth grader who draws a manga strip for the school newspaper. Her art makes her the star of the class, but one day she's told that Kyomoto, a student who refuses to come to school, would also like to submit a manga for the paper... (Source: MANGA Plus, edited)
Where to watch
Opening and ending songs
- Ending Light song haruka nakamura, urara Watch ↗
Song data from AnimeThemes.
Source material
Look Back ↗ · ルックバック
One-shot manga · Finished · 1 volume · 1 chapter · 2021
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Kiyotaka Oshiyama
- Original creator
- Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Character Design
- Kiyotaka Oshiyama
- Music
- haruka nakamura
- Art Director
- Kiyoshi Sameshima
- Sound Director
- Eriko Kimura
Japanese voice cast
- Kyōmoto: Mizuki Yoshida
- Fujino: Yūmi Kawai
Home video releases
- 15 Jan 2027 Look Back - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Vinyl] (OST)
- 22 Sep 2026 Look Back - [Collector's Edition] (Blu-ray + 4K UHD)
Latest news
- 7 Oct 2026 Leeds Film Festival Will Screen Live-Action Look Back and Animated Grotesqqque in November
- 1 Aug 2026 Japanese Animation TV Ranking, July 20-26
- 5 Jul 2026 GKIDS Announces Home Video Releases for Look Back, Angel's Egg, More Films
- 6 Apr 2026 Japanese Animation TV Ranking, March 16-22
- 10 Sep 2025 Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 Anime Reveals October 5 World Premiere in U.S., 2-Week Screenings in Japan, S. Korea
Anime News Network readers rate it 8.51/10 (96 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Ayumu Fujino
藤野歩
Voiced by Yuumi Kawai
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Kyomoto
京本
Voiced by Mizuki Yoshida
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Tannin
担任
Voiced by Youichirou Saitou
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4-Koma no Josei
4コマの女性
Voiced by Maaya Sakamoto
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4-Koma no Dansei
4コマの男性
Voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa
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Fujino no Ane
藤野の姉
Voiced by Kureha Maki
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.