IMDb plot summary: 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.
Directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama. Stars Yumi Kawai, Mizuki Yoshida, and Yôichirô Saitô.
Look Back is a Japanese animated film about a young girl who loves drawing manga and ends up befriending another painfully shy girl who shares the same interest. We follow their friendship through their school years. This is a gorgeous movie. These characters are so relatable, and I feel like we rarely get stories about middle school-aged girls. It also manages to work through what feels like a very long arc in a very short amount of time and still make it land. It ends on such a wonderful narrative note, despite the darkness of the story in the latter half. I'm very glad I found this one. I knew nothing about it but it was well worth the watch.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 Look Back (2024)
📊 Ranked #533/4164 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 87
beat Phantom Thread (#2079 → #2080)
beat Guilty as Sin (#1039 → #1040)
lost to Crimes and Misdemeanors (held at #519)
beat Stowaway (#779 → #780)
beat Mad Max: Fury Road (#649 → #650)
beat American Splendor (#584 → #585)
beat Argo (#551 → #552)
beat Short Term 12 (#535 → #536)
lost to Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (held at #527)
lost to Cam (held at #531)
beat Network (#533 → #534)
lost to The People Under the Stairs (held at #532)
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