Look Back (2024) · Tastebuds

Manga drew them together. Life made them best friends.

Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.

Animation Drama friendship elementary school friends school based on manga shounen anime philosophical complex mangaka manga artist depressed

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Earnest, intimate, contemplative and spare.

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intimateepic
contemplativerelentless
sparerichly built
character-ledplot-driven

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Cast

Yuumi KawaiFujino (voice)
Mizuki YoshidaKyomoto (voice)
Yoichiro SaitoHomeroom Teacher (voice)
Kota OkaMan (voice)
Kureha MakiFujino's Sister (voice)
Koya YoshihashiEditor (voice)
Takeshi MiyajimaNewscaster (voice)
Daisuke TakahashiAnnouncer (voice)
Jun ItoTeacher (voice)
Kaori TakeuchiFriend's Mother (voice)

Crew

Kiyotaka OshiyamaDirector
Kiyotaka OshiyamaScreenplay
Kazuto IzumitaDirector of Photography
haruka nakamuraOriginal Music Composer
Kiyoshi HiroseEditor
Kazuto MatsumuraProducer
Ryo OyamaProducer
Shinya ShinozakiProducer

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