Rei Penber is the Deputy Lead Editor for GameRant's Anime and Manga team, originally from Kashmir and currently based in Beirut. He brings seven years of professional experience as a writer and editor ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

The Japan Academy Awards, equivalent to the Oscars, features diverse and creative Japanese animation nominees. Winning or even being nominated for these prestigious awards significantly boosts a ...

Tokyo International Film Festival's Goes to Cannes 2026 selection features Kore-eda Hirokazu's 'Look Back' alongside four more Japanese features.

There’s a haiku-like purity to it: Look Back is as neat and yet also as overflowing as the four-panel strips in which its leads once diligently honed their craft. And if something so beautiful also ...

Look Back is actually the first anime film for Studio Durian, the production house that was created by animator Oshiyama. Taking on the role of the director of this heart-wrenching movie, Oshiyama has ...

GKids, the producer and distributor of animation from around the world, has acquired the theatrical and home video rights for North America to “Look Back.” The film, which was a box office sensation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ’90s and early ’00s were a new golden era for TV animation, a time when shows could come not from executives and board rooms, ...

A collage of pictures of Ayumu (Valerie Rose Lohman) and Kyomoto (Grace Lu) in Look Back Image via Avex Pictures When the Chainsaw Man anime premiered in 2022, it sparked a full-fledged frenzy, with ...

Look Back wins Animation of the Year at the Japanese Movie Critics Awards for 2024. The anime movie has high scores on Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB, and MyAnimeList. Look Back captures hearts with a short ...