The best anime film of 2024 makes streaming debut with rare perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

The best anime feature of the year is now streaming with Prime Video, and Look back sits with a rare perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. You’ve probably heard of it Look back casually if you are at least mildly interested in anime. Made by the creator behind it Chainsaw manTatsuki Fujimoto, while taking a break from that series, Look back was a special one one-shot story focused on two young girls who want to pursue their dreams of becoming manga artists. It led to this story getting its own full-length film adaptation, and it did very well with critics and fans alike.

Look back made official streaming debut with Prime Video last weekand it is a rare 100% perfect Rotten Tomatoes score from then on of this publication with 19 reviews counted. The audience score is almost as good, with 99% of audiences loving the film and over 250 reviews also counted at the time of this publication. With this film hitting theaters in limited capacity over the past year, more fans than ever can see why the film is taking the world by storm in 2024.

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What exactly is looking back?

Chainsaw man may currently be deep into Volume 2 of the manga series, with new chapters being released bi-weekly, but series creator Tatsuki Fujimoto took a long break from the story in 2021. In between the two halves of the series, Fujimoto worked on a few one-off stories that offered entirely new species of the world through the creator’s vision. The first of these one-off stories was Lalso Backand it was such an instant hit that it was picked up for its own full-length feature film adaptation.

After two young artists named Fujino and Kyomoto, Look back sees the two chasing their dreams before their lives pulls them in very different directions. It really made waves among manga fans as it revealed a deeper insight into how creators might view the art form, and it looks like the anime adaptation has accomplished the same for the animation medium, and fans are particularly inspired by what they saw to happen. on the screen. Now even more eyes can see what it’s all about.

Why Look Back is the best film of 2024

Written, directed and with character designs provided by Kiyotaka Oshiyama for Studio Durian and distributed by Avex Pictures, Look back gets the best critical reception for every anime film released so far this year. Despite its shorter running time (well under 80 minutes), the impact of the film is what has been highlighted by those who have been able to see it thus far. It stands completely outside of any other anime franchise, so its success comes from the power of the material itself.

This year has seen some strong anime feature releases including My Hero Academia: You’re Next, My Oni Girl, The Imaginary, Ultraman: Risingand more, but Look Back is still part of the group. It is a relatively small production that is largely held together by Oshiyama, yet has had the biggest impact. It’s because it tackles the nature of creativity in a harsh reality, and that seems to resonate more with anime fans than anything else they’ve seen so far this year. If you wanted to check out Look back for yourself: you can stream it now with Prime Video.