Look Back

“Whether it’s a big, emotional scene or something comparatively more low key, the animation always does a great job of capturing the humanity of the cast and story, making an already great story even better to go through.”

Joshua Fox, Screen Rant · 100

“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 feels too brief – well, that may be the idea.”

Robbie Collin, The Telegraph · 100

“Look Back is a requiem for art lost to violence, to circumstance, to conformity. It is also an argument to create.”

Autumn Wright, Paste Magazine · 95

“All of this beautiful animation intrinsically drives at why people create in the first place, highlighting both the life-affirming and deeply messy realities of making manga.”

Elijah Gonzalez, The A.V. Club · 91

“This lilting tale’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it brevity proves inseparable from the lasting power of its punch-to-the-gut impact.”

David Ehrlich, IndieWire · 83