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Visual Storytelling - Analyzing "Look Back" - Pt 1

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Apr 16, 2025 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Look Back

Well, we made it through another year. And, in a bit less than two months, Animétudes will celebrate its second anniversary. So, as I did last year, I…

Animétudes

Dec 31, 2021 • Subscribe

How Nichijou Tells a Joke - Visual Storytelling

“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.” ― E.B. White Edited by Dentwy Find me on Discord: Kai(numbersign)1144 Find me…

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Sep 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Nichijou - My Ordinary Life

December 1990 Pt. 10 So lets look back at the year 1990.

So lets look back at the year 1990. recap

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Mar 24, 2022 • Subscribe

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12 Aesthetic Anime That Explore Visual Storytelling Stunningly

However, an aesthetic anime isn't just having superb animation and visual flair. There are many anime series that save their budget for those good sakuga

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Feb 21, 2024 • Subscribe

March Comes in Like a Lion, MUSHI-SHI, No Game, No Life, Non Non Biyori, The Ancient Magus' Bride

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Visual Storytelling - PMMM Dialogue 10 (ABRIDGED) (Actual insanity)

Did you ever want to get all the juice from my analysis without hearing my stupid voice and rambling? Well huff that canned FUTURE baby cuz here we…

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Sep 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Witch Hat Atelier: Visual Storytelling through manga panelling

#custom #enamel #pins #nominimum Go to https://www.enamelpins.com/?utm_source=lines+in+motion&utm_campaign=enamel+pins&utm_id=Maggie and order your very own custom pins with NO MINIMUM order quantity - available for both independent artists and multinational brands! Witch…

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Oct 26, 2020 • Subscribe

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Looking Back at Look Back

No matter how good you are, even if you have the style and sense of humor of a grade schooler, you possess the capacity in some form to…

ANIWIRE

Oct 7, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

Look Back Dub!

So apparently Look Back is up on Amazon Prime now, and with a whole new English dub to boot!

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Nov 9, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Look Back (ルックバック)

Today’s review was inspired by a combination of two very different things. Various folks having mentioned this book in Yuri-friendly spaces online and, by complete coincidence, the fantastic…

Okazu

Dec 10, 2021 • Subscribe

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LOOK BACK propaganda video

We did it, Fujino. We really became 「Look Back」 Support what I do & get more content: ➤Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BestGuyEver ➤SubscribeStar - https://www.subscribestar.com/BestGuyEver ➤Merch - https://bges-dope-shirt-shop.creator-spring.com/ More BGE stuff: ➤Twitch & TALKING PIRATES -…

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Oct 27, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

2016: Don't Look Back

We are not doing an annual look back piece this year, because nothing really happened in Japan. But maybe that is what makes Japan so great right now.

Néojaponisme

Dec 31, 2016 • Subscribe

2016: Don't Look Back

We are not doing an annual look back piece this year, because nothing really happened in Japan. But maybe that is what makes Japan so great right now.

Néojaponisme

Dec 31, 2016 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Look Back — Anime Review

thanks to its modest runtime, I'd say Look Back is worth taking a risk on even if it doesn't quite sound like your kind of movie.

Reasons to Anime

Nov 2, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Film Review: Look Back

Look Back reorients the coming-of-age story in a subtle, yet profound way, redefining what it is that propels the human heart from childishness to maturity. While it hits…

Beneath the Tangles

Jul 7, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Studying Water & Visual Storytelling In Anime | GITM Podcast Ep. 114

Water is extremely versatile in the real world and the same can be said for its place in animated filmmaking. In this episode of Get In The Mecha…

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Jun 12, 2022 • Subscribe

March Comes in Like a Lion, The Heike Story, Attack on Titan, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, The Great Passage

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Heike Monogatari’s Approach To Visual Storytelling | GITM Podcast Ep. 105

Heike Monogatari kind of came out of nowhere and already there’s so much to unpack from a visual perspective. In this episode, I attempt to break down this…

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Oct 21, 2021 • Subscribe

The Heike Story

Allegory, Allegorier, Allegoriest: Visual storytelling and empathy in Revolutionary Girl Utena

Revolutionary Girl Utena has a well-deserved reputation for being difficult to parse. Dense with metaphor, thinly-veiled critique of old shoujo tropes, and allusions to obscure literature, Utena’s style…

Anime Feminist

May 27, 2020 • Subscribe

Revolutionary Girl Utena, veil

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102 - Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back

We delve into Chainsaw Man author Tatsuki Fujimoto’s coming of age one shot. A story that explores budding rivalry and companionship, as well as the artist’s calling in…

We Appreciate Manga

Feb 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man

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Look Back – Creative Survivor’s Guilt

I had the opportunity to see the animated film adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one shot manga. I was profoundly affected by the story when I first read it.…

The Glorio Blog

Nov 3, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Look Back vs. Chainsaw Man

Look Back is a one-shot manga by Fujimoto Tatsuki, author of Chainsaw Man. It’s an excellent work about a young girl driven by a love of drawing and…

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Nov 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man, LOOK BACK

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Look Back: What Motivates You?

Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet!  Hanime on Anime here, and welcome to the first review of 2025!  Starting the year off is an emotional short film from…

Hanime on Anime

Jan 5, 2025 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man, LOOK BACK

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Look Back and Do Change

Quote Source: https://x.com/D_Kumii/status/1854661822919373257 I recently found this post lurking around Twitter from a recent interview Tatsuki Fujimoto did with Unitas Magazine. I'm drawn to it...

Drop-In to Manga - Manga, Mental Health & Community

Nov 22, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

Holiday Review #19: LOOK BACK

 While everyone is talking about the Chainsaw Man anime, it's time to check out of its creator's first projects after it first wrapped up. ...

The Manga Test Drive

Dec 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man

Holiday Review #19: LOOK BACK

 While everyone is talking about the Chainsaw Man anime, it's time to check out of its creator's first projects after it first wrapped up. ...

The Manga Test Drive

Dec 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man

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Look Back – Anime Movie Review

If I hadn’t gotten so many targeted ads for this film via social media and my online friend circle I don’t think I would have gone to it.…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

Oct 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man, LOOK BACK

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Look Back by Fujimoto Tatsuki

Look Back is described as “a heart-wrenching tale” by the author of Chainsaw Man. However, for my heart to be affected, that would actually require me too LIKE…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Nov 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man

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A Thankless Passion: Look Back

Why is it that we create art? Certainly not for the adulation of the crowd; for beyond the theoretically accommodating audience of your close family and friends, there…

Wrong Every Time

Dec 30, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Look Back Anime Film Review

Even if some small details are still missing, when finished, Look Back should, without a doubt, be acclaimed by most people.

Anime News Network - Views

Jun 10, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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A LOOK BACK ON 2024

Hello friends! I was supposed to finish the recap I mentioned last Friday yesterday, but oh well. I wanted to reflect on the partly tumultuous but mostly whatever…

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Dec 31, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Tatsuki Fujimoto is a well-known name in manga right now. Chainsaw Man is a popular Shonen Jump manga and the anime for the series was one of the…

Okazu

Nov 11, 2022 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man

Basara Pt. 1 (with Caitlin)

Covers volumes 1–9 of Basara by Yumi Tamura (the first third of the series)Strap in for a classic epic fantasy shojo series with Basara. Though it never quite…

Shojo & Tell: A Manga Podcast

Feb 14, 2020 • Subscribe

Too old, huh? (Pt 1)

Mamoru Oshii is one of the giants of the anime world, and certainly known internationally too, since most folks into anime or film are at least aware of…

The Review Heap

Jul 19, 2020 • Subscribe

Ghost in the Shell

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a LOOK BACK into Fujimoto's mind

! SPOILERS FOR ALL OF LOOK BACK ! Look Back by Fujimoto is probably my favourite work of his - and it begs the question "Why do you draw?".…

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May 9, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Look Back (Film) – Artists Loving Art

Look Back Recap Stuff From a review and writing perspective, I can only add a few things from seeing the original post I made about Look Back’s manga…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Dec 11, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Look Back: After All This Time

Oh man, this one shot is such a ride. I originally had the plan of writing about this immediately came out, but not all plans work out sometimes.…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Oct 9, 2021 • Subscribe

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CHAINSAW MAN CREATOR’S MASTERPIECE – LOOK BACK

This review may contain SLIGHT SPOILERS. Though I’ll try to make it as short and spoiler-free as possible. QUICK SUMMARY : Look Back is about two middle school…

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Jul 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Back Arrow #20 — Rudolf Continues To Pontificate Pt 6

  Man, am I tired of listening to him. Impressions: Are we seriously trying to promote Bit to a starring role as a hero? The craven coward who…

Tenka Seiha

May 21, 2021 • Subscribe

BACK ARROW

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VISUAL PRISON – Episode 1

Embrace the darkness, entities of the night: Visual Prison is all fangs, a few bites, and loads of visual-kei idol boys, all mashed together into a premiere that…

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Oct 10, 2021 • Subscribe

VISUAL PRISON

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Analyzing Anime Fashion: School Uniforms

I’ve been down a bit of a rabbit hole of watching videos analyzing fashion in movies. It’s one of the very few things I prefer in live-action. The…

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Jan 13, 2021 • Subscribe

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Analyzing The Dr. STONE ENDINGS!

Analyzing The Dr. STONE Endings! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------] hi today i analyse dr stone endings

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Apr 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Dr. STONE

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Fate/Grand Order's New 'Memorial Movie' is Emotional Visual Storytelling at Its Best

This nearly four-minute anime music video tells a surprisingly emotional tale and adds to the overall Fate lore by showing what it's like to be summoned from a…

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Aug 14, 2023 • Subscribe

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Fate/Grand Order's New 'Memorial Movie' is Emotional Visual Storytelling at Its Best

This nearly four-minute anime music video tells a surprisingly emotional tale and adds to the overall Fate lore by showing what it's like to be summoned from a…

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Aug 14, 2023 • Subscribe

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oe#5 – black★rock shooter: a naked look at me (storytelling)

Hello everyone, nesha here and welcome back to #moe404. In this opportunity, I’ll reintroduce you to the first episode of Otaku Essays in a little while, but I’m…

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May 25, 2019 • Subscribe

A Look Back at the 2010’s Part 1: Creators and Franchises

When I originally was thinking about doing this, I didn’t want to create yet another list of shows from the 2010’s that people loved. All for a wide…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Aug 15, 2020 • Subscribe

September 1990 Pt.1 Newtype Magazine

'Newtype - the moving pictures magazine' #9 September 1990.  Published monthly by Kadokawa Shoten. Consisting of 188 pages (including front ...

The Anime Nostalgia Facility UK

Apr 14, 2020 • Subscribe

Lupin III, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors, ULTRAMAN, City Hunter

January 1991 Pt. 1 Newtype Magazine.

  'Newtype' #1 December 1991 - The Moving Pictures Magazine,  Published monthly by Kadokawa Shoten.  Consisting of 188 pages (including the ...

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The Truth About Opinions, Pt. 1

“It’s my opinion.””That’s just your opinion.””Everyone has their own opinion.”“Respect everyone’s opinions.” I have strong opinions. Some people like that about me. Ot…

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Apr 26, 2021 • Subscribe

February 1991 Pt. 1 Newtype Magazine.

  'Newtype' #2 February 1991 - The Moving Pictures Magazine,  Published monthly by Kadokawa Shoten.  Consisting of 188 pages (including the...

The Anime Nostalgia Facility UK

Mar 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen (Pt. 1)

With the first Kizumonogatari movie, it’s time to go back and take a look at Spring Break, where it all began…

Umai Yomu Anime Blog

May 12, 2020 • Subscribe

October 1990 Pt.1 Newtype Magazine

'Newtype'  - the moving pictures magazine'. Published monthly by Kadokawa Shoten. Consisting of 188 pages (including front & back covers), #...

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May 28, 2020 • Subscribe

ULTRAMAN, City Hunter, Lupin III, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors