Hideo Kojima‘s newest film suggestion has simply dropped – and it is new anime film, Look Again.
“Look Again is among the most exceptional anime of the previous decade. I’ve written commentary for it. The unique work was superb, too,” he tweeted. “I used to be shaken to my core! The tenderness, the kindness, the energy! Such wealthy expressions and sensitivity, surpassing even a live-action movie! I used to be moved by the current and way forward for leisure! Anime is actually unbelievable. I’ve already ordered Tatsuki Fujimoto’s authentic manga and might’t wait to ‘look again’ on it.”
Based mostly on Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga sequence of the identical title, Look Again follows Fujino and Kyomoto, two polar reverse younger women from the identical small city who start to forge a bond over their love of drawing manga. Fujimoto can be the brains behind the manga Chainsaw Man, which has been tailored into an anime sequence and is among the best-selling manga titles of all time.
He co-wrote the screenplay with Kiyotaka Oshiyama and Kiyotaka Oshiyama is within the director’s chair. Oshiyama beforehand labored on the animation for motion pictures like The First Slam Dunk and Mary and the Witch’s Flower, in addition to Studio Ghibli titles together with The Boy and the Heron, Arietty, and The Wind Rises.
Elsewhere on his Twitter, Kojima shared another film suggestions launched within the first half of 2024, together with All of Us Strangers, Furiosa, and Past Lives, plus True Detective: Evening Nation and Shogun as his favourite small-screen picks.
Look Again is out now in Japan, however the movie does not have a US or UK launch date simply but. Whereas we look ahead to an replace on that entrance, try our information to the remainder of this 12 months’s largest new anime releases.