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Look Back

Also known as LOOK BACK.

Studio: Studio Durian , Avex Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Ayumu Fujino is a fourth grader who draws a manga strip for the school newspaper. Her art makes her the star of the class, but one day she's told that Kyomoto, a student who refuses to come to school, would also like to submit a manga for the paper...



Tags: Drawing , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Meta , Work , Autobiographical , Hikikomori , Philosophy , Rotoscoping , Rehabilitation , School , Otaku Culture , Rural , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes

Blue Period

Also known as Blue Period.

Studio: Seven Arcs , DMM music , Kodansha , DMM pictures , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Bit grooove promotion , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…



Note: The anime premiered on Netflix on Sep 25, 2021 in Japan. The TV broadcast started on Oct 2, 2021.

Tags: Drawing , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , School , Philosophy , Educational , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Transgender , Urban , Time Skip , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Femboy , Nudity

Zenshuu.

Also known as ZENSHU.

Studio: MAPPA , MAPPA , Twin Engine , TV Tokyo , Movic , Bushiroad , Rakuten
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance

After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill.



Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Magic , Drawing , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Gods , Anthropomorphism , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Otaku Culture , Bisexual , Robots , Medieval , Desert , Elf , Food , Archery , Dragons , Shapeshifting , Henshin , Animals , Work , Cult , Tokusatsu , Kuudere , Office Lady , Office , Reincarnation , Swordplay , Unrequited Love , Mixed Gender Harem , Nudity

Aki no Kanade

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

Aki Miyagawa moved to Tokyo to pursue her dream to be a taiko drummer, but had a hard time balancing her strict training regimen with her part-time job. Now, after 15 years, she's returning to coach others for a taiko festival.



Project by J.C.Staff announced to be part of Anime Mirai 2015.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Rural , Band , Estranged Family , School Club

Kirakira Kirari☆

Studio: Lesprit
Status: Finished
Genres:

A mysterious girl suddenly appears before Kirari, a timid grade school girl who rather doing nothing but draw. The mysterious girl drags Kirari into the outside world, and they draw various things for the first time together.



Note: One of the four short movies created for the Young Animator Training Project Anime no Tane 2022.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Drawing , Rehabilitation , Primarily Female Cast , Chibi , Magic , Animals

Tsuru ga Mau Yoru ni

Studio: pH Studio , Noovo Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Part of the Young Animator Training Project. One of the shorts exhibited in Anime no Tane 2023.

Tags: Drawing , Mythology , Youkai , Animals , Male Protagonist , Elderly Protagonist , CGI , Shapeshifting