This is an event that affected the Japanese animation industry.
It's no secret that Tatsuki Fujimoto, the author behind the Chainsaw Man manga, has been inspired by various films to create Some of the most memorable scenes that we can find in the successful manga starring Denji. Even the opening that accompanied the first season of its anime adaptation is full of references to films such as 'Fight club' either 'Pulp Fiction'.
However, these feature films from the 90s have not been the only sources of inspiration for the unique mangaka. Look Backa popular one-shot that Fujimoto published in 2021, could having based part of its history in a terrible real event that occurred in 2019: the arson attack on the Kyoto Animation offices.
The following lines include spoilers from the Look Back manga.
An event that shocked the Japanese animation industry
To put things into context, we must remember that in Look Back, Fujino's character discovers in a breaking news story that a man showed up armed with an axe at the art school where she was studying. Kyomoto, one of her best friends, was studying. The unknown person killed 12 people, including Kyomoto. But, What is the relationship between this fictional event and the incident at Kyoto Animation?
One of the protagonists of Look Back died at the hands of an unknown person who claimed that the students plagiarized her works
Thanks to a post by X user @RemiNoTsundoku we know that in the first drafts of Look Back the massacre that cost Kyomoto his life was originally going to happen on July 18, 2019the same day it happened the fire caused by Shinji Aoba at the Kyoto Animation offices, which caused the death of 36 people.
In the final version of this manga It was decided to change the date of the massacre that takes place at the art schoolwhich became January 10, 2016. On the other hand, the murderer of Kyomoto and the rest of the students claimed that they They were copying his worksomething that Shinji Aoba also did after causing the horrible fire, claiming that the animation studio was “plagiarizing” some novels that he himself wrote.
Currently, Look Back is considered one of Tatsuki Fujimoto's most complete works, and one of his most personal works to date. The quality of this manga is such that it has achieved make the leap to the big screen through an animated film by Studio DURIAN. Its official premiere in Japanese cinemas took place on June 28.
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