Fourth-grader Ayumu Fujino regularly draws four-panel manga for her school newspaper and is lauded as having the best artwork in her class. One day, she is asked by her teacher to turn over one of her manga slots in the school newspaper to a truant student named Kyomoto. When Kyomoto's manga pops up alongside Fujino's, it receives high praises for its detailed artwork, making Fujino furiously jealous.

 

Refusing to be beaten by someone who barely attends school, Fujino devotes herself to learning to create manga. As time goes on though, her goal of outshining Kyomoto seems to only get further and further away, and Fujino, now in sixth grade, eventually gives up and quits making manga.

 

Graduation day arrives, and Fujino is asked to deliver Kyomoto's graduation certificate to her. Through chance, the two end up coming face to face, and their unexpected meeting will end up having consequences far beyond what either of them could ever predict.

 

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Looking forward to seeing this in July late as Metal Gear and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima praised the movie after he watched it last month.

 

No release date for the UK and US yet, unfortunately.

Edited October 22, 2024Oct 22 by CowTzy

Really loving this. It's full of wholesomeness, drama, and a lil bit of comedy too.

 

 

The movie's also giving a big reference to the late Kyoto Animation incident. It's sad that Kyoumoto was part of that serial killing victim, but I love that we were still given a hypothetical, never-existing ending.

 

 

This is 10/10 for me, so well done to the Chainsaw Man mangaka Tatsuki Fujimoto, Studio DURIAN, and all of the crews who've worked on this!

 

Looking forward to seeing how well the movie will perform in the UK and States.

Edited August 5, 2024Aug 5 by CowTzy

The movie is premiering in the US on October 4th! :cheer:

 

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Edited August 29, 2024Aug 29 by CowTzy

Apparently the movie will arrive there on October 25th!

Saw this got a week in the cinemas here which is unusual for anime films, missed it then but caught up to it now. Really cute, emotional little story.

 

 

Had my heart drop at the incident - but they dealt with it in a very pleasing way, showing both possible futures really helps strike the right tone and gels with the philosophy of Fujimoto that I get from his writings also, though of course it's a tad lighter than Chainsaw Man

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