Kaiju No. 8 and Look Back Win Filmark Awards
Filmarks could be the closest thing to a true awards show for fans, by the fans.
On December 26, 2024, at the Filmarks Annual Awards 2024, the Best Animation and Animation Film awards were given to “Kaiju No. 8” and “Look Back” respectively.
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Filmarks is one of the largest entertainment and media review apps in Japan, with over 200 million reviews for over 110,000 movies, 20,000 dramas, and 6,000 anime.
The other Top 10 Anime contenders include Delicious in Dungeon, Mashie, My Hero Academia season 7, Demon Slayer Season 4, Oshi no Ko season 2 Dandadan, Oblivion Battery, The Elusive Samurai and Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
In the previous year, “Skip and Loafer” won the Anime category, with Oshi no Ko Season 1 and Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End as contenders as well.
Due to being a review app that gathers input from many free users, Filmarks’ Awards could be a fairer alternative to Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards as these awards have been criticized for being more popularity-based and less consensus-driven.
About Kaiju No. 8
Kaiju No. 8 is a manga series written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto for the Shōnen Jump+ app and website since July 2020.
As of December 22, 2024, the series has reached a total of 14 volumes and has sold 17 million copies worldwide.
The story follows Kafka Hibino, a 32 year old man who ingested a parasitic creature and gained the ability to turn into a kaiju, eventually joining the Defense Force that opposes the kaiju.
Season 1 was released in April 13 and ended on June 29, 2024 produced by Production I.G. (Haikyuu, Heavenly Delusion) with monster designs by Studio Khara (Evangelion Rebuild movies) and adapted the first 38 chapters of the story.
Season 2 has also been announced for July 2025.
About Look Back
Look Back is the 143-paged manga one-shot written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man, Fire Punch), released digitally on July 19, 2021 and collected in a single volume by Shueisha on September 3, 2021.
Look Back is later adapted into a feature film released in Japanese theaters on June 28, 2024, produced by Studio Durian and directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, who is also in charge of the screenplay and character designs.
The film earned over 12 million USD internationally in the box office.
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