The Japan Society revealed on Tuesday that it will hold the international premiere of the live-action film adaptation of Tsubasa Yamaguchi’s Blue Period manga on July 13, and the East Coast premiere of the anime film of Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto’s “Look Back” one-shot manga on July 14 in Japanese with English subtitles, as part of the JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Cinema event at New York on July 10-21.
The Blue Period live-action film will premiere at the JAPAN CUTS event on July 13 at 3:00 p.m. EDT, ahead of its August 9 premiere in Japan.
The “Look Back” film will premiere at the JAPAN CUTS event on July 14 at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
The anime debuted on Netflix in Japan in September of that year, and then later on Japanese television in October.