The original The World of Machida-kun manga was serialized from 2015 – 2018 in Shueisha’s Bessatsu Margaret shojo manga magazine.
The World of Machida-kun was nominated for the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016, and the series also won the New Creator Prize at the 2016 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize awards.
The film is directed by Yuya Ishii and features a screenplay by Yuya Ishii and Shô Kataoka.