I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, also known as Let Me Eat Your Pancreas, is a novel by the Japanese writer Yoru Sumino. Initially serialized as a web novel in the user-generated site Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2014, the book was published in print in 2015 by Futabasha. A manga adaptation ran from 2016 to 2017. A live-action film titled Let Me Eat Your Pancreas premiered in 2017, and an anime film adaptation titled I Want to Eat Your Pancreas on 1 September, 2018.
Plot
An aloof boy comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular classmate who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a fatal pancreatic illness.
Yoru Sumino originally published the novel as a web novel on the user-generated content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2014, before Futabasha republished it with cover art by loundraw on June 19, 2015. English publisher Seven Seas Entertainment announced their license to the novel on March 15, 2018, and it was released on November 20, 2018.
Manga
began serializing a manga adaptation in Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine on August 25, 2016, and ended the series on May 25, 2017. The chapters were compiled into two collected tankōbon volumes, published on February 10, 2017, and June 20, 2017. The manga is also licensed by Seven Seas, who released the first volume on January 22, 2019.
A Japanese animated film adaptation of the novel, titled I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, was announced in August 2017. The film is written for the screen and directed by Shin'ichirō Ushijima and produced by Keiji Mita at Studio VOLN, with music composed by Hiroko Sebu. Yūichi Oka provides the character designs and serves as chief supervising animator. Yukako Ogawa is the background supervisor and is assisted by Yoshito Watanabe. Sound effects are produced by Noriko Izumo under the direction of Jōji Hata. Compositing for the film was supervised by Hiroshi Saitō and directed by Mayuko Koike. Koremi Kishi serves as the 3D CG director, and Yoshinori Horikawa is the color designer. The film is edited by Yumi Jingugi. The film's theme song is "Fanfare" and the ending is "Shunkashūtō". Both songs are by the band Sumika, who also played voice acting roles in the film. The film is distributed by Aniplex in Japan, and premiered in theaters on September 1, 2018. Aniplex of America announced at Anime Expo 2018 that they would release the film theatrically in North America, premiering it at the Animation Is Film Festival in Los Angeles on October 21, 2018. Aniplex of America later announced at Anime NYC 2018 that the film would be screened in the United States subtitled on February 7, 2019, and with an English dub on February 10, 2019, in collaboration with Fathom Events. Madman Entertainment announced at SMASH! 2018 they would be releasing the film in Australia and New Zealand, premiering the film at Madman Anime Festival in Melbourne on September 16, 2018, with a wider release premiering from October 18, 2018. In the United Kingdom, the film premiered at Scotland Loves Anime on October 14, 2018, winning the Audience Award at the festival, and is distributed by Manga Entertainment in the region.
