The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The time loop is a familiar trope in Japanese pop culture media, especially anime. Its use in Japanese fiction dates back to Yasutaka Tsutsui's science fiction novel, "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" (1965), one of the earliest works to feature a time loop, about a high school girl who repeatedly relives the same day. It was later adapted into a 1972 live-action Japanese television series, a hit 1983 live-action film, a 2006 anime film, and a . The 1983 live-action film adaptation of "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" was a major box office success in Japan, where it was the second highest-grossing Japanese film of 1983. Its success was soon followed by numerous anime and manga using the time loop concept, starting with Mamoru Oshii's anime film "" (1984), and then the manga and anime series "Kimagure Orange Road" (1984–1988).