Tounen-bun no Watashi e

To Every You I've Loved Before, known in Japanese as Boku ga Aishita Subete no Kimi e, and its companion film To Me, The One Who Loved You (Kimi o Aishita Hitori no Boku e) were released in 2022 as a unique cross-platform experiment. The films are based on the science fiction novels by Yomoji Otono, which explore the concept of parallel worlds where choices create branching realities. While the films were released simultaneously to encourage audiences to experience the narrative from different emotional perspectives, the project was part of a broader push to bring intricate light novel narratives into high-fidelity animated features.

The production was managed by TMS Entertainment, but the creative visual direction for the companion project featured contributions from FLAT STUDIO. The animation team aimed to capture the melancholic, reflective tone of Otono's writing by emphasizing subtle character expressions and the quiet gravity of the multiverse theory. Upon release, the films were noted for their ambitious structure, requiring viewers to navigate two distinct timelines that intersect, a narrative design that drew both curiosity for its technical complexity and debate regarding the order in which they should be viewed.