Editing Time loop (section)

===Japanese popular culture===
The time loop is a popular trope in [[Japanese pop culture]] media, especially [[anime]].<ref name="ANN">{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Jones |date=26 August 2018 |title=''Revue Starlight'' ‒ Episode 7 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/revue-starlight/episode-7/.135942 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> 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 [[Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1983 film)|1983 live-action film]], a [[The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006 film)|2006 anime film]], and a [[Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time|2010 live-action film]].<ref>{{cite web |title=THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (2006) |url=http://deptfordcinema.org/new-events/2017/8/9/the-girl-who-leapt-through-time-2006 |website=[[Deptford Cinema]] |date=9 August 2017 |access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (2006) at Deptford Cinema |url=https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/london/deptford-cinema/the-girl-who-leapt-through-time-2006/e-opyqmx |website=[[TicketSource]] |access-date=27 January 2020 |date=9 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="fareastfilm">{{cite web |last1=Walkov |first1=Marc |title=The Girl Who Leapt through Time |url=https://www.fareastfilm.com/eng/archive/2016/the-girl-who-leapt-through-time/?IDLYT=15535 |website=[[Far East Film Festival]] |access-date=30 April 2020 |year=2016}}</ref> The 1983 live-action film adaptation of ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' was a major box office success in Japan,<ref name="fareastfilm"/> where it was the second [[List of highest-grossing non-anime Japanese films|highest-grossing Japanese film]] of 1983.<ref name="Eiren1983">{{cite web |title=過去興行収入上位作品 一般社団法人日本映画製作者連盟 |url=http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1983.html |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |year=1983 |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref> Its success was soon followed by numerous anime and manga using the time loop concept, starting with [[Mamoru Oshii]]'s anime film ''[[Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer]]'' (1984), and then the manga and anime series ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'' (1984–1988).<ref name="mangauk">{{cite news |last=Osmond |author-link=Andrew Osmond (journalist) |first=Andrew |date=29 November 2017 |orig-year=30 September 2012 |title=Edge of Tomorrow, and Kill Is All You Need |url=http://mangauk.com/kill-is-all-you-need/ |publisher=[[Manga UK]] |access-date=18 September 2019 |archive-date=1 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001025922/http://www.mangauk.com/kill-is-all-you-need/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The time loop has since become a familiar anime trope.<ref name="ANN"/> Other popular Japanese works that use the time loop concept include [[Hiroyuki Kanno (game designer)|Hiroyuki Kanno]]'s science fiction [[visual novel]] ''[[YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World]]'' (1996),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kalata |first1=Kurt |chapter=1996 {{ndash}} YU-NO: Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo |title=Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Japanese Video Game Obscurities |date=2019 |publisher=[[Unbound (publisher)|Unbound Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-78352-765-6 |pages=108–109 (108) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=si6bDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA108}}</ref> the [[visual novel]] and anime franchise ''[[Higurashi When They Cry]]'' (2002), the [[light novel]] and anime franchise ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' (2003), Mamoru Oshii's [[Japanese cyberpunk]] anime film ''[[Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence]]'' (2004), [[Hiroshi Sakurazaka]]'s [[sci-fi]] light novel ''[[All You Need is Kill]]'' (2004) which was adapted into the [[Tom Cruise]] starring Hollywood film ''[[Edge of Tomorrow]]'' (2014),<ref name="mangauk"/> and the sci-fi visual novel and anime franchise ''[[Steins;Gate]]'' (2009).<ref name="kotaku best">{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/steins-gate-might-be-the-best-anime-i-have-ever-seen-476397964/ |title=Steins;Gate Might Be the Best Anime I Have Ever Seen |author=Eisenbeis, Richard |date=19 April 2013 |website=[[Kotaku]] |publisher=[[Gawker Media]] |access-date=31 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824093740/http://kotaku.com/steins-gate-might-be-the-best-anime-i-have-ever-seen-476397964 |archive-date=24 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>