The official website of the anime movie adaptation of Shinichi Ishizuka's Blue Giant manga revealed the main staff and a teaser visual on Wednesday. The movie will open in theaters in Japan on February 17, 2023.

Staff
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa (Mob Psycho 100, Death Parade)
Screenplay: NUMBER 8
Studio: Nut (Youjo Senki, Deca-Dence)
Distribution: Toho Visual Entertainment

The jazz-themed seinen manga ran in Big Comic from May 2013 to August 2016 and was compiled into ten volumes. The Blue Giant Supreme sequel manga began in the same magazine the following month and ended with 11 volumes in April 2020.

Ishizuka launched the third manga in the series, Blue Giant Explorer, in May 2020. Shogakukan published the fifth volume on February 28.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the first manga in English in February 2020 and published it in 2-in-1 omnibus volumes. The fifth and final omnibus volume shipped on March 22.

Source: animate Times