Shogakukan announced an anime movie adaptation of Shinichi Ishizuka's seinen manga Blue Giant on Thursday. The movie will open in theaters in Japan in 2022. Ishizuka drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement (pictured above).
Synopsis"I will definitely become the world's best Jazz player!"
Blue Giant follows Dai Miyamoto, who is a member of the basketball club. While attending junior high school one day, a friend takes him to a live jazz performance, which inspires him deeply. Thereafter, he begins practicing the tenor saxophone by himself, without the ability to read sheet music.
Rain or shine, day or night, Dai continues to practice. During his first performance, he is criticized by the audience, however, Dai passionately blows away at his saxophone. A tale of reaching his goal recklessly and sincerely begins.
The jazz-themed manga ran in the semimonthly Big Comic magazine between May 2013 and 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 last April.
Ishizuka launched the third manga in the series, Blue Giant Explorer, last May. Shogakukan published the third volume on June 30, with the fourth volume scheduled for release on October 29. The manga series has a cumulative 7.7 million copies in print.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the first manga in English last February and publishes it in 2-in-1 omnibus volumes. The third omnibus volume shipped on July 27.
Blue Giant won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category, the Grand Prize at the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival Award, and ranked fifth and third in the 8th and 9th Manga Taisho awards, respectively.
Official site: https://bluegiant-movie.jp/
Manga special site: https://bluegiant.jp/first/
Manga official Twitter: @bluegiant_bc
Source: Comic Natalie
Blue Giant on MAL
