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Blue Giant

Blue Giant

Witness the origin of the next great jazz legend.

20237.82h 0m

Overview

High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of a professional musician isn’t for the faint of heart, as he must confront what it truly means to be great.

Directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa
Written by NUMBER 8, Shinichi Ishizuka
Produced by Eri Isobe, Mikito Bizenjima
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Top Cast

Yuki Yamada

Yuki Yamada

Dai Miyamoto (voice)

Shotaro Mamiya

Shotaro Mamiya

Yukinori Sawabe (voice)

Amane Okayama

Amane Okayama

Shunji Tamada (voice)

Yusuke Kondoh

Yusuke Kondoh

Masayuki Miyamoto (voice)

Mirei Suda

Mirei Suda

Ayaka Miyamoto (voice)

Kenji Nomura

Kenji Nomura

Yui (voice)

Hiroki Touchi

Hiroki Touchi

Tyra (voice)

Yutaka Aoyama

Yutaka Aoyama

Kawakita (voice)

Masayuki Kato

Masayuki Kato

Isogai (voice)

Sayaka Kinoshita

Sayaka Kinoshita

Akiko (voice)

Themes & Keywords

jazzmusiciansaxophonebased on mangaanime

About Blue Giant

Blue Giant is a animation, drama, music film released in 2023 exploring themes of jazz, musician, saxophone, based on manga, anime. Directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa, it stars Yuki Yamada, Shotaro Mamiya, Amane Okayama. High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of a professional musician isn’t for the faint of heart, as he must confront what it truly means to be great.

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