BLUE GIANT

Description

BLUE GIANT is based on the massively popular Japanese music manga of the same name and follows a young saxophonist who aspires to be the world’s greatest jazz player. The music for ‘BLUE GIANT’ is composed by Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi (Hiromi Uehara). The music for ‘BLUE GIANT’ is composed by Grammy-winning Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi (Hiromi Uehara), described by The Guardian as a “jazz rule-breaker.” She also provides the keyboard music for the character Yukinori Sawabe in the film, a pianist whom Dai meets in Tokyo. BLUE GIANT is based on the massively popular Japanese music manga of the same name and follows a young saxophonist who aspires to be the world’s greatest jazz player. So far, the film has been released in cinemas in Japan, India, Korea, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and the USA. This year, it will be released in France on March 6. In 2013, Shinichi Ishizuka began serializing his jazz manga BLUE GIANT. The story of young musician Dai Miyamoto captivated readers, and today, 10 years later, it has sold 11 million copies and been adapted into a film. The film has been a huge success through word-of-mouth and social media – it has been called “a manga whose sound you can hear” and has even influenced Japan’s real-life jazz scene (after a screening, attendance at jazz clubs and jazz cafés increased). It also won the audience award at the 2023 Scotland Loves Anime film festival. The screenplay is by NUMBER 8 – editor of the original manga and story director of the film – and the animation is produced by NUT, a studio that attracted attention for its Youjo Senki series.