Blue Giant Manga About Aspiring Jazz Musician Gets Anime Film

Shogakukan announced on Thursday that Shinichi Ishizuka's Blue Giant manga is inspiring an anime film that will open in 2022. Ishizuka drew the below illustration to celebrate the announcement.

Seven Seas Entertainment publishes Ishizuka's 10-volume Blue Giant manga series as five omnibus volumes. The company released the first omnibus volume on July 27. Seven Seas describes the story:

Miyamoto Dai, a student with a taste for basketball, changes his life the first time he sees a live jazz performance. The incredible music strikes a chord deep inside him, and he immediately decides to dedicate himself to the saxophone. He has no skills, no formal training, and no idea what he's up against, but his obsession drives him to play that instrument day after day. Will passion be enough to become the player of his dreams? This award-winning manga from Shinichi Ishizuka, compiled into five omnibus volumes for its English debut, is a pitch-perfect drama about the power of music.

Ishizuka (Gaku - Minna no Yama) launched the manga in Big Comic in May 2013, and ended it in August 2016. The manga was nominated for the eighth Manga Taisho Awards in 2015, as well as the ninth awards in 2016. The manga won the Grand Prize in the Manga Division of the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2017.

Ishizuka then launched Blue Giant Supreme sequel manga in Big Comic in September 2016, and ended it in April 2020. The manga had 10 volumes.

Ishizuka launched a new sequel manga titled Blue Giant Explorer in Big Comic May 2020.

Source: Comic Natalie