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Blue Giant

  • 2023
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  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
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Blue Giant (2023)
AnimeHand-Drawn AnimationSeinenAnimationDramaMusic

Dai Miyamoto, a student from Sendai, receives a saxophone as a gift from his brother, Masayuki. He starts practicing immediately.Dai Miyamoto, a student from Sendai, receives a saxophone as a gift from his brother, Masayuki. He starts practicing immediately.Dai Miyamoto, a student from Sendai, receives a saxophone as a gift from his brother, Masayuki. He starts practicing immediately.

  • Director
    • Yuzuru Tachikawa
  • Writers
    • Number 8
    • Shin'ichi Ishizuka
  • Stars
    • Junya Abe
    • Yutaka Aoyama
    • Mika Doi
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    3.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yuzuru Tachikawa
    • Writers
      • Number 8
      • Shin'ichi Ishizuka
    • Stars
      • Junya Abe
      • Yutaka Aoyama
      • Mika Doi
    • 19User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Junya Abe
      Yutaka Aoyama
      • Kawakita
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      Mika Doi
      Mika Doi
        Ryosuke Higa
          Hana Hishikawa
            Ikkyû Jaku
              Misa Kato
                Masayuki Katô
                • Isogai
                • (voice)
                Yasuhiro Kikuchi
                  Sayaka Kinoshita
                  • Akiko
                  • (voice)
                  Hitomi Kitazaki
                    Hidenobu Kiuchi
                    • Amanuma
                    • (voice)
                    Naoto Kobayashi
                      Tatsuki Kobe
                        Yusuke Kondo
                        • Masayuki Miyamoto
                        • (voice)
                        Shôtarô Mamiya
                        Shôtarô Mamiya
                        • Yukinori Sawabe
                        • (voice)
                        Yôhei Matsuoka
                          Karin Nanami
                            • Director
                              • Yuzuru Tachikawa
                            • Writers
                              • Number 8
                              • Shin'ichi Ishizuka
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                            10dlwoqls

                            'SLAMDUNK' of Jazz Music!

                            It's more than 'five-star-movie'. It is one of a kind and best music animation ever. The passion and emotion of this movie makes my heart beat. It is the first time that such an emotion has been felt since Slam Dunk. Japanese animation seems to be upgrading its value by expanding its scope to the art world. If you look at the original work, you can know the past of the main character, Dai, so please refer to it. In particular, the fact that Hiromi of the Grammy Award-winning jazz list participated in both music director and piano performance makes my heart race. I am serious about jazz enough to make up a quarter of the movie with music alone.
                            8kachuntseng

                            Just about the passion

                            There are no much of the back story of the band members. The main Sax player want to be the number one player. A lot of Manga and Anime spent a lot of time to explain the reason/ motivation. But i just like this movie that they are more focusing on the values/ Attitude while they are getting to their goals.

                            Being jealous of others? Be conservative because of risk avoiding? Worry about the band member will depart?

                            That's all real in this world and we couldn't just solve your problem by friendship and working hard. It is an honor to see this anime show us people found their way to excel and choose their path.
                            9neil-26246

                            Masterpiece.

                            As a film featuring music and focusing on relatively niche genre, the performance and interpretation of jazz would naturally be the attention. Regarding this, the only I can say is impeccable. Every time the tenor saxophone is blowing fiercely with blue fire, I can feel the energy overflowing and penetrating through my skull until the backend so that my hair stands. Wild but sleek graphics, realistic depiction of life of artists, delicate storytelling that tugs at the heartstrings, and last but not the least, the powerful and passionate jass, all add up to not only the climax of the show, but also of the kind.
                            7lordgrimmor

                            Is it really good?

                            It was one of the anime that I really expected because it had the main theme of jazz. But it made me very disappointed in the meat. Ordinary storytelling has only superficial jazziness to the story. Anime about piano in the forest, although it's not jazz, it's more jazz than this one. What I'm trying to say is that it's alive, it's jazzy, this story has it in a sparse and dull way.

                            I'm reminded of a scene in this story where the main pianist is taught that his playing is shallow. Play within the frame Playing in a safe zone. I sat and laughed in my head as to whether they were cursing the script or not because the screenplay is ordinary and trying to be a safe zone like other anime.

                            I was disappointed with the choice of jazz as the theme of the story, but the narrative uses a young boy who is passionate. There's nothing wrong with that, but there's nothing new about the script. It's like choosing a child as the main character of an anime. Other stories are very dull in the anime world. I can only assume that they don't want to change at all? Because young men sell more than middle-aged people?

                            The era of anime in Japan has been considered to be in the dark ages for a long time. Many people did not dare to take the risk of doing anything new or artistic. Everyone made commercial anime. Because it sells more than anime that has a complex script and has different and outstanding art.

                            Ultimately, Blue Giant is just an average anime in terms of script. The visuals are almost good, but their 3D animation is terrible. The jazz music is great but it doesn't help the anime's script. 7/10.
                            9abhiyansh-44079

                            Mixture of Passion and Love

                            I usually don't write review. But after watching this film, I want to talk about it. For some people, this movie maybe good, average, or bad. I don't know that. But for me it's life changing. This film talks about passion in a art form, blending of incredible music, and lovable characters is most catchy thing about this film. I am also musician but I do not play jazz. Movie was soo beautifull too watch. In each frame there is something to talk about. Animators really put their sweats in it. Anyone who was passionate about anything in their life, must watch this film at once in their lifetime. Also loved the way they show, when our jass is gone into another world while playing music, they just jammed and feels the wind of emotions. It makes us as a audience more attentive. Reactions of the listeners also makes us attentive to the performance. Hope these types of films made more.

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                            • Release date
                              • March 6, 2024 (France)
                            • Country of origin
                              • Japan
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                            • Language
                              • Japanese
                            • Also known as
                              • BLUE GIANT 藍色巨星
                            • Production companies
                              • Nova Media
                              • Nut
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                            • Gross US & Canada
                              • $266,645
                            • Opening weekend US & Canada
                              • $131,380
                              • Oct 8, 2023
                            • Gross worldwide
                              • $6,934,632
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                            • Runtime
                              • 2h(120 min)
                            • Color
                              • Color
                            • Sound mix
                              • Dolby Digital
                              • Dolby Atmos
                            • Aspect ratio
                              • 1.78 : 1

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