Blue Giant

Ever since a fateful encounter with jazz music, Dai Miyamoto has dreamed of becoming the world's best jazz saxophonist. After only three years of playing the instrument, he makes the bold decision to move to Tokyo in order to break into the music scene.

When he meets pianist Yukinori Sawabe at a small music club, Dai believes that he has found a kindred spirit he can form a band with. However, the classically trained Yukinori is reluctant to accept someone who makes such bold claims with so little experience under his belt. Yet, when he hears Dai's undeniable skill, Yukinori is forced to accept the offer.

Along with the even less experienced Shunji Tamada, the trio form JASS, a group with a unique sound that might just be able to shake up the stagnating jazz scene.

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Miyamoto, Dai Main

Yamada, Yuuki Japanese

Sawabe, Yukinori Main

Mamiya, Shoutarou Japanese

Tamada, Shunji Main

Okayama, Amane Japanese

Akiko Supporting

Kinoshita, Sayaka Japanese

Yui Supporting

Nomura, Kenji Japanese

Uchiyama Supporting

Shinomiya, Gou Japanese

Amanuma, Kousei Supporting

Kiuchi, Hidenobu Japanese

Mochizuki Supporting

Takahashi, Shinya Japanese

Isogai, Masaru Supporting

Katou, Masayuki Japanese

Kawakita Supporting

Aoyama, Yutaka Japanese

Tsunoki, Takuya Producer

Tachikawa, Yuzuru Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Zhou, Haosong Episode Director, Storyboard, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation

Yamamoto, Takayuki Episode Director

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Feb 8, 2025

Soulwarfare

Recommended

Blue Giant is an incredible film about passion and Jazz!

The animation is superb with amazing use of clashing colours and vivid imagery during their performances. The music is spectacular and even if you're not big on Jazz like me, the soundtrack will captivate you! The story is incredibly engaging, which is interesting as the director decided to cut out the entire first arc and some backstories that were present in the source material. However, you will barely notice this as what the director focuses is on the emotions and values of the character which works just as well.

My only gripe with this film is ... the use of CG which is a bit jarring. It can go from amazing 2D animation of our characters to 3D which is not that great and mildly distracting.

Nevertheless, this is a truly phenomenal anime movie that I highly recommend!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 15, 2024

Ppsoysauce

Recommended

"I'll keep this short and sweet. The movie was amazing. The music and visuals during the performances were stunning, and the characters and story were compelling. The only thing keeping me from giving it a 10 was the CGI segments. I'm not the biggest animation critic, but the CG took me out of some scenes completely—though there were moments where it blended well. I’m not sure if they used it for accuracy or to save money, but I’d much prefer slightly inaccurate playing over a distracting CGI presence. Even if accuracy was the goal, I feel they could have taken a 'Kids on the Slope' ... approach and used rotoscoping instead.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 23, 2024

vanillaine

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How tf you make three relatable musician characters holy shit.

Inserting Dai with the "There will always be a child prodigy leagues better than you" while also putting Yukinori in a "There will always be a raw talent spitting at your years of hardwork" is CRAZY WORK. And don't get me started with Tamada because holy shit you rarely see drummer character depicted like Tamada. It's a common stereotype in anime and manga for a drummer to be energetic, very outgoing, and skillful. I mean, sure, Tamada was introduced being goofy, but the rest of the film? As a struggling rhythm player it's so fucking tear-jerking ... and relatable af to see him lost like ACTUALLY LOST IT mid performance, regretting his life choices afterward, then proceed locking himself out, practicing just cause of a passive-aggresive comment by the child prodigy. He really went from asking Yukinori how many mistakes did he make then finally making it, and by making I don't mean performing at SoBlue but rather the old guy that's been keeping up with him since the beginning is WHAT I WANT IN LIFE. There are lots of common musical stereotypes, behavior, struggles and all of them being so fucking intimate and realistic.

I also love how it depicts getting "chills" from listening to live music performance because often times in anime, chills are depicted by bunch of zigzags running up through the characters body in a goofy way, yet Blue Giant depicts a more realistic representation of it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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