Blue Giant Anime Film Celebrates 1 Billion Yen With Jazz-Filled Visual

 

Yuzuru Tachikawa’s Blue Giant anime film has hit a milestone today, grossing over 1 billion yen (US$7.48 million) at Japanese theaters. To celebrate the achievement, the film released another visual of the musicians jamming to their heart’s content.

 

 

Alongside the announcement of 1 billion yen (US$7.48 million) made, it was revealed that over 690,000 tickets for the Blue Giant anime film have been sold.

 

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The film, directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa (Mob Psycho 100) at NUT, was released in Japan on February 17. Shinichi Ishizuka’s manga has been serialized in Shogakukan’s Big Comic since May 2013. Following the first arc, BLUE GIANT set in Japan (May 2013 – August 2016) and the second arc BLUE GIANT Supreme set in Europe (September 2016 – April 2020), its story entered the third arc BLUE GIANT Explorer in May 2020 and was set in the United States. A total of 27 collected volumes have been released in Japan with over 8.8 million copies have been printed so far.

 

Its English release has been published by Seven Seas Entertainment since November 2020 with 10 volumes released over 5 omnibus volumes. The publisher describes the series as such:

 

Dai lived a normal high school life in Sendai: a city of hot summer days and rainy nights. Between basketball, part time jobs, and an uncertain future, something was missing. And that thing was music. With his days in senior year running out, Dai swears a heartfelt vow: “I’m gonna be the best jazz player in the world.” But what do you need to be the best? Talent? Effort? A lucky break? Or maybe just a deep, pure love for music, and too much stubbornness to know when to quit.

 

Source: Mantan Web

 

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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.