Blue Giant Anime Film Performs to Over 630,000 Tickets Sold

 

 

The Blue Giant anime film has been performing in theaters across Japan since it premiered on February 17, but now that the last leg of the tour is underway, the film is allowing people to officially cheer along with the film’s performances. 

 

Director Tachikawa said that he heard many attendees say that the film felt like a live performance and wanted to cheer along. He hoped that everyone “applauds the performances and expresses their emotions.” A new video will be attached to the beginning of the film in theaters mentioning that cheering for the film is “officially allowed.”

 

It was further announced that over 630,000 tickets for Blue Giant have been sold since the film premiered in February.

 

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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.