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Blue Giant (movie)

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Genres: drama
Themes: jazz
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Dai Miyamoto is in the basketball club in middle school. One day, his friend takes him to a live jazz performance, which touches him on a deep level. From that point on, he begins to practice the tenor sax by himself, with no formal education, and no ability to read sheet music. He aims to become the world's best saxophone player. (from manga)
User Ratings: 26 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:2, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Decent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 34 users, rank: #7402 (of 10000)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.077 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.2065, rank: #526 (of 10157)
Weighted mean: 8.217 (Very good+), rank: #347 (of 10157) (seen all: 8.22)
Bayesian estimate: 7.970 (Very good), rank: #420 (of 7636)
Vintage: 2023-02-17
Premiere date:
2023-02-17 (Japan)
2023-11-25 (Italy, Fantasticon Film Fest)
2024-03-22 (Spain)
2024-06-25 (Poland, Festiwal Animator)
Official website:
Review:
Blue Giant (Apr 12, 2023)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa
Screenplay: NUMBER 8
Music:
Hiromi Uehara
Kazuma Jinnouchi (Samba Five)
Original creator: Shinichi Ishizuka
Character Design: Yūichi Takahashi
Art Director:
Satoru Hirayanagi (Art Studio Zao)
Chief Animation Director: Yūichi Takahashi
3D Director:
Masato Takahashi (Chiptune)
William Tanuarto (Gevo Entertainment)
Sound Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa
Director of Photography: Kasumi Tōgō
Executive producer: Kazutaka Yamanaka
2nd Key Animation:
Ai Sugiura (Studio CL)
Airi Sakai
Akane Miyazawa
Akane Tamai (Signal.MD)
Akira Ōshimizu
Anh Nhat (Suzuhana Studio)
Aya Kobayashi (Studio Gram)
Ayaka Miyamoto
Ayame Iwasaki (MADHOUSE)
Ayumu Ogawa
Boya Liang
Chae Won Cho (DR MOVIE)
Chang Dong
Chihiro Nishikawa
Daiki Abe (WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Daiki Watanabe (SILVER LINK.)
Dang Ngoc (Suzuhana Studio)
Emiko Ōki (Studio Lings)
Eri Ōba (Team Harada)
Eri Yūki
Eun Joo Park (DR MOVIE)
Fumika Kimura (BAKKKA)
Haruka Katou (WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Hiroki Kamomiya (WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Hiromatsu Shu
Hiromitsu Miyahara (MADHOUSE)
Hitomi Minamidate
Hitomi Shimodaira (Signal.MD)
Hitoshi Katsura (Studio Gimlet)
Hye Soo Kim (DR MOVIE)
Ji Young Song (DR MOVIE)
Jun Jie Zhang (Fei Hung Animation)
Jun Wei Li (Big Firebird Cultural Media)
Kai Qi Tan (Signal.MD)
Kanako Awada
Kanna Fujisawa (Studio Gram)
Kaori Ikeda
Kaori Komai (Team Harada)
Kasumi Ikeda (animocaramel)
Keiko Fujimi (Chiptune)
Kimikazu Saito (WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Kotoe Furuno (Signal.MD)
Kumiko Onaga
Kurumi Mamada (Studio Lings)
Kwan Woo Kim (DR MOVIE)
Mai Watanabe
Maki Matsuura
Makito Ishikawa (SILVER LINK.)
Makoto Andō (Wish)
Mare Sekikawa (Studio Lings)
Masataka Hisada
Masato Katsuyoshi (Studio Lings)
Mei Ling Sun (Studio Lings)
Michiko Notsu
Miria San (Chiptune)
Misaki Hamada (Studio Lings)
Misato Honma (MADHOUSE)
Mitomi Nakayama
Miyuki Nakagawa (Studio Gimlet)
Mizuki Kamomiya (WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Momoko Nagakawa
Naoki Ishii (SILVER LINK.)
Naoyuki Yagi
Nguyen Phuong (Suzuhana Studio)
Noa Kajita (Studio Lings)
Nobuyuki Hiramatsu (WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Nono Yukiyono
Reina Aoyama
Ren Tanaka (Studio Lings)
Rena Hiura
Rikako Hishii
Rina Akasaka
Ritsu Horii
Ryōta Azuma
Ryusei Ichimura (Studio Lings)
Sae Manaka (Studio Lings)
Saki Yamada (CLAP)
Sakura Shiba
Shin Kimata (SILVER LINK.)
Shinichi Kurita
Shō Uchida
Shota Nakayama (Studio Gimlet)
Surasak Phapijit (Team Harada)
Takaharu Kajio (WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Takahiko Satō (8-bit)
Takehiro Kojima (MADHOUSE)
Takumi Kawamorita
Tomohiro Koga (WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio)
Tomomi Morishita (Snow Light Staff)
Toshiyuki Komaru
Tu Long Wang (Fei Hung Animation)
Xiao Fei Na (Big Firebird Cultural Media)
Yoon Joo Ok (DR MOVIE)
Yoshiko Toyama (Studio Lings)
Yōsuke Asano (Studio Lings)
Yuka Fujino (Studio Lings)
Yuki Arinaga (Signal.MD)
Yuki Ōshima
Yūki Shin (Kyushu Animation)
Yuki Takahashi (Studio Lings)
Yūta Suzuhana (Suzuhana Studio)
Yūto Yoshida
Zhou Yong Jiang
3D CG:
Aiko Minami (Chiptune)
Kotomi Hirayama (Chiptune)
Masashi Takayashiki (Chiptune)
Mayu Takebana (Chiptune)
Miyu Takahashi (Chiptune)
Nanami Uehara (Chiptune)
Naoya Gotō (Chiptune)
Sayaka Araiso (Chiptune)
Tsukasa Saitō (Chiptune)
Yui Ōsako (Chiptune)
Yūto Nasu (Chiptune)
3DCG Modeling:
Aiko Minami (Chiptune)
Mayu Takebana (Chiptune)
Miyu Takahashi (Chiptune)
Sayaka Araiso (Chiptune)
Yui Ōsako (Chiptune)
Animation producer: Takuya Tsunoki
Art Setting:
Mizuka Ueda
Satoru Hirayanagi (Art Studio Zao)
Assistant Animation Director:
Eiko Mishima
Naoko Minai
Assistant Key Animation Director: Ryōta Azuma
Background Art:
An Huu (FSE)
Anh Tuan (FSE)
Binh Thi (FSE)
Dung Thuy (FSE)
Dy Ut (FSE)
Ha Thu (FSE)
Hai Duc (FSE)
Hieu Thanh (FSE)
Ho Yeun Lee (STUDIO TOUCH)
Hyun Su Gim (Studio Kaori)
Linh Thuy (FSE)
Minh Phuoc Bui
Nga Yen (FSE)
Ngoc Long Huynh
Nhi Hong (FSE)
Su Hun Park (STUDIO TOUCH)
Tam My (FSE)
Thi Nguyet Hieu Nguyen
Thi Thu Hoa Nguyen
Tien Duc (FSE)
Tri Quoc (FSE)
Vinh Cong (FSE)
Vu Tuan (FSE)
Casting Producer: Shinnosuke Usui
CG Animation: Desta Primarti (Gevo Entertainment)
CG Producer:
Shigeki Nemoto (Chiptune)
Tsunemi Akiyama (Gevo Entertainment)
CG Rendering: William Tanuarto (Gevo Entertainment)
Chief Producer: Atsushi Takahashi
Color: Takefumi Saitō (Imagica EMS)
Color Check: Sayaka Sueshige
Color design: Yoshinori Horikawa
Color Key: Sayaka Sueshige
Digital Cinema Mastering:
Madoka Ikeda (Imagica EMS)
Miho Takatsuka (Imagica EMS)
Dubbing Studio Coordinator: Naoyuki Shida
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
Editing Assistant: Kiyomi Yamada
In-Between Animation:
Hong Gu Liu (Cheng Pin Animation)
Jian Juan Xu (Cheng Pin Animation)
Juan Yu (Cheng Pin Animation)
Kai Ping Guo (Cheng Pin Animation)
Karin Uchino (WIT STUDIO)
Keiko Fujii (Chiptune)
Li Ling (Cheng Pin Animation)
Lin Yan Xue (Cheng Pin Animation)
Peng Li (Cheng Pin Animation)
Que Qiu Kong (Cheng Pin Animation)
Riana Watanabe (Studio Pierrot)
Rina Tsukamoto (Studio Pierrot)
Rong Rong Deng (Cheng Pin Animation)
Satoshi Hirata (Studio Pierrot)
Shu Ting Chen (Cheng Pin Animation)
Sota Kinoshita (Studio Pierrot)
Sumire Yonekura (Studio Pierrot)
Tokuma Kose (Studio Pierrot)
In-Between Check:
Akiko Ikeda (Studio Pierrot)
Chul-Ho Jang (DR MOVIE)
Dong Jun Lan (DR MOVIE)
Jun Cao (DR MOVIE)
Kyung Ae Min (Studio Bus)
Yaeko Kodama (Studio Pierrot)
Yue Shan Wang (Studio Pierrot)
Key Animation:
Aditya Uday
Ai Ogata
Akane Tamai (Signal.MD)
Akiko Taniguchi
An Katsuragi
Andy Zhu (GAMBIT)
Asumi Katō
Barkarott (GAMBIT)
Boya Liang
bs_kim
Chang Dong
Chisato Hosokawa
CoachP (Studio Tumble)
Daiki Nagata
Dog Dog Hui
Eiko Mishima
Fei Hung (Feihung Animation)
Fumika Kimura (BAKKKA)
Fuminori Tsukida
Guang Xu Wu (Feihung Animation)
Hiromatsu Shu
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Hisashi Shimokawa
Jia Fu Xu (Big Firebird Animation)
Jing Pan
Jing Yu Xu (Studio Tumble)
Joo Yeon Moon (Point Pictures)
Ju Neng Binggui (Studio Tumble)
Julius de Belen (GAMBIT)
Kai Qi Tan (Signal.MD)
Kanako Awada
Kanako Maru
Kaori Ikeda
Katsutoshi Nakamura
Kazuto Wakayama
Kazuya Saitō
Ken Yamamoto
Kenichi Shima
Kentarō Kawajiri
Kumiko Onaga
Maki Matsuura
Mayu Murakata (Chiptune)
Mayumi Nakamura
Michiko Notsu
Misa Matsuoka (BAKKKA)
Mitomi Nakayama
Moe Yoshimura (Chiptune)
Nana Yamaguchi (Chiptune)
Naoko Minai
Naomi Okita
Naoyuki Asano
Natsuki Yokoyama (Chiptune)
Niina Morita (Signal.MD)
Nobuhiko Kawakami
Qiang Lu (Big Firebird Animation)
Risa Suzuki
Ryōta Azuma
Ryūshi Tokunaga (BAKKKA)
Satoshi Kimura
Saurabh Singh
Serena Koi
Shi Yi Su (Signal.MD)
Shigenori Taniguchi
Shinichi Iimura
Shinichi Kurita
Shiomi Yamada
Shiori Asaka (Signal.MD)
Shō Uchida (Signal.MD)
Shou Sugai (Point Pictures)
Sumire Fukazawa (BAKKKA)
Sun An Jung (Point Pictures)
Taishi Fujimori
Takao Maki
Takashi Yoshiyama (BAKKKA)
Takeo Shudou
Takuya Yoshihara
teiadam
Toshiro Fujii
Toshiyuki Komaru
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Vann Oba (GAMBIT)
Vercreek
Willie Blue Bussell (GAMBIT)
Yasuhiro Saiki
Yūichi Takahashi
Yuji Hosogoe
Yuka Fukuchi (Signal.MD)
Yuki Arinaga (Signal.MD)
Yuria Tsu (GAMBIT)
Zhou Yong Jiang
Zi Han Liu (Studio Tumble)
Motion Capture CG Designer:
Shinya Arai (exsa/Studio Tanta)
Shouko Toyota (exsa/Studio Tanta)
Motion Capture Cooperation:
Joji Hayashi (Spice)
Noriko Ishihara (Spice)
Motion Capture Director: Yūta Niinomi (exsa/Studio Tanta)
Motion Capture Line Producer: Sumie Sato (exsa/Studio Tanta)
Motion Capture Producer: Naoto Onuki (exsa/Studio Tanta)
Motion Capture Studio Assistant: Rikiya Ishida (exsa/Studio Tanta)
Music Editing: Hiroyuki Ishizaka
Music Performance:
Hiromi Uehara (as Yukinori Sawabe; piano)
Shun Ishiwaka (as Shunji Tamada; drums)
Tomoaki Baba (as Dai Miyamoto; saxophone)
Music producer: Sayoko Narukawa
Online Editor: Takahiro Adachi (Imagica EMS)
Paint Check Assistant:
Hye Ra Jung
Kyung Hwa Kim
Photography:
Anna Tomisaki (animocaramel)
Bo Wen Liang
Hiroshi Satō (Chiptune)
Hotaru Tomino (Studio Shamrock)
Kasumi Tōgō (Chiptune)
Kazuhiro Yamada (Infinity Arts)
Kazuya Iwai (Studio Shamrock)
Kei Machida (Chiptune)
Keisuke Isedo (animocaramel)
Keisuke Nozawa (Graphinica Sapporo Studio)
Maho Kuwata (Graphinica Sapporo Studio)
Mako Mikami (Graphinica Sapporo Studio)
Mansei Ishikawa (animocaramel)
Mayumi Morisato (Seven Arcs)
Mika Watanabe (Graphinica Sapporo Studio)
Mina Kobayashi (CLAP)
Mitsuhiro Sato (animocaramel)
Natsumi Uchida (animocaramel)
Noriyuki Muraki (animocaramel)
Sae Tamura (Chiptune)
Satoshi Yamamoto (Chiptune)
Sayaka Segawa (animocaramel)
Shinji Tonsho (Chiptune)
Shōhei Kayaba (Seven Arcs)
Takumi Hoshina (CLAP)
Takuya Nōdai (Seven Arcs)
Tomokazu Nakanishi (Studio Shamrock)
Tōru Asamura (Chiptune)
Ye Lin Du (Seven Arcs)
Yoshi Kondo (animocaramel)
Yōsuke Yoshida (Infinity Arts)
Yuko Matsunaga (Seven Arcs)
Yuri Shimazaki (animocaramel)
Yūya Kimishima (Chiptune)
Planning: Katsuhiro Takei
Post-Production Coordinator:
Iku Nishibe (Imagica EMS)
Teru Ogawa (Imagica EMS)
Production: Keiji Ota
Production Advisor: Tadao Iwaki
Production Committee:
Akihiro Omura (TOHO)
Akito Takahashi (TOHO)
Atsushi Yoshikawa (Ray)
Hidehiko Hotta (TOHO)
Hirotaka Kaneko (TOKYO MX)
Hitomi Mukoyama (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Kōdai Honda (TOHO)
Maki Satō (TOKYO MX)
Shōko Yamada (TOHO)
Shōta Itō (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Taisuke Shikama (Shogakukan)
Taku Nakamura (Universal Music)
Takuji Wada (TOKYO MX)
Tatsunobu Satō (Shogakukan Shueisha Productions)
Tsutomu Aihara (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Wataru Sano (TOHO)
Yūsuke Ueno (Shogakukan Shueisha Productions)
Yuta Uchiyama (Shogakukan)
Publicity Producer: Aiko Saitō
Recording: Tomonari Tokuhisa
Recording Assistant: Akari Shirakawa
Setting Production: Rei Kurosawa
Sound Effects Assistant:
Kōsuke Kobayashi
Kōtarō Miura
Sound Effects Supervisor: Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Production Manager:
Eisuke Imanishi
Misuzu Watabe
Studio Engineer: Seiji Itabashi
Technical Director: Eiji Ishibashi (Imagica EMS)
Japanese companies
2D Design Works: Chiptune
3DCG Cooperation: GEVO ENTERTAINMENT
3DCGI: Chiptune
Animation Production: NUT
Art Setting: Art Studio Zao
Editing Studio: EditZ
In-between Check:
DR Movie
Pierrot
Studio BUS
special effects: Chiptune
English cast
English staff
Producer: David Jesteadt (GKids)

QA Translator: Jake Jung
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Licensed by: GKIDS
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Ferran Ruiz (Catalan dub)
Translation: Xavier Martí (Catalan dub)

Adaptation: Josep Sobrevia (Catalan dub)
Language Consultant: Jordi Mir (Catalan dub)
Mix Engineer: Joan Ruiz (Catalan dub)
Marcel Navarro as Dai Miyamoto (Catalan dub)

Eva Lluch as Akiko (Catalan dub)
Marc Torrents as Shunji Tamada (Catalan dub)
Toni Mora as Yukinori Sawabe (Catalan dub)

Àngels Ribalta as Aoi (Catalan dub)
Domenech Farell as Kawakita (Catalan dub)
Ivan Canovas as Uchiyama (Catalan dub)
José Posada as Tyler (Catalan dub)
Lluis Marco as Yui (Catalan dub)
Sergio Zamora as Amanuma (Catalan dub)
Tatiana Supervia as Sra. Sawabe (Catalan dub)

Jennifer Zaragoza (Catalan dub)
Joan Ruiz (Catalan dub)
Joaquin Casado (Catalan dub)
Jordi Pineda (Catalan dub)
Luis Gustems (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: Sik Estudio (Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming: Anime Box (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Riccardo Bambini

Dialogues: Riccardo Bambini
Dubbing Assistant: Andreas Uzzauto
Dubbing Engineer: Davide De Luca
Synchronization: Davide De Luca
Alessandro Germano as Dai Miyamoto

Manuel Meli as Yukinori Sawabe
Matteo Garofalo as Shunji Tamada

Antonio Palumbo as Kawakita
Dario Borrelli as Koizumi
Dario Oppido as Taira
Ester Albano as Madre di Tamada
Fabio Gervasi as Uchiyama
Federico Di Pofi as Isogai
Giuliano Bonetto as Amanuma
Jacopo Cinque as Masayuki Miyamoto
Ludovica Cuppari as Ayaka Miyamoto
Rachele Paolelli as Akiko
Stefano Billi as Mochizuki

Italian companies
German staff
German cast
German companies
Dubbing: G&G Tonstudios
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Periscoop Film
Dutch cast
(none)

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