Blue Giant (manga)

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Genres: drama
Themes: jazz
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.
Number of pages: 208
Chapter titles: We have 32
Vintage: 2013-05-10 (serialized in Big Comic)
Release dates: We have 19
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Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2020-2021 (Apr 8, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 3-9 (Jan 8, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 8-14 (Nov 10, 2020)
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Shinichi Ishizuka's Blue Giant Supreme Manga Ends (Apr 25, 2020)
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Japanese Comic Ranking, March 4-10 (Mar 21, 2019)
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Japanese Comic Ranking, February 26-March 4 (Mar 7, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 19-25 (Feb 28, 2018)
22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced (Feb 25, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 6-12 (Nov 15, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 30-November 5 (Nov 8, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 10-16 (Jul 19, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 3-9 (Jul 12, 2017)
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Japanese Comic Ranking, September 12-18 (Sep 21, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 5-11 (Sep 14, 2016)
Blue Giant Jazz Manga Ends, But Sequel Series Begins in September (Aug 24, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 4-10 (Apr 13, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 28-April 3 (Apr 6, 2016)
9th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 11 Titles (Jan 18, 2016)
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2016's Series Ranking for Male Readers (Dec 10, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 30-December 6 (Dec 9, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 27-August 2 (Aug 5, 2015)
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8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles (Jan 18, 2015)
Gaku's Ishizuka Starts Blue Giant Manga About Jazz (Apr 29, 2013)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Shinichi Ishizuka

Cover Design: Kaoru Kuroki
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Japanese companies
Cover Design: Bay Bridge Studio
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation: Daniel Komen

Associate Publisher: Adam Arnold
Cover Design: Nicky Lim
Editing: J.P. Sullivan
Managing Editor: Julie Davis
Prepress Technician: Rhiannon RasmussenSilverstein
Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
Proofreader:
Brett Hallahan
Dawn Davis (vol. 2)
Publisher: Jason DeAngelis
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Ludwig Sacramento
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English companies
French staff
French companies
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Publisher: Glenat
French cast
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