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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 tankoubon: 10
Number of pages: 208
Chapter titles: We have 48
Vintage: 2013-05-10 to 2016-08-25 (serialized in Big Comic, 2013 #10-2016 #17)
Release dates: We have 22
News: Show:
Detective Conan 2024 Anime Film's Teaser Confirms Late Spring Opening (Sep 30, 2023)
Blue Giant Manga Starts 'New York Arc' in July (May 9, 2023)
Shinichi Ishizuka's Blue Giant Explorer Manga Ends in 4 Chapters (Mar 13, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 20-26 (Mar 23, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 2-8 (Jan 4, 2022)
Blue Giant Manga About Aspiring Jazz Musician Gets Anime Film (Oct 20, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 25-31 (Jul 27, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 18-24 (Apr 20, 2021)
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)
Shinichi Ishizuka Launches Blue Giant Explorer Manga (May 9, 2020)
Shinichi Ishizuka's Blue Giant Supreme Manga Ends (Apr 25, 2020)
Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2019-2020 (Apr 4, 2020)
Seven Seas Licenses Cutie and the Beast, Blue Giant Manga, 'Yes, No, or Maybe?' Light Novels (Feb 21, 2020)
Kingdom Manga Tops Da Vinci Ranking (Dec 6, 2019)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 4-10 (Mar 21, 2019)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 25-March 3 (Mar 10, 2019)
7 Manga Nominated for Angoulême's Top Prize (Jan 3, 2019)
Detective Conan Manga Tops Da Vinci Ranking (Dec 6, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 5-11 (Nov 14, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 29-November 4 (Nov 7, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 2-8 (Jul 11, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 25-July 1 (Jul 4, 2018)
Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2017-2018 (Apr 6, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 5-11 (Mar 14, 2018)
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)
M&C! Licenses Blue Giant, Boys in Uniform Manga (Feb 8, 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)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 26-July 2 (Jul 6, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 13-19 (Mar 22, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 6-12 (Mar 15, 2017)
Mob Psycho 100, More Win 62nd Shogakukan Manga Awards (Jan 23, 2017)
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)
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, July 27-August 2 (Aug 5, 2015)
Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award (Mar 24, 2015)
8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles (Jan 18, 2015)
Gaku's Ishizuka Starts Blue Giant Manga About Jazz (Apr 29, 2013)
Interest:
The Most Beloved Manga Characters of 2022, According to Magademy Industry Award (Mar 15, 2023)
Press Release:
Seven Seas Jazzes Things Up with License of Blue Giant Manga Series (Feb 22, 2020)
Other article:
The Fall 2020 Manga Guide - Blue Giant (Nov 13, 2020)
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Graphic novel
    Blue Giant - [Omnibus] (GN 3) 2021-07-27 (from $16.51)
    Blue Giant - [Omnibus] (GN 1-2) 2020-11-10 (from $15.00)
    Blue Giant - [Omnibus] (GN 3-4) 2021-04-20 (from $19.99)
    Blue Giant - [Omnibus] (GN 7-8) 2022-01-04 (from $15.98)
    Blue Giant - [Omnibus] (GN 9-10) 2022-03-22 (from $16.51)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Shinichi Ishizuka

Cover Design: Kaoru Kuroki
(none)
Japanese companies
Cover Design: Bay Bridge Studio
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation: Daniel Komen

Associate Publisher: Adam Arnold
Copy Editing: Dawn Davis (vol 4 - )
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 (vols. 2+)
Publisher: Jason DeAngelis
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Ludwig Sacramento
(none)
English companies
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Glenat
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Fabiano Bertello
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: J-Pop

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