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Blue Giant
Directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa
High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of a professional musician isn’t for the faint of heart, as he must confront what it truly means to be great. From TMDB
139 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 28, 2026 · last updated Oct 28, 2026 · How this works
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Blue Giant is a 2023 animation drama music film, directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa, starring Yuki Yamada, Shotaro Mamiya and Amane Okayama.
- 121 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Feb 26, 2023 to Oct 28, 2026
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60 of 139 · most liked firstI watched a wonderful anime movie last night. As you music-loving followers may already know, it called Blue Giant based on a Japanese manga. I was amazed by the truly wonderful dramatic accompaniment by pianist Hiromi Uehara and artwork of the performance scenes. I recommend it highly.
positive · AI labelView post →#AprilSpins Day 25: An Album With "Blue" In Either The Title Or A Track Name - "Blue Giant: Original Movie Soundtrack" by Hiromi An enthralling manga about a Japanese Saxophonist with an amazing anime adaptation & an outstanding soundtrack! Great for any Jazz Lover 🎷 #vinyl #nowspinning #vinylsky
neutral · AI labelView post →my mom has been making discoveries this month and hounding me very excitedly "hey this movie called Flow just came out. Can we go?" "The Wild Robot is still in theatres!" "i love the soundtrack for this anime called Blue Giant, where can we watch it?" "when is the new Dandadan episode coming out??"
neutral · AI labelView post →3. Blue Giant (Sub) This movie deserves to be talked about in the same breath as Whiplash. Musically and visually it's incredible. I'm gonna be thinking about this one for a while, I think.
positive · AI labelView post →For Show # 240 – Jazz Music? More like JASS Music @geraldawo.bsky.social reviews the 2023 theatrical film Blue Giant. Which isn't to be confused with Blue Lock. No, this is about Gerald's secret passion & every teenage boy's dream: to dominate the modern jazz scene www.awopodcast.com/2025/02/anim...
neutral · AI labelView post →The best animated film of 2023: Blue Giant It's on Netflix now and it's emotional in a way I can't quite explain. My review: butwhytho.net/2023/10/blue...
positive · AI labelView post →The surprise success of the big-budget feature about jazz warranted a re-edited version and a second life in theaters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/11/23/film/blue-giant-jazz-in-anime/?utm_content=buffere9303&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #culture #film #anime #bluegiant #jazz #tokyointernationalfilmfestival
neutral · AI labelView post →GKIDS offers the Blue Giant anime film on Blu-ray Disc and digital platforms on April 30!
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm gonna be real for a sec here. I get bogged down by my own mortality which is exacerbated by the world we live in. But I try to remind myself that there's things out there that I'm lucky to be around to experience. As an example, the movie Blue Giant. One of the greatest films I've ever seen.
positive · AI labelView post →$70M opening weekend for DEMON SLAYER INFINITY CASTLE! Now, that's an IMPRESSIVE WIN for an #ANIME FILM in the USA! Neither The FIRST SLAM DUNK (2022) nor BLUE GIANT (2023) had success like this despite being more Western in subject & scope. That said, this bodes well for the future, one hopes!
neutral · AI labelView post →[Review] Blue Giant is one of those films you'll either fall in love with or be bored to tears by, and much of that hinges on your appreciation for jazz music.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thinking about worst anime movies has made want to initiate a challenge: what are your favorite anime movies that aren't Kon/Ghibli/Shinkai/Hosoda? Tried to avoid recency bias but there's a place for 100 Meters, Blue Giant, JJK 0, and Look Back in my heart. All Slayers movies are one slot lol.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh damn! Another new Hiromi Uehara album out this year? She's been busy. For anyone who liked the movie Blue Giant, she's the one who did the music and is one of the best living jazz pianists today.
neutral · AI labelView post →It would be one thing if their animated jazz movies oriented at older audiences had the kind of budget that an anime movie like Blue Giant or Inu-Oh might've had
neutral · AI labelView post →If you want a movie about the desire to play jazz music, without the trauma of Whiplash, Blue Giant (anime movie, 2023) is what you want. Great players behind the music, those good "you gotta believe" vibes. Definitely didn't cry a good little cry.
positive · AI labelView post →Okay, swap out Blue Giant with 1998's Ring movie, and that's essentially my last four movies watched. A lotta jhorror recently....huh
neutral · AI labelView post →BLUE GIANT - directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa Based on a jazz-themed manga series, I went in blind and was awestruck. The visuals combined with the music perfectly, creating the feeling of a bigger experience than just a film.
positive · AI labelView post →Netflix will begin streaming the Blue Giant anime film in the U․S. and Canada on September 1!
neutral · AI labelView post →Blue Giant is probably the movie to beat as far as the competition movies at SLA go. Extremely funny and heartfelt stuff, and the psychedelic final performance is exhilarating stuff. Highly recommended.
positive · AI labelView post →@broomsticknpen.bsky.social posted how Hiromi-san and her band did the soundtrack for Blue Giant. I missed the film but even this trailer is wow! 📽️🎥🎬#letterboxd #filmsky #anime youtu.be/KaB7tTJ2T5o?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched a movie called Blue Giant and I cant stop thinking about it. If you like jazz at all I highly recommend that movie, its based off a Manga of the same name. Idk I just love music and the way it connects us all.
positive · AI labelView post →Finally got around to watching Blue Giant and 😭!! Easily the best concert scenes AND drum solo I’ve ever seen in anime or any film!! 10/10 must watch for any musician/animefan/person with a soul!! 🎷💙 WARNING: U WILL CRY TO FAST 7/8 JAZZ
positive · AI labelView post →I would like to make a special shout out to the album I honestly probably listened to the most which was the Blue Giant Soundtrack by Hiromi. Having been to the venue of the final performance in the movie in real life, I think both movie and soundtrack are so good and got me through this year
neutral · AI labelView post →I finally got around to watching the movie "Blue Giant" and it is totally a sports anime for jazz. I bought the blu-ray, btw, because JAZZ + ANIME = FIRE.
positive · AI labelView post →My top Spotify wrapped artist was Hiromi Uehara, owing almost exclusively to the soundtrack to this dope movie #BlueGiant #jazz #Hiromi #HiromiUehara #UeharaHiromi #anime
neutral · AI labelView post →Bonus: my most recent influences have been music related. I had the opportunity to watch Blue Giant in theaters (with composer Hiromi Uehara sitting right behind me!!), while Bocchi the Rock, with its banger soundtrack, helped me reflect on my awkward younger years and how far I've come!
neutral · AI labelView post →I think I might see Blue Giant at the theater Sunday or Monday. That'll be the first theater movie I'll have seen since Inu-Oh a little over a year ago.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're in the mood for some killer piano, you can never go wrong with Hiromi. Another Mind is a perfect album from start to finish, but I also recommend the Blue Giant soundtrack (and movie as a whole). music.apple.com/us/album/ano...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you want a really good animated movie about jazz, watch Blue Giant, soundtrack composed by jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara. youtu.be/KaB7tTJ2T5o?...
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s certainly the most significant animated film of the 2020s (honorable mention to Blue Giant).
neutral · AI labelView post →ok so in no particular order -Mob Psycho 100 -Dragon Ball Super Broly -Recovery of an MMO Junkie -Look Back -Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinju -Blue Giant -My Dress-Up Darling -Cowboy Bebop -Persona 3 Movie 4 Winter of Rebirth -Dan Da Dan
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you, Dylan. Still feel like crap. Well, when my mom heard I rewatched The Batman she wanted to watch it too. I was like "WHAT!! I just finished rewatching it that's a long movie too." Luckily I love the movie so I rewatched it again & also watched the Blue Giant 🎷 anime movie with her.
positive · AI labelView post →All certified bangers: 86, Link Click, Odd Taxi, Bocchi the Rock!, Blue Giant (movie), Spy x Family, Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, and The Apothecary Diaries.
neutral · AI labelView post →Standing ovation to the two best animated movies I saw this year. Both for the writing and the visual. #LostinStarlight #이_별에_필요한 #BlueGiant
positive · AI labelView post →You reserve the right to laugh at the adult who goes to see this but does not watch The Glassworker, Ne Zha 2, Blue Giant, any Hosoda movie, Suzume, Inu-Oh, Look Back, Sirocco, Flow, Memoir Of A Snail, Robot Dreams, Colors Within, and like a dozen others. youtu.be/S-GFCPEWqe4?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Blue Giant for the first time since I saw it in cinemas. Dare I say it was even better the second time around. Not sure I’ve ever seen a film capture the escapism of music in the way that this does. Honestly overwhelming and the best music sequences in any film I’ve ever seen.
positive · AI labelView post →Blue Giant. A 2023 anime film that is surprisingly good. I saw it being recommended by the AWO podcast, specifically @geraldawo.bsky.social and I'm glad they did. It just feels good to escape for a couple of hours in a film about perseverance & eventual success. #anime
positive · AI labelView post →If you like anime, I'm watching an incredible film about jazz called Blue Giant. Strong Whiplash vibes, with less swearing and more gorgeous visuals.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Blue Giant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ An anime film about the passion and energy of jazz music, as a young sax musician aspires to become the greatest player in the world with his band. With the story focused on their live performances, the soundtrack really pulls you in and the characters are well done
positive · AI labelView post →Now that SLA weekemd is done. Here is my ranking of every film based purely on how much I enjoyed them 1. Concierge 2. Blue Giant 3. Gold Kingdom Water Kingdom 4. Galaxy Express 999 5. Macross+ 6. Animatrix 7. Lonely Castle in the mirror 8. Komada Whisky Family 9. Phoenix 10. Vampire in the Garden
positive · AI labelView post →John Coltrane Ryo Fukui: Scenery, Mellow Dream, My Favorite Tune Blue Giant movie OST: FIRST NOTE, N.E.W., BLUE GIANT, WE WILL Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Nina Simone - Feeling Good Glenn Miller and His Orchestra Dave Brubeck - Take 5 Billie Holiday Brick Ballades - Houston St. Extended Arrangement.
neutral · AI labelView post →The anime film adaptation of Shinichi Ishizuka’s Blue Giant now has a theatrical placeholder listing of October 8th in the US! www.fandango.com/blue-giant-2...
neutral · AI labelView post →UNBEATABLE's story mode good for a lot of reasons but the themes of Making Stuff being hard but worthwhile resonated a lot in particular. Blue Giant isn't perfect as a movie but i love how it shows three different views of why someone would pursue making music in a genre thats no longer mainstream
positive · AI labelView post →There is one more work I would like to recommend There is a jazz-themed manga called Blue Giant It's a movie, and the comics are still being serialized. If you are interested, please read that as well
neutral · AI labelView post →A bit late on Blue Giant but that was a fantastic experience. Such a great movie. I’m glad I took that jazz appreciation course all those years ago but I don’t think any jazz knowledge is needed to enjoy this one.
positive · AI labelView post →Blue Giant I'm not the target audience for this movie. It's fine and I understand what they were going for but the second hour of the movie is basically a long music video. The movie is 2 hours long.
neutral · AI labelView post →10 anime to get to know me!! (,,i have to count films or it wont get filled) Patlabor: The Early Days Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Ranma 1/2 Bocchi the Rock ODDTAXI Today's Menu for the Emiya Family Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva Blue Giant Cowboy Bebop: The Film Promare
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Anime #TheBoyandtheHeron #BlueGiant 15 Best Anime Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TQLvtm
neutral · AI labelView post →This is reminding me of the Blue Giant anime movie, pretty much only because they're both about young people really getting into jazz
neutral · AI labelView post →Weird Al Wildcards Bob's Burgers Movie Blue Giant
neutral · AI labelView post →Blue Giant - 9/10 I should really try to learn to play saxophone sometime in my life. Jazz rules. Cool ass film. Every performance here is better than the last, god DAMN bro. Had me super emotional at the end.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Blue Giant with my partner the other night. Really great movie, I loved it! Super tempted to pick up the vinyl soundtrack for it.
positive · AI labelView post →It's so good when it IS used ughhhh I was honestly ecstatic when SPY x FAMILY used jazz in their first opening and I have yet to see Blue Giant (the saxophone guy movie). My favorite ones are actually from Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū (highly recommend a listen and a watch).
neutral · AI labelView post →More people should read the Jazz Manga Blue Giant & watxh the fantastic movie adaptation too!
positive · AI labelView post →Blue Giant is a movie!!!! I think you'll enjoy it😌😁
positive · AI labelView post →The cover art is from the movie adaptation of the first half of the story, Blue Giant. It's a condensed retelling but the music composed by Hiromi and the animation during the performances really sells the rest of the film. It's available to watch on Netflix!
neutral · AI labelView post →😭 i'm amazed... i'd NEVER heard of this, until now! it sounds exactly what i would like!!! i really liked the anime "Carole & Tuesday" because of the music and "future" vibe, and "Blue Giant" movie... i like it! and this seems a little similar? so i'm excited!! thank you for the recommendation!! 🤩🤍
positive · AI labelView post →9. Blue Giant (2023) The CG is a clear blemish, but the transcendent direction & blistering performances makes it a pedantic thing to decry when the film ultimately succeeds at capturing the energy of jazz. The cloying beats hold it back more than anything, otherwise it’s a really solid film. 7-8/10
neutral · AI labelView post →Blue Giant just made me cry. 10/10. Excellent movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Blue Giant, easily a top 5 anime movie of all time for me
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