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MASTER SCORE 81.0 / 100
2023·Animation / Drama / Music·2h

BLUE GIANT

“Witness the origin of the next great jazz legend.”

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.

Above the Line
Yuzuru Tachikawa·DirectorNUMBER 8·ScreenplayShinichi Ishizuka·Comic BookKasumi Togo·Director of PhotographyHiromi Uehara·Original Music ComposerKiyoshi Hirose·Editor
Cast
Yuki Yamada·Dai Miyamoto (voice)Shotaro Mamiya·Yukinori Sawabe (voice)Amane Okayama·Shunji Tamada (voice)Yusuke Kondoh·Masayuki Miyamoto (voice)Mirei Suda·Ayaka Miyamoto (voice)Kenji Nomura·Yui (voice)Hiroki Touchi·Tyra (voice)Yutaka Aoyama·Kawakita (voice)Masayuki Kato·Isogai (voice)Sayaka Kinoshita·Akiko (voice)
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 1
Yuzuru Tachikawa·Director
Writing· 2
NUMBER 8·ScreenplayShinichi Ishizuka·Comic Book
Camera· 1
Kasumi Togo·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Kiyoshi Hirose·Editor
Sound & Music· 9
Hiromi Uehara·Original Music ComposerJohn Coltrane·MusicTomoaki Baba·MusicianHiromi Uehara·MusicianShun Ishiwaka·MusicianShun Ishiwaka·Theme Song PerformanceHiromi Uehara·Theme Song PerformanceTomoaki Baba·Theme Song PerformanceKazuma Jinnouchi·Additional Music
Art & Design· 4
Satoru Hirayanagi·Art DirectionTakao Maki·Prop DesignerNatsuki Yokoyama·Prop DesignerSatoshi Kimura·Storyboard Artist
Production· 4
Kazutaka Yamanaka·Executive ProducerEri Isobe·ProducerMikito Bizenjima·ProducerKeiji Ota·Executive Producer
Other Departments· 8
Liu Zihan·Key AnimationToshiyuki Komaru·Lead AnimatorYuichi Takahashi·Character DesignerYuichi Takahashi·Supervising Animation DirectorTakao Maki·Lead AnimatorYoshinori Horikawa·Color DesignerMasato Takahashi·3D DirectorSatoshi Kimura·Key Animation
By the Numbers
81.0
OF 100
Master Score
7.8
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
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