Blue Giant

Blue Giant

Witness the origin of the next great jazz legend.

2023•2h 0m•7.8/10

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🎬TMDb

7.8/10(79)

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.

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Production

NUT, TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Yuki Yamada

Yuki Yamada

Dai Miyamoto (voice)

Shotaro Mamiya

Shotaro Mamiya

Yukinori Sawabe (voice)

Amane Okayama

Amane Okayama

Shunji Tamada (voice)

Yusuke Kondoh

Yusuke Kondoh

Masayuki Miyamoto (voice)

Mirei Suda

Mirei Suda

Ayaka Miyamoto (voice)

Kenji Nomura

Kenji Nomura

Yui (voice)

Hiroki Touchi

Hiroki Touchi

Tyra (voice)

Yutaka Aoyama

Yutaka Aoyama

Kawakita (voice)

Masayuki Kato

Masayuki Kato

Isogai (voice)

Sayaka Kinoshita

Sayaka Kinoshita

Akiko (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Amanuma (voice)

Go Shinomiya

Go Shinomiya

Uchiyama (voice)

Shinya Takahashi

Shinya Takahashi

Mochizuke (voice)

Junya Abe

Mika Doi

Mika Doi

Ryosuke Higa

Ryosuke Higa

Hana Hishikawa

Hana Hishikawa

Ikkyu Juku

Ikkyu Juku

Misa Kato

Misa Kato

Yasuhiro Kikuchi

Yasuhiro Kikuchi

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