Blue Giant (manga)

Blue Giant
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Dai Miyamoto
Genre	Drama[1]
Manga
Written by	Shinichi Ishizuka
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Seven Seas Entertainment
Imprint	Big Comics Special
Magazine	Big Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 10, 2013 – August 25, 2016
Volumes	10
Manga
Blue Giant Supreme
Written by	Shinichi Ishizuka
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Big Comics Special
Magazine	Big Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 10, 2016 – April 25, 2020
Volumes	11
Manga
Blue Giant Explorer
Written by	Shinichi Ishizuka
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Big Comics Special
Magazine	Big Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 25, 2020 – May 10, 2023
Volumes	9
Anime film
Directed by	Yuzuru Tachikawa
Produced by	Eri Isobe Mikito Bizenjima
Written by	Number 8
Music by	Hiromi Uehara
Studio	NUT
Licensed by	NA: GKIDS
Released	February 17, 2023 (2023-02-17)
Runtime	120 minutes
Manga
Blue Giant Momentum
Written by	Shinichi Ishizuka
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Big Comics Special
Magazine	Big Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	July 25, 2023 – present
Volumes	3
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Blue Giant is a Japanese jazz-themed manga series written and illustrated by Shinichi Ishizuka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic from May 2013 to August 2016, with its chapters compiled in ten tankōbon volumes. A sequel, titled Blue Giant Supreme was serialized in Big Comic from September 2016 to April 2020, with its chapters compiled in eleven tankōbon. A third series, titled Blue Giant Explorer, was serialized in Big Comic from May 2020 to May 2023, with its chapters compiled in nine tankōbon. A fourth series, titled Blue Giant Momentum, began in Big Comic in July 2023. In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Seven Seas Entertainment, which is publishing it in a two-in-one omnibus edition, and the first volume was released in November 2020.

An anime film adaptation produced by NUT opened in Japan in February 2023.

By August 2020, the manga had over 5.8 million copies in circulation. In 2017, Blue Giant won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category and the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival Award.