{"id":93545,"date":"2024-08-04T22:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T05:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=93545"},"modified":"2024-08-05T20:02:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T03:02:15","slug":"netflix-adds-blue-giant-on-september-1-in-u-s-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/08\/04\/netflix-adds-blue-giant-on-september-1-in-u-s-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Adds Blue Giant on September 1 in U.S. & Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Netflix has announced that it will be adding the jazz drama anime film <\/span>Blue Giant<\/span><\/i><\/a> to its streaming platform on September 1, 2024 in the U.S. and Canada. The film originally premiered in Japan on February 17, 2023 and <\/span>was screened again<\/span><\/a> on October 18, 2023 in commemoration of its home video release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yuzuru Tachikawa<\/b> (<\/span>Mob Psycho 100 III<\/span><\/i> chief director, <\/span>Mob Psycho<\/span><\/i> 100 and <\/span>Mob Psycho<\/span><\/i> 100 II director) directed the film at studio <\/span>NUT<\/b>, with <\/span>NUMBER 8<\/b> as screenwriter, <\/span>Yuichi Takahashi<\/b> (<\/span>Vivy -Fluorite Eye\u2019s Song-<\/span><\/i>) as character designer and chef animation director, <\/span>Toshiyuki Komaru<\/b> (<\/span>Parasyte<\/span><\/i> sub-character designer) and <\/span>Takao Maki<\/b> (<\/span>Kageki Shoujo<\/span><\/i> co-sub character designer) as main animators,<\/span> Satoru Hirayanagi<\/b> (<\/span>Immoral Guild<\/span><\/i>) as art director, <\/span>Yoshinori Horikawa<\/b> (<\/span>Back Arrow<\/span><\/i>) as color designer,<\/span> Kasumi Tougo<\/b> (<\/span>Burn the Witch<\/span><\/i>) as compositing director, <\/span>Masato Takahashi<\/b> (<\/span>Pompo the Cinephile<\/span><\/i>) as 3DCGI director, and <\/span>Hiromi Uehara <\/b>as music composer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2013 Shinichi Ishizuka\/\u200bShogakukan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hiromatsu Shuu<\/b> (<\/span>Chainsaw Man <\/span><\/i>Ending 5 and <\/span>Fate\/Grand Order Memorial Movie 2023<\/span><\/i> director et al), <\/span>Satoshi Kimura<\/b> (<\/span>Deca-Dence<\/span><\/i> opening director),<\/span> Kiyoshi Hirose<\/b> (<\/span>Inu-Oh<\/span><\/i> editor), and Tachikawa served as live performance directors.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the anime\u2019s main voice cast starred <\/span>Yuuki Yamada<\/b> as Dai Miyamoto, <\/span>Shotaro Mamiya <\/b>as Yukinori Sawabe, and <\/span>Amane Okayama <\/b>as Junji Tamada.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The film is an adaptation of the jazz manga by <\/span>Shinichi Ishizuka<\/b>, which ran in Shogakukan\u2019s Big Comic magazine from May 10, 2013 to August 25, 2016. A total of ten tankobon volumes were released. Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in English for North America.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n