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BtT Week of Thankfulness, Day 6: Writers and Editors

It’s Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. And while the world goes a little crazy today purchasing goods (at least most of them are for others, right?), we…

Beneath the Tangles

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TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: October 28 – November 3, 2024

There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…

Erzat

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Blue Giant Infuriates Me

I’m putting on my hater outfit again and that is something I haven’t done in a while. Blue Giant makes me angry. This somewhat popular film based on…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

New to Sunday: Number 8 and Ryohei Masuko's "Strand."

Usually I like getting these out asap, but Strand is unique in that the slow build up in chapters has lent itself to letting more of it unfu...

Weekly Shounen Sunday Edition

Episode 857: The Blue in Shadow

This week on Anime Pulse we got the return of a long ended series, even more I Am Atomic, and a community send off to studio Gainax. Up…

Anime Pulse

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TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: June 24 – June 30, 2024

There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…

Erzat

New to Sunday: Akihisa Maki and Miki Yatsubo's "Kaiten no Albus."

4 for you. That is, we're up to the fourth new serialization in Weekly Shonen Sunday. This one doesn't stray too far from Hello Work Monster...

Weekly Shounen Sunday Edition

499 – Manga in Motion 62 – Blue Giant

It's time to tear our guts out this episode! dakazu won't shut up about how amazing the Blue Giant movie is, while Darfox says the CG animation is…

Manga Machinations

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Early Announcements for Nippon Connection 2024

Nippon Connection takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to June 2, and there are expected to be around 100 shorts and features programmed. Here…

Genkinahito

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A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2023

Scotland Loves Animation returned this year, bringing a curated selection of movie premieres and classics to the big screen. Three of us attended the latest instalment, where we…

The Glorio Blog

490 – Movie Machinations 1 – Tampopo

Apologies in advance, as we suffered through lots of technical issues this week! But we're excited for you to join us for our first ever Movie Machinations episode!…

Manga Machinations

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IWD 24: Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga, and Light Novel Industries

A warm welcome back, everyone! Here we are again, for the third year running, celebrating some of our favorite women creatives who work in anime, manga, and light…

Beneath the Tangles

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TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: February 26 – March 3, 2024

There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…

Erzat

489 – Triple Dip 80 – Don’t Call it Mystery, Fool Night, Steel of the Celestial Shadows

Morgana is back but Seamus is out! We check out Don't Call it Mystery, Fool Night, and Steel of the Celestial Shadows for a Triple Dip! We also…

Manga Machinations

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Anime Check-Up: Good food from unlikely places

That’s right, I’m bringing this format back (not that anyone cares). Unlike my previous attempts at an “Anime Check-Up” format, I’m not going to post these at a…

DanielSonic Talks About Stuff

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Anime Feminist’s Favorite Films of 2023

We're trying something new this year! Folks have requested more coverage of films, and we aim to please. Welcome to our first year-end film recommendation round-up!

Anime Feminist

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Blue Giant (Yuzuru Tachikawa, 2023)

A passionate jazz musician’s intensity wins over new converts to a dying art in Yuzuru Tachikawa’s transcendental animation.

Windows on Worlds

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Blue Giant and Yuzuru Tachikawa’s Jazz

Blue Giant has been the toast of the animation festival circuit this past year and it’s easy to see why. It takes what can at times feel like…

Beneath the Tangles

Blue Giant: Yuzuru Tachikawa Interview

By Andrew Osmond. The film Blue Giant opens in UK cinemas this Wednesday. It’s a music drama about the fortunes of three teen boys in Tokyo – sax…

All the Anime

Blue Giant Movie Review

Blue Giant is a new jazz themed anime movie that's based on the award winning manga of the same name. It follows the adventures of aspiring ...

Otaku News - World Edition

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Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the Japanese Films Programmed for the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024

Genkinahito

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Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2023

It’s time for a last look at 2023 with the Sakugabooru Animation Awards. We’ve gathered directors, animators, designers, producers, and passionate fans to share their favorite, most res…

Sakuga Blog

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A Very GLORIO 2023: Euri Decided to Read

A benefit of reading manga on your phone is that you don’t need to leave your bed ever. So that’s what Euri did.

The Glorio Blog

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A Very GLORIO 2023: Euri Decided to Read

A benefit of reading manga on your phone is that you don’t need to leave your bed ever. So that’s what Euri did.

The Glorio Blog

Blue Giant Hits UK and Ireland Cinemas January 2024

The good folks from anime distributors Anime Limited have just announced the UK and Ireland cinema release details for Blue Giant. The jazz ...

Otaku News - World Edition

Scotland Loves Anime 2023: An Overview of This Year’s Festival

Allow me to introduce you to Scotland Loves Anime 2023 and the films shown this year! This line-up, it turns out, was a really strong one.

A Girl & Her Anime

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Blue Giant Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2023

Let me say this first — I am not a huge jazz fan. It’s not that I dislike it, it’s that I’m mostly ignorant. I don’t listen to jazz music…

AniTAY-Official - Medium

Blue Giant

By Shelley Pallis. Country boy Dai Miyamoto (voiced by Yuki Tamada) moves to the big city of Tokyo in the hope of making it big as a jazz…

All the Anime

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Japan Top 10 Weekly Anime Blu-ray and DVD Sales Ranking: October 16 – October 22, 2023

There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. It is thanks to the wonderful…

Erzat

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New Dog, Blue Giant Movie, Fionna and Cake

I have returned with a new puppy named Luna! I also share thoughts on the Blue Giant Movie, Fiona and Cake and some gaming bonding moments I had…

Dad Needs To Talk

469 – One Shot 64 – Betwixt

This week we talk about The Poe Clan, Land of the Lustrous, Blue Giant, new anime, Hotel Metsäpeura e Youkoso, and more! Then we examine Betwixt for week…

Manga Machinations

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Bringing Jazz to the Big Screen with Blue Giant Director Yuzuru Tachikawa

We spoke with director Yuzuru Tachikawa (Mob Psycho 100, Deca-Dence) about crafting the film's music, working with virtuoso Hiromi Uehara on the film's soundtrack, and the importance of…

Anime News Network - Views

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The Manga Review: Cliff Notes Edition

It's been a slow week news- and reviews-wise, so this installment of the Manga Review is short 'n' sweet. Netflix announced earlier this week that it would be…

Manga Bookshelf

447 – One Shot 58 – Dream Fossil

On this episode we delve deep into the late Satoshi Kon’s origins as we review his collection of early manga shorts with a One Shot on Dream Fossil!…

Manga Machinations

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Blue Giant

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…

Anime News Network - Views

Review: BLUE GIANT

Of course, I can't spend all month ragging on music-related manga.  I also need to cover better, more earnest stories learning one's craft a...

The Manga Test Drive

Review: BLUE GIANT

Of course, I can't spend all month ragging on music-related manga.  I also need to cover better, more earnest stories learning one's craft a...

The Manga Test Drive

438 – Planetes part 2

This week we discuss monster girls in Sons of the Forest, Junichiro Saito’s Musashino, the Blue Giant movie soundtrack, and more! Then we conclude our Retrospective on Makoto…

Manga Machinations

427 – Manga Machinations Awards 2022

We’ve got an amazing gift just in time for Christmas! Get ready for another year end celebration with the Manga Machination Awards! Seamus, Morgana, Darfox8, and dakazu are…

Manga Machinations

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PODCAST - Ep. 64: Blue Giant vol. 5-6

It's our first music manga, and our first episode where we drop right into vol. 5-6 instead of vol. 1. Will this jazz seinen manga series hit the…

MSX - The Mangasplaining Extra Newsletter

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Ep. 64: Blue Giant Volume 5-6, by Shinichi Ishizuka

This week the Mangasplaining team JUMPS AHEAD to volume 5 of Blue Giant Shinichi Ishizuka 's beloved Jazz manga! Will the experiment work? FIND OUT!

| Mangasplaining: Read Great Manga

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Ep. 64 Podcast Pre-Read: Blue Giant Vol. 1-4 by Shinichi Ishizuka

[Deb:] So in our next episode of Mangasplaining, we're doing something a little different - we're NOT starting from volume 1! This time, we're diving...

| Mangasplaining: Read Great Manga

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PODCAST - Ep. 64 Pre-Read: Blue Giant Vol. 1-4

We're taking a break this week, but now you can catch up on jazz manga Blue Giant vol. 1-4 before we talk about vol. 5-6!

MSX - The Mangasplaining Extra Newsletter

391 – Blue Giant part 2

On this episode we preview Doomsday Cleaning, Darfox and dakazu talk about Chinese splatter film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, and they praise Tatsuki Fujimoto’s latest one shot…

Manga Machinations

390 – Blue Giant part 1

This week we start our Retrospective on Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz manga Blue Giant! We discuss its blend of kinetic line art with the romanticization of the power of…

Manga Machinations

Pick of the Week: Caught Hands and New Legs

MICHELLE: I’m not wildly enthusiastic about anything this week, but I did enjoy This Wonderful Season with You enough to make Deko-boko Bittersweet Days my pick of the…

Manga Bookshelf

370 – Twiple Dip 2 – My Dress-up Darling, Blue Giant, Oishinbo

Seamus is out this week so the other hosts take advantage by looking at the second volume of previously visited series for a Twiple Dip! This time they…

Manga Machinations

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Blue Giant by Ishizuka Shinichi

Blue Giant is another manga that I picked up during my recent foray into the public library system. They had a two-in-one of the first and second volumes.…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Magic Knight Rayearth and Blue Giant

If I were the Chicago White Sox, I would simply have more good relievers to depend on...

Taiiku Podcast

Magic Knight Rayearth and Blue Giant

If I were the Chicago White Sox, I would simply have more good relievers to depend on...

Taiiku Podcast