The North American leg of the tour for the Blue Giant manga by Shinichi Ishizuka's jazz series has recently come to a close, and the next stop on the tour will be in New York. The second chapter of the series, which will focus on New York City, was announced in this week's edition of Big Comic and is slated to begin appearing in the same magazine on July 25. The Big Apple will be featured in the story.
Check out the visual for the manga below:
The editor and story director of Blue Giant, as well as the person who created the anime film that was inspired by the series, Number 8, will reprise their roles in the upcoming chapter of the Blue Giant tale.
This will be the fourth part of Blue Giant, with the first part of the series having been introduced in Big Comic on May 10, 2013, and continuing on until August 25, 2016. The second portion, titled Blue Giant Supreme, took place between September 10, 2016, and April 25, 2020, and the third part, titled Blue Giant Explorer, took place between May 25, 2020, and May 10, 2023. Over 11 million copies in total have been published in physical form and sold in digital format since all three sections were released simultaneously.
Seven Seas Entertainment, the publisher for the English manga, describes Blue Giant:
Dai lived a normal high school life in Sendai: a city of hot summer days and rainy nights. Between basketball, part time jobs, and an uncertain future, something was missing. And that thing was music. With his days in senior year running out, Dai swears a heartfelt vow: “I’m gonna be the best jazz player in the world.”
But what do you need to be the best? Talent? Effort? A lucky break? Or maybe just a deep, pure love for music, and too much stubbornness to know when to quit.
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