Blue Giant (manga)

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Blue Giant
Blue Giant (manga) volume 1.png
Manga volume 1 cover
GenreDrama[1]
Manga
Written byShinichi Ishizuka
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintBig Comics Special
MagazineBig Comic
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 10, 2013 – August 25, 2016
Volumes10 (List of volumes)
Manga
Blue Giant Supreme
Written byShinichi Ishizuka
Published byShogakukan
ImprintBig Comics Special
MagazineBig Comic
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 10, 2016 – April 25, 2020
Volumes10 (List of volumes)
Manga
Blue Giant Explorer
Written byShinichi Ishizuka
Published byShogakukan
ImprintBig Comics Special
MagazineBig Comic
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 25, 2020 – present
Volumes2 (List of volumes)
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Blue Giant (stylized as 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 ten tankōbon. A third series, titled Blue Giant Explorer, began in Big Comic in May 2020.

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.

As of August 2020, the manga has sold 5.8 million copies. In 2017, Blue Giant won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category and the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival Award.

Publication[]

Blue Giant is written and illustrated by Shinichi Ishizuka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic from May 10, 2013 to August 25, 2016.[2][3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from November 29, 2013 to March 10, 2017.[4][5]

A second series, titled Blue Giant Supreme, was serialized in Big Comic from September 10, 2016 to April 25, 2020.[6][7] Ten tankōbon volumes were released by Shogakukan from March 10, 2017 to February 28, 2020.[8][9]

A third series, titled Blue Giant Explorer, began in Big Comic on May 25, 2020.[10] The first tankōbon volume was released on October 30, 2020.[11]

In North America, Seven Seas Entertainment announced the English release of Blue Giant in February 2020.[12][13] The manga is being released in a two-in-one omnibus edition. The first volume was published on November 10, 2020.[14]

The manga is also licensed in France by Glénat,[15] in Germany by Carlsen Verlag (starting with Blue Giant Supreme, which is set in Germany)[16] and in Indonesia by M&C!.[17]

Volume list[]

Blue Giant[]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 29, 2013[4]978-4-09-185678-4November 10, 2020[14]978-1-64505-864-9
2 March 28, 2014[18]978-4-09-186245-7November 10, 2020[14]978-1-64505-864-9
3 July 30, 2014[19]978-4-09-186460-4April 20, 2021[20]978-1-64505-865-6
4 December 26, 2014[21]978-4-09-186828-2April 20, 2021[20]978-1-64505-865-6
5 February 27, 2015[22]978-4-09-186850-3July 27, 2021[23]978-1-64827-248-6
6 July 30, 2015[24]978-4-09-187257-9July 27, 2021[23]978-1-64827-248-6
7 November 30, 2015[25]978-4-09-187406-1November 23, 2021[26]978-1-64827-347-6
8 March 30, 2016[27]978-4-09-187585-3November 23, 2021[26]978-1-64827-347-6
9 September 9, 2016[28]978-4-09-187828-1——
10 March 10, 2017[5]978-4-09-189460-1——

Blue Giant Supreme[]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 March 10, 2017[8]978-4-09-189467-0
2 June 30, 2017[29]978-4-09-189585-1
3 October 30, 2017[30]978-4-09-189743-5
4 February 23, 2018[31]978-4-09-189843-2
5 June 29, 2018[32]978-4-09-860022-9
6 October 30, 2018[33]978-4-09-860169-1
7 February 28, 2019[34]978-4-09-860265-0
8 June 28, 2019[35]978-4-09-860352-7
9 October 30, 2019[36]978-4-09-860499-9
10 February 28, 2020[9]978-4-09-860583-5

Blue Giant Explorer[]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 October 30, 2020[11]978-4-09-860813-3
2 February 26, 2021[37]978-4-09-861003-7
3 June 30, 2021[38]978-4-09-861100-3

Reception[]

As of August 2020, the manga has sold 5.8 million copies.[39] In 2018, the 2nd volume of Blue Giant Supreme had 200,000 copies in circulation.[40] In 2020, the 8th volume of Blue Giant Supreme had 200,000 copies in circulation.[41]

Blue Giant was nominated for the 8th and 9th Manga Taishō in 2015 and 2016, respectively.[42][43] The series ranked 15th on Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook list of 2016 top manga for male readers.[44] Blue Giant was nominated for the Yomiuri Shimbun's Sugoi Japan Award 2017.[45] In 2017, the manga won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category,[46] and won the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival Award.[47][48] In 2018, the manga was nominated for the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[49] Blue Giant Supreme ranked 41st on the 2018 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine, and ranked 45th on the 2019 list.[50][51] Blue Giant was picked as a nominee for "Best Comic" at the 46th Angoulême International Comics Festival held in 2019.[52] Blue Giant was nominated for the French 14th ACBD's Prix Asie de la Critique 2020.[53][54][55]

See also[]

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