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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Its unhurried, affectionate rehearsal-room energy shares Blue Giant’s belief that devotion to making music can forge unlikely bonds and turn imperfect performers into a thrilling collective.
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Why this pick
For Blue Giant’s exhilarating fixation on jazz craft, this is a more punishing live-action counterpart: kinetic performance scenes and a young musician’s all-consuming pursuit of excellence.
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Why this pick
This concert-band drama shares Blue Giant’s polished animation, instrumental intensity, and sincere attention to the daily work behind musical ambition, teamwork, and finding one’s voice.
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Why this pick
A radically stylized youth-music film with the same electric sense of discovery: grief and alienation are channeled into performance, with playful visual invention rather than conventional sentimentality.
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Why this pick
Its sweeping, romantic approach to jazz performance echoes Blue Giant’s conviction that music can become a whole life, driven by virtuoso set pieces and an idealistic emotional scale.
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01 / THE STORY
Miyamoto Dai, a student with a taste for basketball, changes his life the first time he sees a live jazz performance. The incredible music strikes a chord deep inside him, and he immediately decides to dedicate himself to the saxophone. He has no skills, no formal training, and no idea what he's up against, but his obsession drives him to play that instrument day after day. Will passion be enough to become the player of his dreams?
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Dai Miyamoto (voice)
Yukinori Sawabe (voice)
Shunji Tamada (voice)
Yui (voice)
Tyra (voice)
