As an avid jazz enjoyer and anime enthusiast, ‘Blue Giant’ was a raw escape into the world of blues in Japan and you don’t have to love the music to appreciate this animated experience.

Blue Giant has a legit soundtrack composed by Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara, who does a compelling homage to the American sax legends of the ’60s.

For almost every moment of transcendental beauty in Blue Giant, where music and animation work in breathtaking concert with each other, there’s another moment that feels completely out of tune ...