Danica Davidson
August 9, 2024 
The manga Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi is so popular that it not only has an anime adaptation, it’s getting a live-action movie as well. The film hits Japanese theaters this Friday, August 9. Ahead of this a trailer has dropped. In it you can hear the insert song “Shokeiga” (translated as “Portrait of Yearning”).
The movie was directed by Kentaro Hagiwara, who is known for working on the live-action Tokyo Ghoul adaptation. Reiko Yoshida, who penned the scripts and handled series composition for the Blue Period anime, wrote the script for this movie as well. The soundtrack was composed by Yaffle (Yuki Kojima).
Fans had the opportunity to get a first look at the Blue Period movie at Japan Cuts, a New York film festival, on July 13.
Looking toward the cast, Gordon Maeda plays Yatora Yaguchi, Fumiya Takahashi plays Ryuji Ayukawa, Rihito Itagaki plays Yotasuke Takahashi, Hiyori Sakurada plays Maru Mori, Hiroko Yakushimaru plays Masako Saeki, Noriko Eguchi plays Mayu Oba, Hikari Ishida plays Marie Yaguchi, Sena Nakajima plays Maki Kuwana, Ikuho Akiya plays Haruka Hashida, Katsumi Hyodo plays Koigakubo, Masaki Miura plays Mr. Goto, and Yasuhide Aiki plays Yukinobu Yaguchi.
The Blue Period manga got its start in 2017 in the pages of Afternoon magazine. It has either won or been nominated for multiple awards.
Kodansha USA Publishing releases the original Blue Period manga in America, and gave this description for the first volume:
Blue Period Plot
Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It’s an effortless performance, and, ultimately…a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst — and he’s about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
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