A new feature film is here with the March 2022 adaptation of Kana Ozawa’s Blue Thermal -Aonagi Daigaku Taiiku-kai Kōkū-bu- manga. With the film seeing a March 4th, 2022 date for it, it arrived without issue and we’ve seen Japanese home video releases set as well. Eleven Arts handled the release of the film in theaters and now it’s getting some new streaming distribution. The film is now available on the YouTube Movies & TV channel here in its original Japanese language with English subtitles or you can see it below.
Check out our review of the film.
Shout! Factory previously solicited the film on Blu-ray where it’ll be priced at $26.98 when it arrives on March 14th, 2023. The release will be in its original Japanese language with English subtitles only. No extras are currently listed for it.
The feature film is being directed by Masaki Tachibana who is working on the screenplay with Natsuko Takahashi. Telecom Animation Film is handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Mayu Hotta as protagonist Tamaki Tsuru, Nobunaga Shimazaki as glider club member Jun Kuramochi, Junya Enoki as glider club member Daisuke Sorachi, Mikako Komatsu as Chizuru Yano, Daisuke Ono as Yō Asahina, Haruka Shiraishi as Yukari Muroi, Yō Taichi as Ayako Maki, Ayumu Murase as Eita Narihara, Makoto Furukawa as Ryōhei Nanba, Rie Takahashi as Kaori Mochida, Taku Yashiro as Harukaze Aihara, Kengo Kawanishi as Kaede Hatori, and Minori Terada as Aonagi’s director.
The manga ran for five volumes between 2014 and 2017.
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Plot Concept: “I want to experience a love that sparkles!” Arriving from Nagasaki with her wishful mantra is Tamaki Tsuru, who in high school could think only about volleyball. Things don’t begin well, however, when she looks for an extracurricular club to join and proceeds to immediately ding a glider at aviation club tryouts ending up having to work it off. She is initially disillusioned with campus life. Then Kuramochi, the club leader and glider pilot, takes Tamaki under his wing, and from the moment he takes her up for a flight in a glider, Tamaki becomes a captive of the vast beauty of the skies.
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