Blue Thermal

Blue Thermal: Aonagi Daigaku Taiiku-kai Kōkū-bu (ブルーサーマル -青凪大学体育会航空部-) is a Japanese manga series by Kana Ozawa. It was serialized in Shinchosha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic @ Bunch between April 2015 and November 2017 and was collected in five tankōbon volumes. A prequel manga by Ozawa titled Blue Thermal: First Flight (ブルーサーマル FIRST FLIGHT) has been serialized online via Line Corporation's Line Manga website between November 2021 and January 2022 and was collected in a single tankōbon volume by Shinchosha. An anime film adaptation by Telecom Animation Film opened in Japan in March 2022.

Characters

 * Tamaki Tsuru (都留たまき)


 * Jun Kuramochi (倉持潤)


 * Daisuke Sorachi (空知大介)


 * Chizuru Yano (矢野ちづる)


 * Yō Asahina (朝比奈燿)


 * Yukari Muroi (室井ゆかり)


 * Ayako Maki (牧綾子)


 * Eita Narihara (成原映太)


 * Ryōhei Nanba (南葉良平)


 * Kaori Mochida (望田薫)


 * Harukaze Aihara (相原春風)


 * Kaede Hatori (羽鳥楓)


 * Aonagi's director (青凪大学の監督)

Film
An anime film adaptation by Telecom Animation Film opened in Japan on March 4, 2022. Masaki Tachibana is directing the film, as well as writing the film's scripts alongside Natsuko Takahashi. The character designs were provided by Miho Tanino, while the music was composed by Shōgo Kaida. Four-member piano rock band SHE'S performed the film's titular theme song "Blue Thermal" and the insert song "Beautiful Bird". During their Anime NYC panel, Eleven Arts licensed the film for North America release.