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-, Burū Sāmaru: Aonagi Daigaku Taiiku-kai Kōkū-bu; "Blue Thermal: Aonagi College Sports Festival Aviation Club") 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, Burū Sāmaru: 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.^[1] An anime film adaptation by Telecom Animation Film was released in March 2022.

Blue Thermal: Aonagi Daigaku Taiiku-kai Kōkū-bu
Cover of Blue Thermal: Aonagi Daigaku Taiiku-kai Kōkū-bu volume 1 by Shinchosha
ブルーサーマル -青凪大学体育会航空部- (Burū Sāmaru: Aonagi Daigaku Taiiku-kai Kōkū-bu)
Manga
Written by	Kana Ozawa
Published by	Shinchosha
Magazine	Monthly Comic @ Bunch
Original run	April 2015 – November 2017
Volumes	5 (List of volumes)
Manga
Blue Thermal: First Flight
Written by	Kana Ozawa
Published by	Line Corporation Shinchosha
Magazine	Line Manga
Original run	November 20, 2021 – January 2022
Volumes	1 (List of volumes)
Anime film
Directed by	Masaki Tachibana
Written by	Masaki Tachibana Natsuko Takahashi
Music by	Shōgo Kaida
Studio	Telecom Animation Film
Licensed by	NA: Eleven Arts
Released	March 4, 2022 (2022-03-04)
Runtime	103 minutes

Characters

Tamaki Tsuru (都留たまき, Tsuru Tamaki)

Voiced by: Mayu Hotta^[2]

Jun Kuramochi (倉持潤, Kuramochi Jun)

Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki^[2]

Daisuke Sorachi (空知大介, Sorachi Daisuke)

Voiced by: Junya Enoki^[2]

Chizuru Yano (矢野ちづる, Yano Chizuru)

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu^[3]

Yō Asahina (朝比奈燿, Asahina Yō)

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono^[3]

Yukari Muroi (室井ゆかり, Muroi Yukari)

Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi^[3]

Ayako Maki (牧綾子, Maki Ayako)

Voiced by: Yō Taichi^[3]

Eita Narihara (成原映太, Narihara Eita)

Voiced by: Ayumu Murase^[3]

Ryōhei Nanba (南葉良平, Nanba Ryōhei)

Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa^[3]

Kaori Mochida (望田薫, Mochida Kaori)

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi^[3]

Harukaze Aihara (相原春風, Aihara Harukaze)

Voiced by: Taku Yashiro^[3]

Kaede Hatori (羽鳥楓, Hatori Kaede)

Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi^[3]

Aonagi's director (青凪大学の監督, Aonagi Daigaku no Kantoku)

Voiced by: Minori Terada^[3]

Media

Manga

Volume list

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	September 9, 2015[4]	978-4-10-771840-2
2	April 9, 2016[5]	978-4-10-771886-0
3	September 9, 2016[6]	978-4-10-771915-7
4	May 9, 2017[7]	978-4-10-771978-2
5	February 9, 2018[8]	978-4-10-772049-8

Blue Thermal: First Flight

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	February 9, 2022[9]	978-4-10-772464-9

Film

An anime film adaptation by Telecom Animation Film premiered in Japan on March 4, 2022.^[3] Masaki Tachibana directed the film, and wrote the film's script with Natsuko Takahashi. The character designs were provided by Miho Tanino, while the music was composed by Shōgo Kaida.^[2] Four-member piano rock band SHE'S performed the film's titular theme song "Blue Thermal" and the insert song "Beautiful Bird".^[10] During their Anime NYC panel, Eleven Arts licensed the film for North America release.^[11]