71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
71st edition.
23/31 Oct. 2026
23/31 Oct. 2026
Ever since a friend took him to a live jazz performance that moved him on a deep level, high school student Dai Miyamoto has been practising on the saxophone day and night. Although he is not able to read sheet music, he plays with all his passion. After graduation, jazz music leads him to move to Tokyo, where he meets a talented pianist named Yukinori Sawabe. At first Yukinori does not take him seriously, but after hearing him play he changes his mind and together they decide to form a band. They are soon joined by rookie drummer Shunji Tamada and the three of them form JASS. They dream of playing at Japan’s top jazz club, So Blue, and changing the Japanese jazz scene.
Born in 1981, he began working at the anime studio Madhouse, which has produced numerous successful works. Since he entered the studio, he has dedicated himself to directing both individual episodes and entire series, such as ‘Death Parade’, which he created, wrote and directed. In 2018 he was chosen to film ‘Detective Conan: Case Zero’, which grossed about 58 million euro. In 2020 he directed the original series ‘Deca-Dence’ and his most recent anime, ‘Mob Psycho 100’, is currently still airing. This same year he directed ‘Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine’.
