given
TV FINISHED SUMMER 2019 11 eps 82%
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Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar's strings rust and break. Noticing Uenoyama's knowledge of the instrument, Satou pleads for him to fix it and to teach him how to play. Uenoyama eventually agrees and invites him to sit in on a jam session with his two band mates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.
Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Studios:
Lerche
Characters
Akihiko Kaji
MAIN
VA: Takuya Eguchi
Ritsuka Uenoyama
MAIN
VA: Yuuma Uchida
Mafuyu Satou
MAIN
VA: Shougo Yano
Haruki Nakayama
MAIN
VA: Masatomo Nakazawa
Ugetsu Murata
SUPPORTING
VA: Shintarou Asanuma
Itaya Shougo
SUPPORTING
VA: Kengo Takanashi
Yuki Yoshida
SUPPORTING
VA: Yuuki Shin
Hiiragi Kashima
SUPPORTING
VA: Fumiya Imai
Yayoi Uenoyama
SUPPORTING
VA: Yuu Shimamura
Shizusumi Yagi
SUPPORTING
VA: Taito Ban
Ayano Kasai
SUPPORTING
VA: Ayaka Asai
Ryou Ueki
SUPPORTING
VA: Hirosato Amano
Koji Yatake
SUPPORTING
VA: Ryouta Takeuchi
Kedama
SUPPORTING
Narrator
BACKGROUND
VA: Takayuki Sugou
Waka Kurihara
BACKGROUND
VA: Umeka Shouji
Staff
Natsuki Kizu
Original Creator
Hikaru Yamaguchi
Director
Yuniko Ayana
Series Composition
Mina Oosawa
Character Design
Kouhei Honda
Art Director
Eiko Tsunadou
Art Design
Hiroaki Kaguchi
Color Design
Naoki Serizawa
Director of Photography
Rie Itou
Editing
Tomoya Mizuno
CG Director
Hiromi Kikuta
Sound Director
Michiru
Music
Reviews
ow9n
Rating: 195 (203 votes)
How BL anime should be done -- a genuinely powerful story
wheatsquares33
Rating: 86 (94 votes)
Given is a wonderful, brief, and naturally flowing band drama with a perfect amount of restraint
monoh
Rating: 27 (29 votes)
great mlm representation and an equally good plot
quirklessfanboy
Rating: 23 (29 votes)
Spoilers! Like I said before, not one for reviews but heeeere we go!
CodeBlazeFate
Rating: 20 (33 votes)
While not quite the great emotional gay drama that Bloom Into You was, Given is a delicate and adorable sleeper hit.
tachibana250
Rating: 20 (37 votes)
episode 9 was epic and the anime is one of the best shounen ai anime of all times
Stats
Average Score
82
Mean Score
82
Popularity
195,519
Favourites
9,440
Status Distribution
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DROPPED: 4112
PAUSED: 3301
Score Distribution
10: 457
20: 224
30: 538
40: 827
50: 2331
60: 4340
70: 11555
80: 20970
90: 25579
100: 24408
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