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Given

Given

A story of a certain summer.

20208.31h 0m

Overview

Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.

Directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi
Written by Yuniko Ayana, Natsuki Kizu, Centimillimental
Box Office0Revenue: $930K

Top Cast

Takuya Eguchi

Takuya Eguchi

Akihiko Kaji (voice)

Masatomo Nakazawa

Masatomo Nakazawa

Haruki Nakayama (voice)

Shogo Yano

Shogo Yano

Mafuyu Satou (voice)

Yuma Uchida

Yuma Uchida

Ritsuka Uenoyama (voice)

Shintaro Asanuma

Shintaro Asanuma

Ugetsu Murata (voice)

Themes & Keywords

high schoollove trianglebisexualityslice of lifetragedybased on mangarelationshiplgbtanimegay relationshipboys' love (bl)band

About Given

Given is a animation, drama, music, romance film released in 2020 exploring themes of high school, love triangle, bisexuality, slice of life, tragedy, based on manga. Directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi, it stars Takuya Eguchi, Masatomo Nakazawa, Shogo Yano. Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.

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