(CR) Given

[Stark700]

TV anime 'Given' announced for Summer 2019.

Plot Summary

It's stuck deep inside me and I can't get it out of my head. Mafuyu's voice is an insane and dangerous weapon.

That day, I started to feel that playing the guitar and playing basketball, both of which I liked very much previously, was becoming boring.

Uenoyama meets Mafuyu who's holding onto a broken guitar. The moment Uenoyama finishes fixing the guitar, Mafuyu becomes completely attached to him. However, hearing Mafuyu's song by chance leaves a deep impression on Uenoyama. An alternative love drawn by Kizu Natsuki!

Official site
http://given-anime.com/

[LG-MAX 2.o]

Noitamina anime block.

[Nachtwandler]

I would have watched it but BL is one of the few things that just not my cup of tea.

[mistress_kisara]

Looks interesting I’m not big on BL but I’ll check this out.

[shmaster]

Best news of the year.
BEST NEWS OF THE YEAR.

I almost lost my mind when I saw the news on twitter.
One of the best BL out there finally is getting an adaptation.


But le sigh, they didn't use the cast from the drama CD for the anime.
I was very fond of Soma's acting as Mafuyu.

[Cloudedmind]

Looks good, and the music so far sounds good.

Who's the cast listed?

[shmaster]

Originally Posted by Cloudedmind

Looks good, and the music so far sounds good.

Who's the cast listed?

For anime?
That's on the official site.

And this is for the Drama CD

斉藤壮馬 (佐藤真冬)
古川慎 (上ノ山立夏)
内匠靖明 (中山春樹)
日野聡 (梶秋彦)

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by shmaster

For anime?
That's on the official site.

And this is for the Drama CD

斉藤壮馬 (佐藤真冬)
古川慎 (上ノ山立夏)
内匠靖明 (中山春樹)
日野聡 (梶秋彦)

I was looking for the cast list in English, but I guess I can just use google translate. :P Thanks!

[Guardian Enzo]

So, absolutely no one talking about this one, huh? I quite liked the first episode.

[LKK]

I didn't know this had a US stream (Crunchyroll) until just now. I'll probably give it a try later today.

[shmaster]

Wow, wow. Nice premiere. It actually captures the mood of the manga really well.
And despite I missed Soman, the VA are really nice too.

From the OP, I assume they are going to do the Akihiko/Ugetsu arc as well?
If so, I pray we get 2 cur, or else there is no way this is going to work.

[Cloudedmind]

Nice first episode, looking forward to the rest.

[LKK]

I enjoyed the first episode. I'm not familiar with this manga. So what I was expecting was a far more stereotypical BL couple. I was wrong. And I'm glad.

[MisaoFan]

Originally Posted by shmaster

Wow, wow. Nice premiere. It actually captures the mood of the manga really well.
And despite I missed Soman, the VA are really nice too.

From the OP, I assume they are going to do the Akihiko/Ugetsu arc as well?
If so, I pray we get 2 cur, or else there is no way this is going to work.

It'll probably be one cour considering Psycho-Pass 3 will replace it this autumn.

[Guardian Enzo]

This show deserves more attention. It's very good so far.

[shmaster]

Oh Ritsuka, how naive and oblivious of you to in being a Akihiko's fan boy like that.

Also, nice ED. Didn't expect they got Mafuyu to sing for it.

[LKK]

I'm still fascinated by the characters. I really hope to learn more about Mafuyu and his back story in the coming episodes. (No spoilers, please!) I knew that Mafuyu would become the band's singer. (Rather obvious from the OP.) But his voice was much more lovely than I expected. I immediately went back and played the brief song a second time. Even with only 2 episodes watched, this show has became a prime candidate for my favorite show of the season.

[MCAL]

You know I spent most of the first half of this episode thinking "Boy Uenoyama. Have you considered asking Mafuyu why he doesn't think he should join?" So I was glad to see the show come right out and say it.

[shmaster]

The show continue to impress. The scene where Mafuyu runs away is spot on. All of his character, right there.

The adaptation is very well done. It doesn't follow the manga panel by panel, but throws in enough stuff of its own to make it flow better as an anime. The same time they did not alter the material just because and still kept the mood of the original intact.
Why can't be more adaptations be like this?

[SeijiSensei]

After watching the first episode I'm left wondering, is this is what noitaminA has become? BL shows with high-school boy bands? Sakamichi no Apollon had a lot more depth than this even after just one episode.