| Given | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Given_Vol_1.png) Cover to the first volume of the manga series. Clockwise from far left: Haruki Nakayama, Akihiko Kaji, Ritsuka Uenoyama, and Mafuyu Satō | |
| ギヴン (Givun) | |
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| Genre | Boys' love, drama, romance[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Natsuki Kizu |
| Published by | Shinshokan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Dear+ Comics |
| Magazine | Chéri+ |
| Demographic | Josei |
| Original run | April 30, 2013 – March 30, 2023 |
| Volumes | 9 |
| Audio drama | |
| Produced by | Crown Works |
| Studio | Dice Entertainment |
| Original run | February 25, 2016 – present |
| Episodes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hikaru Yamaguchi |
| Written by | Yuniko Ayana |
| Music by |
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| Studio | Lerche |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
| Original run | July 11, 2019 – September 19, 2019 |
| Episodes | 11 |
| Anime film | |
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| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Kōichirō Miki |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | FOD |
| Original run | July 17, 2021 – August 21, 2021 |
| Original animation DVD | |
| Given - On the Other Hand | |
| Directed by | Akiyo Ōhashi |
| Written by | Yuniko Ayana |
| Music by |
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| Studio | Lerche |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Released | December 1, 2021 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
Given (Japanese: ギヴン Hepburn: Givun; stylized in all lowercase) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Kizu. It has been serialized in the bimonthly manga magazine Chéri+ since 2013 and has been collected into nine tankōbon volumes by Shinshokan. The series follows a group of four students in an amateur rock band and the dual romantic relationships that form among them: between electric guitarist Ritsuka Uenoyama and vocalist Mafuyu Satō, and between bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.
The series has been adapted multiple times, notably as an audio drama in 2016, an 11-episode anime television series in 2019, an anime film in 2020, and a live-action television drama in 2021. The anime television series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block and was the first boys' love (BL) series to air on Noitamina. An English-language translation of the manga is licensed in North America by the Viz Media-Animate joint publishing initiative SuBLime, while the anime and film are syndicated outside of Asia by the streaming service Crunchyroll.
- ^ Liu, Michelle; Pfeiffer, Andy (August 13, 2019). "Given Unites Fans' Love of Music and Romance". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2019.