Given (manga)

Given
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)
Genre	Boys' love, drama, romance[1]
Manga
Written by	Natsuki Kizu
Published by	Shinshokan
English publisher	NA: SuBLime
Imprint	Dear+ Comics
Magazine	Chéri+
Demographic	Josei
Original run	April 30, 2013 (2013-04-30) – March 30, 2023 (2023-03-30)
Volumes	9 (List of volumes)
Audio drama
Produced by	Crown Works
Studio	Dice Entertainment
Original run	February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) – present
Episodes	5 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Hikaru Yamaguchi
Written by	Yuniko Ayana
Music by	Michiru (Score) Centimillimental (Songs)
Studio	Lerche
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run	July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11) – September 19, 2019 (2019-09-19)
Episodes	11 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Given: The Movie (2020) Given: Hiiragi Mix (2024) Given: To the Sea (2024)
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	Michiru (Score) Centimillimental (Songs)
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.