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)
GenreBoys' love, drama, romance[1]
Manga
Written byNatsuki Kizu
Published byShinshokan
English publisher
ImprintDear+ Comics
MagazineChéri+
DemographicJosei
Original runApril 30, 2013 (2013-04-30)March 30, 2023 (2023-03-30)
Volumes9 (List of volumes)
Audio drama
Produced byCrown Works
StudioDice Entertainment
Original runFebruary 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) – present
Episodes5 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Directed byHikaru Yamaguchi
Written byYuniko Ayana
Music by
  • Michiru (Score)
  • Centimillimental (Songs)
StudioLerche
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkFuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11) September 19, 2019 (2019-09-19)
Episodes11 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Television drama
Directed byKōichirō Miki
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkFOD
Original run July 17, 2021 August 21, 2021
Original animation DVD
Given - On the Other Hand
Directed byAkiyo Ōhashi
Written byYuniko Ayana
Music by
  • Michiru (Score)
  • Centimillimental (Songs)
StudioLerche
Licensed byCrunchyroll
ReleasedDecember 1, 2021
Runtime22 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.

  1. ^ 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.