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Given (TV)

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Alternative title:
ギヴン (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: yaoi
Plot Summary: Ritsuka played guitar but has lost interest in the instrument. One day, he meets Mafuyu, who is holding a broken guitar. Ritsuka unwillingly starts teaching Mafuyu the guitar, but when he hears Mafuyu's voice, things suddenly begin to change for Ritsuka. (from manga)
User Ratings: 140 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)
 Excellent: 38 votes (sub:35, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Very good: 38 votes (sub:35, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 28 votes (sub:25, dub:2, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:6, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 304 users, rank: #2989 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.679 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6225, rank: #1294 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.701 (Very good−), rank: #1144 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.74 / seen some: 7.39 / won't finish: 1.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.681 (Very good−), rank: #908 (of 7289)
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2019-07-11
Opening Theme:
"Kizuato" by centimillimental
Ending Theme:
"Marutsuke" by Given
Official website:
Reviews: Show:
Given ‒ Episode 11 (Sep 21, 2019)
Given ‒ Episode 10 (Sep 14, 2019)
Given ‒ Episode 9 (Sep 6, 2019)
Given ‒ Episode 8 (Sep 2, 2019)
Given ‒ Episode 7 (Aug 23, 2019)
Given ‒ Episode 6 (Aug 16, 2019)
Given ‒ Episode 5 (Aug 10, 2019)
Given ‒ Episode 4 (Aug 4, 2019)
Given ‒ Episode 3 (Jul 28, 2019)
Given (Jul 20, 2019)
Given ‒ Episodes 1-2 (Jul 20, 2019)
News: Show:
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    Given (Blu-ray) 2022-11-15 (from $44.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hikaru Yamaguchi
Series Composition: Yuniko Ayana
Script: Yuniko Ayana (eps 1-11)
Storyboard:
Hikaru Yamaguchi (eps 1-3, 9)
Hitomi Ezoe (eps 6, 9)
Iku Suzuki (ep 7)
Noriko Hashimoto (ep 10)
Shinichiro Kimura (eps 3, 8)
Yōichi Fujita (ep 2)
Yōko Kanamori (ep 5)
Yoshimichi Hirai (ep 11)
Yū Kinome (eps 4, 9, 11)
Episode Director:
Hikaru Yamaguchi (eps 1, 9)
Hiromichi Matano (ep 5)
Noriko Hashimoto (ep 10)
Shinichiro Kimura (eps 3, 8)
Yū Kinome (eps 1, 4, 9-10)
Yuki Nishibata (ep 7)
Yusuke Kamata (eps 2, 6, 11)
Unit Director: Hikaru Yamaguchi (OP,ED)
Music: MICHIRU
Original creator: Natsuki Kizu
Character Design: Mina Ōsawa
Art Director: Kohei Honda
Chief Animation Director: Mina Ōsawa (eps 1-4)
Animation Director:
Hai Gen Yao (ep 9)
Hikaru Kodama (ep 3)
Hina Nagata (assistant)
Jōji Yanase (eps 1-4)
Kenji Hattori (ep 3)
Kumiko Numata (eps 1-2)
Mayumi Watanabe (eps 1-11)
Mina Ōsawa
Miyuki Sasagawa (eps 5-6)
Nanako Ninomiya (eps 6-11)
Natsuho Iwaida (ep 10)
Nozomi Kawano (ep 3)
Qing Li (eps 5, 9)
Ryoko Amisaki (eps 6-7, 9)
Sansai Onoki (7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6-7, 9-11
)

Tomoko Ishida (ep 4)
Xiao Wei Wu (ep 5)
Yasuho Tamura (eps 5, 8-11)
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Cgi Director: Tomoya Mizuno
Director of Photography:
Naoki Serizawa
Sena Nakagawa (assistant)
Producer:
Akitoshi Mori (Fuji TV)
Miho Matsumoto

2nd Key Animation:
Adrian Alejo (World Anime Networks; ep 1)
Ai Nagatome (ep 11)
Anh Tuan (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-6, 10-11)
Bich Ngoc (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-10)
Chau Ngoc (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Chizuru Oshima (ep 1)
Dao Ngoc (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-6, 10)
Emilio Morales (World Anime Networks; ep 1)
Eriko Arita (ep 3)
Hime Kanenobu (ep 2)
Hina Nagata (eps 1, 8)
Hiroshi Yakou (ep 4)
Jiangpeng Ouyang (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Kana Hamada (ep 3)
Kanae Fujita (eps 6-10)
Kaori Dou (ep 3)
Katsusuke Konuma (ep 9)
Kazuya Hasegawa (ep 1)
Kenji Hashimoto (Wombat; ep 5)
Khanh Bao (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-6, 10-11)
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 1)
Kōtarō Tazawa (ep 11)
Mami Yokokawa (eps 6-10)
Mani Inaka (ep 2)
Masumi Hattori (ep 3)
Michio Satō (ep 3)
Mikihiko Ando (ep 3)
Mina Ōsawa (ep 6)
Minh Hoang (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-6)
Misaki Nakagawa (Wombat; eps 5-11)
Moe Matsuda (ep 2)
Nguyet Minh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-2, 4-8)
Nhung Hong (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-2, 9)
Nhung Nguyen (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-10)
Phuong Minh (Sao Sang Design; eps 9-10)
Rayven Lagotao (World Anime Networks; ep 1)
Rika Nishiyama (eps 6-10)
Rio Fukuda (ep 11)
Ryoko Amisaki (ep 7)
Sahori Uchida (ep 2)
Saori Inukai (Wombat; eps 1-2)
Saori Yonemoto (Wombat; eps 5-11)
Shigeki Awai (ep 3)
Shinsuke Kasahara (ep 3)
Shiori Ozawa (Wombat; eps 5-10)
Tae Inotsume (ep 3)
Takeshi Moriyama (ep 3)
Takuma Tomioka (ep 11)
Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 4)
Thuy Minh (Sao Sang Design; eps 3-6, 11)
Toan Vu (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Toshiharu Suzuki (Wombat; eps 1-2)
Tram Ngoc (Sao Sang Design; eps 2-6, 10-11)
Trang Thu (Sao Sang Design; eps 2-6, 9-10)
Truc Thanh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Uyen Van (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Xiao Chen (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Yasuho Tamura (ep 10)
Yoshiteru Kobayashi (ep 1)
Yu Fan Wang (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Yui Miyabe (eps 1, 4)
Yuka Kojima (eps 2-3)
Yuki Honda (ep 1)
Yuri Pinzon (World Anime Networks; ep 1)
Yuri Takasaki (ep 2)
Yusuke Kamata (ep 1)
Zi Li Qin (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Animation producer:
Nobuto Akita
Yūji Higa
Art Setting: Eiko Tsunagami
Assistant Animation Director:
Kazuya Hasegawa (eps 5-8, 11)
Yui Miyabe (eps 5-8, 11)
Assistant Episode Director: Yū Kinome (ep 5)
Chief Assistant Animation Director: Hina Nagata (eps 3-4)
Chief Producer:
Masanori Miyake
Yukiko Takase (Fuji TV)
Color Coordination:
Ai Shiga (eps 3, 6, 9)
Hitoki Takeda (ep 7)
Koi Irie (5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 8, 11
)

Naoya Imamura (ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-7, 9-10
)

Rinne Hayashi (ep 8)
Tarō Kaguchi (OP; eps 9, 11)
Yūsuke Okuzawa (ep 9)
Color design: Tarō Kaguchi
Editing: Rie Itō
Finish Animation:
Daisuke Kudō (ep 9)
Giang Tra (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Jin Ming Yan (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Kazuhisa Yamabe (eps 9-10)
Li Xing Ye (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Maya Ohba (ep 9)
Naoya Imamura (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-8, 11
)

Rinne Hayashi (eps 1-7, 10)
Son Trung (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Tarō Kaguchi (ep 10)
Thoa Kim (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Thuan Bich (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Thuy Ngoc (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Trang Cong (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Truc Thu (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Truc Xuan (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Vy Thanh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Yu Xi Lin (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Yuan Xu (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Yūsuke Okuzawa (eps 1-8, 10)
In-Between Animation:
Ai Nagatome (eps 1-11)
An Linh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Anh Hai (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Anh Ngoc (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Bao Thai (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Chi Ha (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-2)
Chiharu Koyama (eps 1-11)
Doan Kim (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Huong Ngoc (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Huong Thuy (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Huong Viet (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Jun Ouyang (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Kanae Fujita (eps 1-11)
Kentaro Shibuya (eps 1-11)
Kha Minh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Kiet Anh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Kieu Mong (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Kōtarō Tazawa (eps 1-11)
Loan Thi (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Mami Yokokawa (eps 1-11)
Men Thi (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Misaki Nakagawa (eps 1-11)
Nga Thuy (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Ngan Quynh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Nhung Cam (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Nhung Hong (Sao Sang Design; eps 3-11)
Phat Tan (Sao Sang Design; eps 3-11)
Phuc Hong (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Phuoc Minh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Phuong Minh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Quynh Duong (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Rika Nishiyama (eps 1-11)
Rina Shibayama (eps 1-11)
Rio Fukuda (eps 1-11)
Saori Yonemoto (eps 1-11)
Saya Hattori (eps 1-11)
Shiori Ozawa (eps 1-11)
Takuma Tomioka (eps 1-11)
Thanh My (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Thuan Duy (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-8, 10-11)
Thuy Thanh (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Tien Ngoc (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Trinh Thoai (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Uyen Phuong (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Yen Ham (Sao Sang Design; eps 1-11)
Yi Wen Fan (eps 1-11)
Yi Yan Zhou (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Yue Xi Zhu (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-11)
Yūya Hasegawa (eps 1-11)
Zhen Wang (qIXIE STUDIO; eps 1-4)
In-Between Check:
Hiroshi Shirakawa (eps 1-11)
Kenya Murata (eps 1-11)
Nanaka Iizumi (eps 1-11)
Shūichirō Semura (eps 1-11)
Key Animation:
Aika Satō (ep 9)
Akie Morimoto (ep 1)
Akiko Fujii (eps 1, 4)
Akira Miyamura (ep 8)
Chizuru Oshima (eps 1, 5)
Emiko Kataoka (eps 5, 8-9, 11)
Hideo Amemiya (ep 5)
Hime Kanenobu (Wombat; ep 2)
Hina Nagata (ED; ep 1)
Hiroshi Tatezaki (ep 6)
Hiroshi Yakou (ep 4)
Hiroyuki Terada (eps 4, 6)
Isamu Utsuki (eps 3, 7)
Jeon Bong Seo (eps 4, 10)
Ji Seung Park (eps 5, 11)
Jōji Yanase (ep 1)
Junichi Yokoyama (ep 3)
Kanna Hirayama (OP)
Kaori Saito (ep 9)
Kaoru Satō (eps 8, 11)
Katsuji Matsumoto (eps 1, 4, 6, 10)
Katsutoshi Kobayashi (eps 5, 9, 11)
Katsuyuki Wada (ep 1)
Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 8)
Kazushi Matsumoto (ep 1)
Kazuya Hasegawa (eps 1, 3-9, 11)
Keiichi Ishida (eps 3, 7)
Kenji Hashimoto (ep 5)
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 1)
Kiyomi Yamashita (eps 3, 7, 9, 11)
Kiyoshi Nohji (ep 1)
Kou Ito (eps 1, 4, 9)
Kou Kitakaze (eps 4, 6)
Maiko Ebisawa (OP)
Makito Uehara (ep 6)
Makoto Ogiwara (eps 4, 9)
Mani Inaka (ep 2)
Masaharu Morinaka (eps 6, 9)
Masaru Kanamori (Wombat; ep 2)
Masatsugu Takeda (ep 5)
Masumi Hattori (eps 3, 5, 7, 11)
Mayuko Yamamoto (ep 1)
Mayumi Watanabe (OP)
Michio Satō (eps 3, 7)
Mikihiko Ando (eps 3, 7-8)
Mitsuyo Tsuno (Wombat; ep 2)
Moe Matsuda (Wombat; ep 2)
Naoko Ozawa (eps 1, 4, 11)
Naomi Okita (OP)
Natsuho Iwaida (ep 10)
Ranko Nakabayashi (Wombat; ep 2)
Reina Kawasaki (ep 6)
Rie Kaneko (eps 4-5, 7)
Ryō Nagashima (ep 6)
Ryoko Amisaki (OP; eps 5, 7, 9)
Sahori Uchida (ep 2)
Sakurako Mitsuhashi (ep 8)
Sansai Onoki (Wombat; ep 2)
Saori Inukai (Wombat; OP)
Saucelot (ep 9)
Seiya Ishida (ep 7)
Setsuko Unno (Wombat; eps 2, 4, 6)
Shigeki Awai (ep 3)
Shiho Tamai (eps 3, 5, 7)
Shinsuke Kasahara (ep 3)
Shiori Sakashita (ep 6)
Tadashi Kubo (Wombat; ep 2)
Takahiro Arai (ep 8)
Takeshi Moriyama (eps 3, 7)
Takumi Onuki (ep 4)
Takurō Sakurai (eps 3, 5)
Tatsuya Ikeda (eps 4-5, 8, 11)
Tetsuya Itō (Wombat; ep 2)
Tetsuya Nagai (eps 4, 6)
Tomonori Mine (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Arai (ep 7)
Toshiharu Suzuki (Wombat; OP)
Yasuho Tamura (OP; ep 1)
Yoshiaki Tomita (eps 3, 7)
Yoshihide Yuuzumi (OP)
Yoshiteru Kobayashi (eps 1, 4, 7)
Young Soon Shin (ep 5)
Yui Miyabe (Wombat; eps 1-9, 11)
Yuka Kojima (Wombat; eps 2-3, 6)
Yuka Nagata (eps 4, 7, 11)
Yuki Honda (eps 1, 6)
Yukiko Shimizu (eps 5, 8, 11)
Yuri Takasaki (Wombat; eps 1-2, 4-6)
Yusuke Kamata (eps 1, 6, 11)
Yutaka Kawasuji (ep 5)
Zakoani (ep 9)
Zayd (ep 9)
Music producer: Toshihiro Funahashi
Prop Design: Kanna Hirayama
Series Supervision: Yōko Matsuzaki (Fuji TV)
Theme Song Performance: Centimillimental (OP)
Shōgo Yano as Mafuyu Sato
Yūma Uchida as Ritsuka Uenoyama

Ayaka Asai as Akeno Kasai
Fumiya Imai as Hiiragi Kashima
Hirosato Amano as Ryô Ueki
Masatomo Nakazawa as Haruki Nakayama
Ryōta Takeuchi as Koji Yatake
Shintarō Asanuma as Ugetsu Murata
Takuya Eguchi as Akihiko Kaji
Yu Shimamura as Yayoi Uenoyama

Arisa Kōri as High School Girl (ep 1)
Chiaki Kobayashi as
Friend B (ep 4)
Station announcement (ep 1)
Emiri Suyama as Lixia (young; ep 1)
Ikumi Hasegawa as High School Girl (ep 7)
Junji Tachibana as Professor (ep 5)
Kaede Yuasa as Ex-girlfriend (ep 5)
Kazuki Miyagi as
Friend A (ep 4)
Male student B (ep 5)
Kengo Takanashi as Shôgo Itaya
Kōhei Yanagi as Bandman B (ep 9)
Mitsuki Nakae as Tsubaki
Taito Ban as Shizusumi Yagi
Takara Inoue as Male student A (ep 5)
Takayuki Sugō as Narration (eps 10-11)
Taketora as Father (ep 10)
Tarusuke Shingaki as Hanaoka (eps 2, 11)
Umeka Shōji as
Waka Kurihara (eps 4, 10)
Young Mafuyu (ep 8)
Yū Miyazaki as Bandman A (ep 9)
Yūki Shin as Yuki Yoshida (ep 9)
Japanese companies
3D Modeling: Sao Sang Design
Animation Director: Studio EverGreen (eps 6-8, 10-11)
Animation Production: Lerche
Background Art: Kusanagi
Background Art Assistance: Nam Hai
Broadcaster:
Fuji Television Network (noitaminA)
Noitamina
Finish Animation:
B.S.P (ep 9)
Lerche (OP,ED)
qIXIE Studio (OP; eps 1-11)
Sao Sang Design
Studio EverGreen (eps 6-11)
In-Between Animation:
B.S.P (ep 9)
Lerche (OP,ED)
qIXIE Studio (OP; eps 1-11)
Sao Sang Design
Studio EverGreen (eps 6-11)
Key Animation:
Art Base Bam (eps 8-9)
B.S.P (eps 8-9, 11)
Mico Animation (ep 4)
Nakamura Production (OP)
Reboot (eps 1-2)
Studio EverGreen (eps 8-9, 11)
Studio Wombat (OP; eps 2, 9)
Music Production: Fuji Pacific Music
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: David Wald
Translation: Michelle Tymon (Crunchyroll)
ADR Script:
David Wald (eps 1-4)
Madeleine Morris (eps 5-11)
Marissa Lenti (eps 5-11)
Producer: Michelle Rojas

ADR Engineer: Peter Hawkinson
ADR Script Supervisor: David Wald
Production Assistant: Shosuke Akamatsu
Brandon McInnis as Mafuyu Satou
Josh Grelle as Ritsuka Uenoyama

Alexis Tipton as Akeno Kasai
Hayden Daviau as Yayoi Uenoyama
Howard Wang as Hiiragi Kashima
J. Michael Tatum as Ugetsu Murata
Jonah Scott as Akihiko Kaji
Kellen Goff as Koji Yatake
Stephen Fu as Ryou Ueki
Y. Chang as Haruki Nakayama

Brendan Blaber as Yuki Yoshida (ep 9)
Brittney Karbowski as Waka Kurihara (eps 4, 10)
Greg Cote as Shoga Itaya
Ian Sinclair as Hanaoka
Joshua Waters as Yagi Shizusumi
Marissa Lenti as Kedama
Mary Morgan as Young Yuki
Morgan Lauré as Tsubaki
Steph Garrett as Young Mafuyu (ep 8)

English companies
ADR Production: Studio Nano
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (French speaking countries)
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Oscar Garibay
ADR Script: Héctor Jiménez

Dialogue Editing: Oscar Galvan
Mixing: Oscar Galvan
Production manager: Laura J. Suinaga
Recording engineer: Miguel Ortiz
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: VSI Mexico City
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Spanish speaking countries)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Italian speaking countries)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (German speaking countries)
German cast
(none)
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Arabic speaking countries)
Arabic cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Russian speaking countries)
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Dubbing Director: Guilherme Marques
Translation: Juliana Martins

ADR Engineer: Luan Oliveira
Assistant Director: Jonas Falcão
Production Coordination: Denis Souza
Production Director: Bruno Sangregório
Production Supervision: Marcela de Barros
Programming: Daniel Kamui
Technical Coordination: Anderson Carvalho
Fernando Mendonça as Ritsuka Uenoyama
Lucas Gama as Mafuyu Satou

André Sauer as Haruki Nakayama
Carol Valença as Yayoi Uenoyama
João Victor Granja as Hiiragi Kashima
Kadu Rocha as Ryou Ueki
Matheus Tayti as Shogo Itaya
Mckeidy Lisita as Akihiko Kaji
Ramon Campos as Koji Yatake
Renan Alonso as Ugetsu Murata
Wallquiria Santos as Akeno Kasai

Camila Johann as Waka Kurihara (eps 4, 10)
Duda Ribeiro as
Narrator (eps 10-11)
Ritsuka's Father (ep 10)
Felipe Galvao as Hanaoka (eps 2, 11)
Lucas Miagusuku as Yuki Yoshida (ep 9)
Marcela de Barros as Kedama
Paola Molinari as Tsubaki
Victor Moreno as Shizusumi Yagi

Portuguese companies
ADR Production: Dubrasil
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil)
Licensed by: Crunchyroll (Brazil and Portugal)

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