The official website for the anime/film inspired by Natsuki Kizu 's Given revealed a trailer and soundtrack. Atsushi's centimillimental project will return to perform the song “Bokura dake no Shudaika” ( Only Our Theme Song ).
Synopsis
The story focuses on Ritsuka Uenoyama, who plays guitar but has lost interest in the instrument. One day, he meets Mafuyu Sato, who is holding a broken guitar. Ritsuka begins to teach Mafuyu how to play the instrument, but when he hears Mafuyu's voice the music begins to resonate in his heart and the distance between them begins to change.
Given's film was scheduled to premiere on May 16, but due to the spread of COVID-19 in Japan the date was postponed to August 22.
Staff
Fuji TV 's newly created subsidiary Blue Lynx for BL ( boys love ) anime is producing the film.
Hiraku Yamaguchi will direct the film at Lerche . Yuniko Ayana ( BanG Dream! and Girls Beyond Wasteland ) is writing the script, and Mina Osawa is doing the character design. Hiromi Kikuta and Michiru are doing the sound direction and music composition respectively. Both cast and staff are returning to their roles in the film.
The anime adaptation of Given launched in September 2019, being licensed by Crunchyroll .
Furthermore, the Given manga by Natsuki Kizu has been published by Shinshokan on Cheri+ since April 2013, with 5 volumes to date.
Sources: ANN and Website Given