Limited series · TBS
GIFT
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Fumito Gotetsu
10 eps
Yuki Yamada
Ryo Miyashita
10 eps
Kasumi Arimura
Hitoka Kiriyama
10 eps
Michiko Kichise
Masami Hino
10 eps
Ken Yasuda
Akiyasu Kunimi
10 eps
Kyoya Honda
Keijiro Asaya
10 eps
Yoshihiko Hosoda
Natsuhiko Tachikawa
10 eps
Kanata Hosoda
Soichi Taniguchi
10 eps
Wan Marui
Catherine Akiko Kimishima
10 eps
Keitatsu Koshiyama
Takuya Bando
10 eps
Rintaro Hachimura
Kotaro Nakayama
10 eps
Yasuhide Aiki
Kenji Takematsu
10 eps
Ron Mizuma
Li Wu Chen
10 eps
Ami Tomite
Yayoi Ureri
10 eps
Sei Matobu
Seiko Nishijin
10 eps
Yu Miyazaki
Sakura Munakata
10 eps
Yumi Aso
Kimiyo Miyashita
10 eps
Daikichi Sugawara
Tatsuya Miyashita
10 eps
Kazuto Mokudai
Hayato Okihira
10 eps
Chiharu Ogoshi
Aoba Bando
10 eps
Mari Nishio
Yoko Bando
10 eps
Hiromasa Taguchi
Kiyoshi Takamizu
10 eps
Yuu Machida
Junta Yasui
10 eps
Kazuki Sawai
Bradley Oliver
10 eps
Shugo Nakayama
Rei Yakuin
10 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How GIFT actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
GIFT reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A reclusive genius astrophysicist takes on the challenge of transforming a struggling wheelchair rugby team into Japan’s champions, discovering teamwork, resilience, and purpose along the way.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Miyazaki MasakoProducer
- Yūki UchikawaProducer
Writing
- Tomoki KanazawaWriter
Direction
- Shunichi HiranoDirector
- Naoki KatoDirector
Music
- Yuki HayashiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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