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given
Can't say goodbye, I'm still drifting with your echoes.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How given actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
given reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Ritsuka’s lost his spark for music—until he hears Mafuyu sing. One voice pulls him back in, and suddenly, everything starts to change between them.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Boys in the Band
Ritsuka Uenoyama a high school student and guitarist wants to skip gym class to nap but to his surprise fellow and unknown to him student Mafuyu Satō is in his already sleeping in his usual hiding place. During this unexpected meeting Mafuyu asks Ritsuka to repair and to teach to play his Gibson ES-330 guitar. Ritsuka declines and sets off the story of this unlikely duo. We are also introduced to Yayoi Uenoyama (Ritsuka’s older sister), and band mates Haruki Nakayama (bassist), and Akihiko Kaji (drummer).
- Directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi
- Written by Yuniko Ayana
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
Given: On the Other Hand
- Directed by Akiyo Ohashi
- Written by Yuniko Ayana
S01E09
A Winter Story
- Directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi
- Written by Yuniko Ayana
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
- Akitoshi MoriProducer
- Miho MatsumotoProducer
Writing
- Yuniko AyanaWriter
Direction
- Hikaru YamaguchiDirector
Cinematography
- Naoki SerizawaDirector of Photography
Music
- CentimillimentalOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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