On Monday it was disclosed by the authorized website of the anime movie version of manga Given by Natsuki Kizu that the movie has been postponed because of the concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 in Japan. It was planned that on May 16 the movie will be set out in Japan. A new set out date will be disclosed by the team on a later date.
The movie Given is being produced by the Fuji TV’s new Blue Lynx boys-love anime label. The television anime centers on Ritsuka and Mafuyu who are students of the high school, but on the other hand movie revolves on the adult band members Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu.
For the movie the cast members of the television anime are coming back. To direct the movie at Lerche Hikaru Yamaguchi is coming back. Yuniko Ayana is again penning the script and to design the characters Mina Ōsawa is coming back. The sound direction and music composition is being again supervised by Hiromi Kikuta and Michiru correspondingly. To present the theme song of the movie the artist centimillimental is coming back.
Last July the television anime debuted on Fuji TV’s Noitamina programming block. This anime is the primary anime inspired by the boys love related manga to broadcast on Noitamina. The series was telecast by Crunchyroll as soon as it was broadcast and it explains the story in following manner:
Some way or another, the guitar that he used to love to play and the ball games that he found so fun simply lost their intrigue.
That was until Ritsuka Uenoyama haphazardly met Mafuyu Sato. Ritsuka had begun losing his enthusiasm for music in his regular daily existence, however then he hears Mafuyu sing just because. The melody resounds with his heart and the separation between them begins to change.
The starting theme song called Kizuato is being presented by the solo rock project centimillimental. The concluding song called Marutsuke is being presented by the in-anime group Given with centimillimental producing.
The manga is in succession in the Shinshokan’s Cheri+ magazine. The series has been certified by the Viz Media’s SuBLime imprint for boys-love manga.
