Now, I know we’re all sad that this week is the last episode of our lovely gay band boys, but NEWS FLASH!! The official website of the Given anime has just announced that the series will be getting an anime film! Yes, a full-length film!!!! We’ll be seeing more of our gay band boys!!!
According to the website, the film is set to premiere sometime in 2020. Fast-forward please!! (Yes, yours truly is so obviously a fan of the series. There, I said it.)
And not only did the website give us just the announcement, it also dropped a TEASER TRAILER! (Which is just actually a montage of scenes from the series, but we don’t really mind do we). Most of the scenes in the trailer feature secondary couple Haruki and Akihiko, because yes it was confirmed that the movie will be about them!!! And Ugetsu’s also included in the mix, so yes a love triangle! My heart!!!
Check out the trailer here!!!
The film will be produced by Blue Lynx, Fuji TV’s new boys’ love anime label. The cast members from the TV series will be reprising their roles for the film. Hikaru Yamaguchi (Escha Chron) will return to direct the film, as well as script writer Yuniko Ayana (both seasons of BanG! Dream) and character designer Mina Osawa.
Given started as a manga series written Natsuki Kizu. Studio Lerche adapted the manga into an anime series and aired it on July 11 on Fuji TV’s Noitamina block. Given was the first-ever BL anime to air in the said block.
The story centers on Ritsuka, a once-avid guitarist who has lost interest in the instrument. He then meets Mafuyu, who is holding on to a broken guitar. Perplexed by this, Ritsuka offers to fix his guitar and teaches him to play it as well. When he hears Mafuyu singing, however, Ritsuka starts to feel something different.
Source: Anime News Network