Noitamina's first BL comic TV anime work, "Given", airs 7/11, episode 1 advance cut & synopsis revealed!

The first episode of "Given," which will air on July 11, 2019 (Thursday) at 25:10 on Fuji Television's "Noitamina" and other channels, has been released with an advance cut of the first episode and a synopsis.

The manga "Given" by author Kizunatsuki, serialized in "Sheri Plus," will be Noitamina's first BL manga anime adaptation, airing on Fuji TV's "Noitamina" and other channels from July 2019.Theanime willbe directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi,with series composition by Yuniko Ayana andanimation production by Lerche.
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The first anime adaptation of Noitamina's first BL comic "Given" will air on Fuji TV's "Noitamina" and other stations from 25:10 on July 11, 2019 (Thursday).

Synopsis and advance cut】 ※Titles omitted
code.01 "Boys in the Band" (airing July 11)
*Only the first episode will be aired from 25:10 (*The program will be aired 15 minutes later than the regular broadcast time of 24:55).

<Staff
Script by Yuniko Ayana, Storyboard by Hikaru Yamaguchi, Direction by Yu Kinome/Hikaru Yamaguchi, Animation Director by Hina Nagata/Mayumi Watanabe/Kumiko Numata/Jyoji Yanase, Chief Animation Director by Mina Osawa, Art Director by Kohei Honda

One day during her lunch break, Kaminoyama Rika meets Sato Mafuyu sleeping on the dance floor.
Since she fixed her guitar, Mafuyu has been following her around, asking her to teach him how to play, but Rikka finds that Mafuyu's single-minded love for her reminds her of her passion for music, which has somewhat cooled off.

Production Information
TV animation "Given
＜Introduction
The guitar that she was supposed to love and the basketball that she was supposed to enjoy,
One day, Rika Kaminoyama meets Mafuyu Sato by chance.
Rikka had almost lost her passion for music in her daily life, but Mafuyu's song, which she heard by chance, pierced through her and the distance between the two began to change.
This is the first anime adaptation of a BL comic in Noitamina.
The popular coming-of-age band story serialized in Shinshokan's "Sheri Plus" comes to life in the anime!
I want to sing more, next to you... Kizunatsuki draws an alternative love story!

<Story
One day, Rikka Kaminoyama meets Mafuyu Sato, who is carrying a broken guitar.
After repairing the guitar, Rikka is taken in by him.
Rikka has no choice but to teach Mafuyu the guitar, but when she happens to hear a song of Mafuyu's that sticks in her mind, Rikka decides to make Mafuyu her bandmate.
Rikka invites Mafuyu to join her band, and the distance between them begins to change.
However, Mafuyu, who says she is not good at expressing her feelings, seems to be stuck in the past.

＜STAFF>
Original story: "Given" by Kizunatsuki (serialized in Shinshokan's "Sheri Plus")
Director: Hikaru Yamaguchi
Series composition：Yuniko Ayana
Character Design/ Chief Animation Director：Mina Osawa
Art Director：Eiko Tsunagashira
Art Director：Kohei Honda
Color Designer：Daio Kaguchi
Director of Photography : Naoki Serizawa
Assistant Cinematographer：Sena Nakagawa
CG Director : Tomoya Mizuno
Editing: Rie Ito
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Music: Michiru
Animation Producer: Yuji Higa / Nobuto Akita
Animation Production: Lerche
Opening Theme : "Kizuato" by Sentimental
Ending Theme ："Marutsuke" by Given

＜CAST
Sato Mafuyu:Shogo Yano
Kaminoyama Tachinatsu:Yuma Uchida
Nakayama Haruki:Masatomo Nakazawa
Kaji Akihiko:Takuya Eguchi
Ametsuki Murata:Shintaro Asanuma
Hiiragi Kashima:Fumiya Imai

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