'Given' Manga Bundles OVA

by ImperfectBlue
May 25, 2021 9:06 PM | 27 Comments

The official website for the Given manga announced on Wednesday that the special edition version of the seventh volume will bundle an original video animation (OVA). Preorders for the special edition volume are open on the official website until August 29, and it will be released on December 1.

The OVA, subtitled Uragawa no Sonzai, will tell an "other side" story centered on Mafuyu Satou and Ritsuka Uenoyama that wasn't featured in the Given movie. Shougo Yano (Mafuyu) and Yuuma Uchida (Ritsuka) are reprising their roles from the television anime and movie, as are Masatomo Nakazawa and Takuya Eguchi as Haruki Nakayama and Akihiko Kaji, respectively.

Akiyo Oohashi (Umibe no Étranger) is replacing Hikaru Yamaguchi (Given, Given Movie) at Lerche. Yuniko Ayana (Hori-san to Miyamura-kun) returns to handle the series composition.

A live-action television adaptation was revealed alongside the OVA announcement. The six-episode series will be released on FOD (Fuji TV on Demand) on July 17.

Natsuki Kizu began serializing the BL manga in Cheri+ in April 2013. Shinshokan published the sixth compiled volume in August 2020. Viz Media licensed the manga under its SuBLime imprint in August 2019 and published the first English volume in February 2020. The fifth volume was released this February.

Lerche produced the television anime adaptation that aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA programming block during the Summer 2019 season. The studio's film adaptation was released in theaters in Japan last August.

Source: Comic Natalie

Given: Uragawa no Sonzai on MAL

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YAY <3333 i can't wait

Jun 1, 2021 11:34 AM by bibzu

Can’t wait. Especially this has to be really good since we’ve been waiting

May 31, 2021 8:01 PM by Moris_ESPOIR

That's a great news 😣✨

May 27, 2021 11:28 PM by Hinatameemoo

Crow_Black said:
I'm sure one of my good friends @iva- is really going to like this news.

yuuup given deserves so much and more ;-;

May 27, 2021 11:12 PM by iva

Yay for more Given! I wonder if that's going to be the last thing adapted or there's a chance for a second season in the future.

May 27, 2021 2:54 PM by DeadlyRaven

I'm sure one of my good friends @iva- is really going to like this news.

May 27, 2021 2:44 PM by Disapeared_Ghost

As someone who didn't like the movie, but enjoyed the series, this OVA may be half decent.

I honestly didn't care for the music in Given, but I look forward to seeing more romance between Uenoyama and Mafuyu.

May 27, 2021 11:23 AM by _-_Sally_-_

This series is very fantastic and soothing. I'm glad they release new anime :D

May 27, 2021 6:53 AM by removed-user

Short_Circut said:
ayyy more Given is never a bad thing

though I do hope this new director change is only for the OVA and not for the future of the series. I think the current director did a great job with Given + movie so it would be a shame to replace her

I agree. It is amazing series! I think she was replaced due to ilness of some sort or personal affairs.

May 26, 2021 9:54 PM by Memore

whoaaahhhhhhh i'm excited! i can't get enough given content ( ；∀；)

May 26, 2021 9:28 PM by Mewra

ayyy more Given is never a bad thing

though I do hope this new director change is only for the OVA and not for the future of the series. I think the current director did a great job with Given + movie so it would be a shame to replace her

May 26, 2021 3:50 PM by Short_Circut

Amazing news!! I like Given so much! Haven't seen movie yet. Wait for OVA!

May 26, 2021 2:39 PM by Memore

All around great news. I just hope the live action series is good and not too timid. Japanese BL live action is often so timid and awkward.

May 26, 2021 1:55 PM by huntress1013

Omggggg
Yay!!!
I really missed them 😭😭
Stil can't get over too omg

May 26, 2021 12:53 PM by yujee

Im happy i will see the ova of given also live action too can't wait to watch this ova of given

May 26, 2021 10:22 AM by reiatnite21

OMGG YES TWT *happy noises*

May 26, 2021 7:40 AM by Twixinkaa

THANK U JESUS I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THEM AGAIN..... <3