2020 · animation · drama · music
Given
Directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi1h 0m2020
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.
Our read: Given (2020) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive animation · drama · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured animation / drama, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- intense
- redemptive
- tender
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How Given feels to watch.
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