This work is a tale about a girl who lived her life straightforwardly in regards of the feeling that comes from the words “I love you”.
I believe that all the people from the making of this movie will be happy if everyone who watched it has been able to embrace the gentleness of “I love you” within their chests.
We have put into this work everything that we are able to do now. I would be happy if more people, even if just one more person, will come in contact with this work. Without fail, we will be counting on you.
——Could you tell us your impressions from when the movie adaptation was green-lit?
I was surprised. I majored in cinema when I was a student, so it is deeply moving for me to have my own work being adapted into a movie, and in any case, it is a great honor.
——Please leave a message for the fans who will watch it.
I feel very grateful for the fact that “Given the Movie” will be presented to the public amidst the current situation, and that there are people who are thinking, “I want to watch it!” and will be coming all the way to the theatres. This is absurdly fortunate, and I am happy about it, thank you very much.
Director, Yamaguchi Hikaru
——Could you tell us your impressions and enthusiasm toward the movie adaptation?
We had been discussing making a movie ever since the project for animating “Given” came about, so when I saw the finished announcement for after the last TV episode, I felt that “the time has finally come, huh...”. The spotlight was on the high school gang in the TV series, but the story of the adult group has also been progressing all this time together with theirs, so the sensation is that everything that has been cultivated until now will be quietly put together.
——Were there any production differences between the anime and the movie?
For the TV series, we made eleven episodes of about twenty minutes each, which covered two and a half of the first volumes, so our biggest obstacle this time was whether or not we would manage to properly compress almost the same amount of material from the latter half of the original work into a predetermined length of sixty minutes. Also, the drama will unfold on a screen much bigger than a TV’s, so we were already fumbling around for how to display the visual parts of it in a way that is appropriate for a film. The sound quality is also completely different from TV, so we would like people to experience live concert music at the movie theatres.
——Please leave a message for the fans who will watch it.
We apologize for the awfully long wait. We have made this movie in hopes that both the people who have come from reading the original work and the people who are following it from the TV anime will enjoy it, and so that it will gently turn into a support for their hearts. This time, too, the soundtrack is full of truly wonderful pieces. Please look forward to it.
Screenplay writer, Ayana Yuniko
——Could you tell us your impressions and enthusiasm toward the movie adaptation?
It is a movie where the relationship between Haruki, Akihiko and Ugetsu is depicted colorfully. Mafuyu and Ritsuka have taken one step after another and established a communication, but these are “adults” that do not talk about their true feelings to their significant other. This story is a continuation of the TV series, but we attempted a different approach for it. There are also scenes that we can only depict because this is a movie.
——Were there any production differences between the anime and the movie?
We dug deep in the TV series, while the movie was a matter of condensing the script. It did not change that we depicted everything sensibly, so as not to spoil the air of Kizu-sensei’s manga, but in regards to the predetermined length, the amount of episodes to handle was big, so it was quite difficult. We progressed while earning confirmation from everyone involved, starting with Kizu-sensei.
——Please leave a message for the fans who will watch it.
Everyone will be able to watch “Given the Movie” in the same season as its story is set. We are grateful that we will be able to release it so quickly, while many forms of entertainment, such as the Given stageplay, were either canceled or postponed. Music and romance. By all means, do watch the season of these men who cannot let go, cannot come to clean decisions, are at loss and find themselves troubled.
Music composer, Michiru
——Could you tell us your impressions and enthusiasm toward the movie adaptation?
I am very happy that I will get to see the Given quartet on a theatre screen.
——Following the anime, you are in charge of the soundtrack, but what kind of music pieces do you want to deliver in the movie?
I hoped I would be able to deliver compositions that could support their conflicts and everyday lives, as well as colorfully hype up the story, and that is how I have produced them.
——Please leave a message for the fans who will watch it.
“Given the Movie” was postponed once after the state of emergency declaration, but we will finally be able to watch it in the theatres. By all means, come enjoy it in the theatres, including the surround sound that can only be used in cinemas.
Theme song composer, Centimillimental
——Could you tell us your impressions and enthusiasm toward the movie adaptation?
I felt that the theme of the TV series was a triangle with “someone who is here” and “someone who is gone”, but this movie is about a triangle between “people who are here”. I hope I can make people’s noses runny with my music, intersecting these painful and realistic feelings.
——Following the anime, you are in charge of the soundtrack, but what kind of music pieces do you want to deliver in the movie?
I also cherished it the previous time, but I would be happiest if it becomes a soundtrack that, instead of letting the story end with the individuals who appear in it being lumped as so-called “anime characters”, could make them, the staff, the actors, the people who will watch it and all the people who are involved with the series relatable and empathizable amongst each other as purely equal, interpretting the characters as human beings who love somebody, become happy, feel sad and get hurt like we do.
——Please leave a message for the fans who will watch it.
With no option against the global threat brought by the sudden coronavirus, the release of this movie was pushed way behind the schedule. I believe that, even after we finish watching the movie and come out of the venue, there are definitely many such kinds of darkness that will surge forward amidst our long lives. There might be nights when we will not be able to sleep due to the axiety of it. But in times like these, by using the message passed through the Given movie as a keyword, we should surely be able to overcome it. It is all right. “Even if you can’t sleep, dawn will break.”
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