#given dub

When love is young and pure, you suddenly realise you're in love. But when you're not so young, after realisation follows a series of events that maybe hurtful.

You have only 2 options: to embrace the pain and try to bury your love or to embrace the pain and confess with a dime of hope... ❤️❤️

I’ve missed my boys!!!!!

watching the dub felt like watching a recording of me in middle school. just like him i wasn’t able to put what i felt into words, emotions, actions, anything.

7 years later and i felt the full impact of 7 years of built up emotions i wasn’t able to describe. i felt every single emotion and i could not be happier.

i said it 3 days ago, i love this dub. every single va did absolutely amazing. show stopping performance. i could feel how much time and effort and thought went into each and every singe line, and i simply not describe it as anything but perfection. every single line was perfect. this writing is perfect. everything is nothing less than perfect.

this was truly a moment that has changed my character. for years i have dehumanized myself because i was never able to identify what i felt all those years ago, but brandon mcinnus, you made me feel human. i was so lost in middle school, and i when i say i had no one, i mean it. no one was even able to come close to understanding even the slightest emotion i was feeling, but you made mafuyu breathe in front of my eyes, and for the first time in 7 years, i feel like i am understood and i am able to put words to my emotions and finally feel. i feel such a strong, powerful connection with mafuyu, so thank you.

to the entire cast, production, crunchyroll, and anyone who made this happen, thank you. i simply cannot show my appreciation enough for this truly life altering experience

Why, you ask? Well, it's simple.

The director is voice actor and Rainbow Overlord himself, David Wald. He's directed the dubs for Vanitas no Carte, LOVE STAGE!!, Bloom Into You, Kase-san and Morning Glories, The Stranger by the Shore, and more. Do I even have to explain why these dubs are splendid? Given was no less, in the right hands.

The casting was spectacular. In my opinion, there aren't really any glaring differences in the main cast's voices. Plus, the English VAs add their own sort of flair to the characters, making it more enjoyable to watch.

Almost all of the team (including the cast!) is queer. If you don't believe me, take it from the director himself: David's tweet.

Lastly, what seals the deal: the fact that this show means so much to literally all of the cast & crew. For many of the VAs and crew members, it's been a dream for them to be apart of an all queer team, and also to be in a show like Given, that's already such a beautiful and important anime. Yung-I Chang (Haruki Nakayama) said in his video, "Please know that every one of us was hungry for this show, ever since it first came out in Japan. We really put our everything into this production, and I hope you love it as much as we do."