 If you liked Nana |  ...then you might like Given |
Both stories center on music while also touching upon love, relationships, pain, and healing. They are both funny and sweet, yet also heartbreaking and serious at times.
report Recommended by devilsfruitt
Both anime have a powerful focus on romance, character development ,drama and music. Also both are fantastic watches and are a nice change of pace from the current popular shows. If you enjoyed one I hope you can give the other a shot.
I really want to recomment who loves Given will take a chance to watch Nana. Both series focus on suffering in love, toxic relationship and tragic love. When i heard Kizuato(Given's Op) by Centimilimental, not only Mafuyu's stories, I also felt Nana's stories inside the lyrics, it made my heart feel skipped a beat. I really hope both Nana and Mafuyu could move on in the future.
report Recommended by Akaito_Kisaragi
Both are romance music themed stories, has lgbt elements in it and also lots of pain and drama in it as well too.
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
If you loved Nana or Given, you will love the other. I'd even be bold enough to say the writer of Given was inspired by the Nana manga or other Nana media, which is not a bad thing at all. While Nana is a sprawling classic with 47 episodes vs. Given with 11 episodes, both shows use similar story telling and settings and Given manages to not feel too cramped by the shorter runtime. Both shows begin with a chance meeting which changes the lives of the characters, feature complex characters with complicated and even obscured backgrounds, slice-of-life scenes abound, rock bands starting from near the
I would recommend Nana to anyone who enjoyed Given because they are both music anime and they both include 2 characters with a complex wholesome relationship. The same feelings of the joy of friendship, the complications of life and overall relaxing tone is reflected in both series. In Nana the 2 main characters have a platonic relationship unlike given, however the bond the 2 characters in nana share made me fell the same as a romantic one. Also Nana has superrrr cool outfits and great music too! lots of punk and vivienne
Both Nana and Given have profound touches on tragic romance. The romance is also a change of pace from your usual love story since they both portray romance realistically. Characters behave and feel like real people. Music is also central theme in both stories and served as a powerful catalyst in plot progression. Both can also be funny and sweet, enough to make you grin like crazy while watching. If you liked Nana, then Given is definitely worth a try.