Given vs The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Given has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.6/10 for The Place Promised in Our Early Days). Given is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 30m. The Place Promised in Our Early Days is the older of the two (2004 against 2020). Both are animation, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Given posterGiven2020 VS The Place Promised in Our Early Days posterThe Place Promised in Our Early Days2004
GivenThe Place Promised in Our Early Days
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 6.6/10
Year20202004
Length1h 1h 30m
GenresAnimation, Drama, Music, RomanceAdventure, Animation, Drama, Romance
Country––
DirectorHikaru YamaguchiMakoto Shinkai
Main castTakuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida, Masatomo Nakazawa, Shogo Yano, Shintaro AsanumaKazuhiko Inoue, Unsho Ishizuka, Takahiro Hirano, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Masami Iwasaki

Synopsis

Given

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.

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.

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