mdonnelly - 2015-02-23 16:22:30

Incredibly hilarious and emotional anime. All in one. Also real sports terminology and the techniques found in volleyball. Non-athletic people might enjoy this too. 

bgoodwin - 2015-01-12 04:29:09

Toramelle reviews Haikyuu!!

Sports anime is a genre I have found a great interest in lately. Its a shounen, but with balls… and hot sweaty guys all over the place. However the true pleasure in sports anime is how even if you hate sports with a burning passion, they are still entertaining. However the sports anime we are going to talk about to day is a big treat coming from someone who played volleyball in Jr High School. Today we are talking about one most recent sports anime to take the Tumblr fujoshi artist. 

Yes the volleyball anime, Haikyu!! This series is based off a manga written by Haruichi Furudate, that has been running in Weekly Shounen Jump since February 2012. The anime is directed by Susumu Mitsunaka, and aired Spring 2014 for 25 episodes and has a second season in the works. 

STORY

First question most people ask about sports anime is, “should you know how to play the sport?” You do not need to know how to play volleyball in order to watch this show, however basic knowledge of the game would be nice so you don’t get lost. The anime doesn't teach you how to play the game, but they do go over technique and play styles, but they will not teach you the basics of the volleyball, only build on them.

Now the real story of the anime, ummmmm its about playing volleyball. yea… what do you want from me. We follow our main character Shoyo Hinata as he wanted to play volleyball since he was inspired by the Little Giant who was a short ace at the high school he ends up going to. Our petite hero wants to join the volleyball club in Jr High school but he was the only member. So in order to play we had to practice on his own, and get his other sports friends to help him practice. He also played with the girls volleyball team which was his only instructional practice. In his 3rd year he finally got to play in a tournament but was wiped out in their first match by our other main lead Tobio Kageyama’s team which was a powerhouse school. Finally Hinata gets to go to Karasuno High School, and join their volleyball team. However when he makes it to the gym, he finds his rival Kageyama, and realizes his greatest rival has to become his greatest ally.

The story goes on focusing more on character development and training in the first half, over going straight into games. This anime doesn't go the Kuroko route of having superpower sports anime, but rather each characters’s abilities seem believable and actually have the skill level of high school students. This makes the anime more relatable as the skill set is is more human, than DBZ sports anime. The best part about Haikyu!! is how we can watch the characters develop as they get better at volleyball. 

Characters

The treat Haikyu gives us is its wonderful cast of characters. Since the story is basically guys playing volleyball there isn't much to the story, however the characters are what really bring this show to light. Even characters on opposing teams have some spotlight. Character designs are unique and stand out to be some of my favorite, though it might just be the art style, but it helps make the show more memorable. The anime knows that volleyball is a team sport, meaning all the characters a true joy to be around and are all well developed.

Hinata our main lead is a very peppy, positive shota boy that just wants to be the ace of the team. However he ends up learning that everyone on the team has a role, and he starts out a decoy thanks to his speedy body type, and high jumps.

Kageyama grows the most through the series, learning that being an elitist isn’t going to help your team win anymore but rather irritates the team making them so worse. He is a genius player that knows what to do, but needs to learn teamwork.

Daichi Sawamura is the captain of Kurasuno, and is a dad figure for the team. He is scary when the team is acting out of order, and is one of the best receivers the team has.

Koshi Sugawara, is the third year setter. He is the mom figure for the team, being the one that helps out the first years when they need it. Later on he in the series he actually helps Kageyama learn what it means to be a true setter who supports the team.

Asahi Azumane is the teams ace that actually had his hopes crushed when he played a team at a tournament that blocked all his spikes. Thanks to inspirational words he comes back to the team as their ace.

Ryunosuke Tanaka is the goofball of the team. He is also high stung like Hinata but also likes to act like he wants to pick fights with people who mess with his team.

Yu Nishinoya is the libero of the team, who is a team member that focusing on defense and saving against blocks. He is called " Karasuno's Guardian Deity" and he the shortest member of the team. He is the pillar for the team’s encouragement for his charisma.

Kei Tsukishima, or Tsukki, or BEST GUY~ Is a first year with personality problems. He is a smart and cunning member and is the tallest on the team

Finally we have Tadashi Yamaguchi, who is Tsukki’s friend. He is the only first year that isn't a starter.

Animation

The animation was done by Production I.G who again proves why they are so good at animating sports anime. Animation is very fluid and it helps bring out the unique art style this show likes to use. Also the show does an amazing job making some of the best faces in anime I have ever seen. No really you could watch this show just for Tanaka’s facial expression and I’m sure you will will have a blast. The anime works with different line weights and sometimes adds line shading when needed and it does shine at the strongest moments. Also they bring back the CG ball of CG.

The animation even shines during the more comedic moments of the show, which are really nice for breaking up the tension. Its more jumpy than fluid, but it ads that cute effect to make you smile.

Overall the animation is nothing short of amazing, and shows a great variety of different styles all in one show which is a treat.

Music

Music was done by both Asami Tachibana and Yuuki Hayashi who haven't really done a lot, but to be honest the music is kind of bland. It does appear when it’s needed, and knows when to back off. However none of the tracks really stuck with me and thanks to all the sound effects and side talking you don't really need the sound track. Still it is nice when it does come up in the anime, and both openings and endings are wonderful, with the second ending being my favorite.

Final Verdict

Shounen volleyball is shounen volleyball, but this show is really so much more than that. With a hug cast of likable characters and realistic challenges and expectations its more about the journey then the destination. It focus a lot on building character, rather than getting stronger as your personality does effect how you play the game. Volleyball is more about the team rather then the individual players, leading to each character having its own spark in the show which helps keep me invested. If you are a fan of sports anime then this is a big one you do not want to miss.

Currently Haikyu!! is available for streaming on Crunchyroll and Hulu. Also it is licensed by Sentai Filmworks with a release date not yet announced. 

Positives

+ Unique characters with likable personalities

+ standout art style with excellent animation and art.

+ games are investing and nice length

+ quickly summarizes an ability instead of a long explanation.

+ realistic skillset for a sports anime

Negatives

-Forgetful soundtrack

-need attest basic knowledge of volleyball (can still be enjoyed)

-Animation staggers at points

For alternate anime recommendations if you are looking for a more shounen with balls then you can watch Kuroko no Basket which is about basketball and has a much more unrealistic feeling thanks to just the elements of Kuroko. For something more on the characters where the sport is a added element then you can watch Free! or Ping Pong. While Ping Pong is better, if you do not want to watch the unique art style you can watch Free! for the same effect.

Thank you for reading - Toramelle

towne.madisen - 2015-01-09 15:19:07

Aaaaah this was amazing! I'm a big fan of sports anime and Haikyuu!! has to be one of the best series out there! I don't want to compare, but this is perhaps even better than Kuroko. It's so freaking funny and every episode made me lauh unceasingly. Love it!

erobel - 2014-12-05 18:12:59

A must watch anime of 2014!Thanks to this anime, I think I will watch more sports anime. Waiting for the 2nd season.

wzieme - 2014-11-16 10:17:07

The most important thing in a team sports is, without a doubt, the team. This holds especially true for volleyball. Having six talented players is all fine, but as long as they aren’t a team and don’t show team spirit, that talent is surely in vain. But what if it’s the other way round; is it a surefire way to win when you have one team where not everyone is talented?

Not really. But the chances are higher when there’s one team, rather than six players.

Haikyuu!!, or High Jump in English, is about Hinata and Kageyama, two players who originally stand at the opposite side of the volleyball net – plus are personality-wise polar opposites too - and are, due to the fact that they attend the same high school, forced to work together. During that process, they learn the importance of a team and that you don’t lose or win alone. The show eventually does focus on the entire Karasuno volleyball team (and on other teams too), but it’s still obvious who the main characters are. 
As with most sports anime, the plot starts with Hinata and Kageyama meeting (and fighting), then joining the Karasuno volleyball team, and the team battling others all the way to the Inter-Highs. The volleyball aspects are well explained though and nicely weaved into dialogues. We learn about the libero when the libero appears. We learn about Quick As when Kageyama and Hinata perform a Quick A. There is no huge info dump in that manner; the viewer is pretty much spoonfed with information, one term explained at a time. The plot isn’t very original and average at best, but to be fair, Haikyuu is an anime where it’s more about the characters than the story. 

What I liked about Haikyuu was the fact that the show doesn’t rely on superpowers, even though it was somewhat unbelievable at some points. There is the fact that Kageyama can exactly pin-point where to toss the ball, for example, or Hinata jumping a felt hundred metres high. But except that, there are no laser beams emerging from the player’s eyes, there is no “super saiyan”-mode, nothing like that. And the best part is: Even the supporting cast thinks it’s weird. They think it’s weird when Kageyama perfectly tosses the ball to Hinata, who jumps a felt hundred metres high. They laugh when a character names his moves. I simply loved that because most sports anime tend to take those things for granted, which isn’t realistic at all. 

As previously mentioned, Haikyuu lives off its characters. The first eleven episodes are about the main team, Karasuno, which helps the viewer to learn and love the boys one by one, as most are characterized well, have good interactions with each other and their motivations are shown too. Then the opposing teams and characters kick in. There is the ”fated rival” Nekoma, who appears in three episodes and then vanishes into thin air with the promise to meet again in the Inter-Highs. There is Tokonami, the loser team, and Dateko, the team that caused the ace Asahi to have a volleyball trauma. But the only opposing team truly worth mentioning is Aoba Johsai which we get a lot to know of, as many of the players were once teammates or upperclassmen of Kageyama, but especially so Oikawa, who can be seen as the antagonist of Haikyuu. He gets such strong characterization and his motivations are laid out so well that it makes him easily one of the best characters in the series. Other characters who develop really well are Karasuno’s Tanaka – who gets introduced as one of the comic relief characters in the beginning and gets fleshed out properly later on – as well as Nishinoya, who is introduced as a hot-blooded, loud character, but quickly turns to one of the pillars of the protagonist team. 

I wish I could say the same about Hinata, but sadly, that isn’t true. While his motivations do get shown early in the series – as he is the main character – he still acts most of the time like a “volleyball Naruto”; hotblooded, highly friends-focused and especially annoying in matches, when he screams “Bring it on!” for the tenth time (even if it does get revealed that it has a reason why he screams that way). As for the other main character Kageyama, he certainly develops from the mean, oppressing attitude which brought him the nickname “King of the court” (no, that’s definitely not praise), to a person who learns to depend on others and to listen to them for once. I really like Haikyuu’s cast, save one or two characters, and they make the show very good.

The animation, as the studio behind the series is Production I.G, certainly does not disappoint. The scenes look crisp, the matches look fluid, and what I loved especially was, in some parts of the show, when the characters smash the ball – that was when the animation became a lot like a sketch and that was very impressive in my eyes. There is also a scene which was reminiscent to the Monogatari Series to me in Episode 21; when the vice-captain Sugawara wants to tell Kageyama to “do his best”, but stops in the middle of the sentence and the plain text “Let’s win” gets shown for two seconds. Sometimes the characters look off-model (especially the ones watching the game), and sometimes scenes are reused over and over again, but overall, it’s certainly a visual feast.

an example where the animation becomes sketchy

As for the sound, it always fits to the mood, and varies from electronic to straight up swing over rock; this applies to the opening and ending themes as well. A special mention belongs to the voice cast; there were many familiar and unfamiliar names, and all of them did a great job. All of them suit to their respective characters, but the one that shined the most was Oikawa’s voice actor and my favourite, Namikawa Daisuke, who made Oikawa to the great antagonist that he is.

The second opening theme, which kicks in in Episode 14. It fits to the mood the show has at that time, even if it is by no means an opening that fires you up.

When I watched Haikyuu on a weekly basis, I was looking forward to every next week, and loved every single episode. When I rewatched it once the show was over, I didn’t enjoy it that much. I thought the events before the Inter-High (which starts in Episode 15) to be average at best. But after the Inter-High started, that was when my enjoyment had a peak, especially so in the last match, Karasuno vs Aoba Johsai. To me, that’s when the series really evolves from the average sports anime to a great one. 

Haikyuu’s core theme is the team. It’s about learning to trust each other when you’re in a team, it’s about winning and losing as a team, it’s about overcoming obstacles as a team. For being that team-focused, Haikyuu really spends lots of its time for the viewer to get to know the team, and handles its characters with great care, even though the plot is by no means unique. It has great animation, a fitting sound and a wonderful voice cast. If you are debating whether or not to watch this, then don’t hesitate and start Haikyuu. You won’t regret it.

clement.bins - 2014-09-28 02:02:19

I’M BACK, Y’ALL.

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……..no applause, okay.

These past two seasons, we’ve been seeing quite a number of sports anime being released to the general public.  From Toei Animations’ spin on sumo wrestling, to Baby Steps’ tale of tennis, to the lovingly animated Ping-Pong The Animation (it’s actually pretty good, go check it out), to the H2O-someness (wink wink) of the second season of Free.

And then, there’s Haikyuu:  an anime about a sport I am not too familiar with.

To be honest with you guys, I never had any intention to review this anime when I first started watching it a few months ago.  It seemed rather……..unremarkable, I guess is the word.  Sure, it was produced by the animation powerhouse Production I.G, but I figured that it would just be one of those shows that you just watch and then eventually, after its finished, you just move on afterwards, kinda like…uhm….ah, Cup-A-Soup:  you eat it because you’re either hungry or there’s just nothing else to snack on.

I thought that this show was gonna be an average piece of entertainment, a plain bagel on a plain-white plate, a bucket of butterless popcorn, a cup of tea without…well, the actually tea flavor:  they fill you up, but there really isn’t anything else that makes you enjoy eating/drinking them, and thus, you don’t really prefer those kinds of dishes as opposed to the more flavoured ones (sorry, I was hungry when I was drafting this review).

However, after I found myself constantly doing this:

…..and this:

………aaaaand this:

I decided that this anime definitely deserved a review from your’s truly, so that I can preach its awesomeness to the anime community around the Internet world.

Seeee?  Ain’t I nice?

Now, a little background check:

Haikyuu was animated by the wonderful blokes over at Production I.G and was adapted from a Shonen Jump serial created by Haruichi Furudate.  It aired during the spring anime season of 2014 with 25 episodes, was directed by a guy named Susumu Mitsunaka, written by Taku Kishimoto, and falls under the shonen-sports-comedy genre.

Being a show made by the same production company as the ever-popular sports anime, Kuroko no Basket, naturally there is quite a tumultuous expectation for Haikyuu.  Add that to the fact that it is an ongoing Shonen Jump-liscensed manga (more publicity for both the anime and the source material), and you’ve got a bubbling soup of hype.

But the question is:  does this bubbling soup of hype provides both a filling AND delicious experience?  Or does it end up leaving a bad taste in our mouths by being bland and insubstantial?  (again, I was hungry)

Well, that’s what I’m here for.  So sit back and relax as I take your hands (yes even guys, I’m not sexist) and lead you into a magical story filled with black feathers, awesome uniforms, flightless crows, iron walls, city boys, and balls.

Yes.

Balls.

Yes I’m talking about volleyballs.

Although, the male count in this show does provide another meaning to the phrase “lots of balls”………..

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………..aaaaaanywaaaaay, I digress:

Our story starts off with Hinata Shoyo (our orange-haired little ball of energy) and his elementary volleyball team getting trampled on their very first tournament match.  Their opponents?  Kitagawa Dai Ichi: a powerful school team with a genius-level, but largely uncooperative, setter named Kageyama Tobio.  Vowing vengeance towards Kageyama, Hinata joins the volleyball team at his high-school months after the tournament, only to find out that SURPRISE! Kageyama is also on the team.  The series then follows the struggles of the Karasuno Volleyball team and their dream of reaching the top, no matter how high it is.

Now, for Haikyuu, the plot is mostly focused on going to the earliest tournament and practicing really hard to win; much like what you’d expect from shows of this genre.

But, what makes Haikyuu stand apart from other sports anime is its simplicity.  Simplicity in a way that makes it different; it doesn’t have as much hype and it’s not as edgy as most other sports shows out there, but it has a sort of calm, simple nature that makes it…well, divergent from all the action-packed, energy-filled sweaty-ness of meta sports anime.  Don’t get me wrong:  it has plenty of heart-pumping, exciting moments and its simplicity doesn’t make it boring in any way.  What I am saying is that the simplicity of this show adds a layer of realism to it, making it so much more relate-able and realistic.  Again, I don’t mean “realistic” in a dull way:  that layer of realism makes every match, and every moment for that matter, believable and presented for what it is.

And, by the way, “dull” is word that no one who watches this show will ever use to describe Haikyuu.

The comedy in this show is pretty spot-on, with apparent visual and acoustic changes to match the comedic moments.  The volleyball matches are abounded with exciting moments, albeit it can get just a tiny bit tedious in between, and can be edgy and hype-filled when it needs to be.

Most of all, this show is sooooooooooooo much fun to watch.

Now, I know it is kind of an aesthetic of a sports anime to be fun, but this show just contains BUNDLES UPON BUNDLES of fun.  Every point I’ve said about the show up to know all contribute to how fun it is, and that list is just beginning to unroll itself.

Now, how do you carry a sports anime, besides with the action-oriented games?  You create a bunch of well-rounded, supporting characters that give the show its flavour whilst at the same time being downright amusing and fun to watch on-screen.

Now, notice how I mentioned “supporting characters”; with Haikyuu, I’d like to believe that there is no protagonist.  Sure, you can argue that Hinata is the protagonist, or maybe Kageyama, or maybe both of them.  But, to me, every single member of Karasuno’s volleyball team is the protagonist.

The story plays out most of the characters in the team in a way that it features them all with a fair serving of screen time for each, most of them having some fairly decent background info.  We get to look at their motives, their abilities, their qualities, their defining strengths and weaknesses, and how they interact with other members of the team.  That last point is what makes the whole team a well-rounded character on its own, as they share the same experiences, feel the same things every match, and put on the same amount of work into the things that they do, something important that sports anime require for its characters:  that irreplaceable dynamic between the cast.

That leads into my next point, which is character interaction.  As I mentioned, character interaction for this show was just so well-done.  Members of the teams who have known each other for years are really obvious, senpai-kouhai interactions are also spot-on, and so are leader and follower roles, all because of how brilliantly written the interactions are between characters.

Character development is also a flavour of the day, as this show does a great job in providing change for the characters in this show with plausible reason.  This makes those characters a lot more relatable and, thus, likeable.  The characters who do change still retain some of their old habits, but the overall change is still noticeable, which is a brilliant touch, as it adds a bit of a quirk to them.

Very minute flaws abound the characters department for this show, including the rather timid characterization of one of the few main female cast members, but overall, Haikyuu does characters right and succeeds at making me care about each and every one of them.

Okay, let’s start with the negatives first.

Production I.G.  needs to learn about when to line-shade and when not to line-shade.  This pencil-style shadow-shading, to me, looks weird as it gives the shaded part an added dimension to them.  Also, considering that the line-shaded area was already shaded using traditional shadow-shading methods anywaaaay, I feel they shouldn’t have bothered and stuck to the traditional method.

 Another problem I had was how, when characters are talking to each other and the net is between them, the section where their faces are kinda fades away, sometimes entirely.  Sure, it gives a better view of the character’s faces and the emotions they currently have when they’re conversing, but it seems unnatural, especially considering how thin the net is anywaaays.

Okay, enough with the negatives.

The character designs for this show are quite well done, as each of them have a specific look that also, in some way, mirrors (or in some cases, contrast) their personalities, and that you can also normally distinguish one character from another.  Coming of course from Production I.G., the animation is above average; the way each match was animated was very fluid yet also edgy when it needs to be, giving those epic scenes a lot more impact.  Despite having to re-use scenes for repetitive stuff such as serving and receiving, it doesn’t feel too monotonous as the matches are sometimes fast-forwarded to a certain point, thus preventing too much repetitions to the point of dullness.

Overall, I have no complaints, really.  But, I mean, come on:  this show is from the company who animated Guilty Crown and Kuroko, among other things.

While the soundtrack does a great job in conveying whatever mood is presented in a particular scene, there really isn’t much to say about it.  That’s not to say that its below average, but its not totally above average either; it’s just….a little bit above average.  It has the right timing and the right tone to basically amplify the current hype level of a particular scene, give the emotional bits a little more impact, and even just provide nice and relaxing melodies during the nice and relaxing moments.  But beyond that there’s nothing else worth mentioning too much about the OST.

Now, the opening and ending themes are a different story.

Both of them are just a thrill to listen to, both as themes and even just on their own.  The opening themes represent their respective show brilliantly, having a sort of…..well, I can’t really describe what kind of vibe it has; it has an upbeat tone to it that gets you pumped up, but at the same time, its more toned down than something like Kuroko’s opening themes.

Well, whatever it is, it fits the show perfectly.

The ending themes as well provide a fitting end to every episode as well and are also very entertaining to listen to on their own, so thumbs up to that.

Enjoyment: 8.5/10

As if it wasn’t evident enough:  I really enjoyed this show.

There are just a myriad of things that I found enjoyable: the matches were intense, the comedy was spot-on for the most part and almost never failed to make me smile (or laugh at times, which is A LOT by my standards), the animation is fluid and intense and a real feast for the eyes, the characters were just magnificently done to the point where I feel that it wouldn’t be Haikyuu without them, the writing is brilliantly clever and can be emotionally-evoking when it needs to be, the build-up to each episode makes one crave for more; I can go on and on about the things I love about Haikyuu.

Really, the only things that’s preventing this show from getting a perfect score on my sheet are the moments where some cycles become repetitive, but even then the wittiness of the writing makes up for the points in the story that would rather be bland otherwise….which kinda doesn’t make it a flaw……..ah, whatever!

Additionally, this show has heart; you can sense how the characters are really into the game they love and how important every single match is to them.  This is a moral that I personally follow:  if you are passionate about something, give it your best shot, and you’ll have no regrets.

Cheezy stuff, I know, but let me do this just once, okay?

Afterword:

Overall, Haikyuu definitely hits the ball outta the park.  It does a lot of things well while being thought-provoking and enjoyable at the same time.  The execution of the entire series, along with fantastic writing and animation, made for a really unforgettable and enjoyable show with essence.  As I said, I believe that ANYONE can find something in this show that will pique their interest, because Haikyuu just excels at being a fun show with plenty of things done right and throws it all in a blender to mix into a drinkable form for everyone to enjoy.

While there are flaws, they are too far in between all the intense awesomeness that occur throughout the show.  Also, the anime isn’t technically over yet, and that kinda sucks because now I will either have to wait or read the manga to continue, which I’m not doing.  However, the good points out-weight whatever flaw this anime has, and I’m sure that anyone, even those who aren’t sports fans, can find something about this show that will have them talking about it for months, or even years, on end.

Never before has an anime swept their way into my list of favorites list with such profound grace.

Never.  Until this beautiful, glistening crow unexpectedly flew.

Haikyuu is available, at this time, for legal streaming over atCrunchyroll, where all the episodes are available for subscribers and non-subscribers alike, although applying for a subscription to unlock all the latest anime content earlier is always a good thing to do, so please go do that if you wish to do so.

antonietta.zboncak - 2014-09-24 16:01:44

This is definitely up there with the greats of sports anime and if you are a fan of the genre I highly recommend watching it. Its lovable, enjoyable and action packed.While this year has seen some amazing new releases, this might not be named as the anime of the year, but if you are ever in the mood for a heartfelt show about a bunch of friends playing a sport you've barely heard of, then give it a go. This is a great story of friendship and love of sport and should not be missed. 

bharris - 2014-09-24 15:09:37

really original anime i have never seen a anime about volleybal before
great characters has a good overall story with incredible animation         

the art is good the only kind of strange thing was is how they designed the faces that could be just me though 

apart from that great sports anime reminded me of kuroko no basket in a certain extent really if you like kuroko no basket you will love this one!

hilpert.arlo - 2014-09-22 21:29:35

Every now and then you find that special anime you just can't get enough of; Haikyuu!! is that anime.

Hinata Shoyo fell in love with volleyball and will do anything to stand on the court; he will never give up. After swearing revenge on the guy who crushed him he find himself in the same team as him in High School! Arriving at Karasuno High together they will find the meaning of true team spirit and struggle to reach the top!

What makes Haikyuu!! different than other sports anime. First of all, the high quality in animation. It's superb. Suddenly it hits you "Whoa! So good!". Second of all it's the characters. They all have different personalities that maybe wouldn't work together outside the court, but volleyball brings them together. And that's the best part; the volleyball. No flashy moves (maybe a few names but not flashy), just regular volleyball. And I love that.

The characters are well developed everywhere. This anime is what I wish Prince of Tennis would have been. Characters you remember, some flashy, some not, but overall the love for the sport is always there and peers right through your heart. It's so very human. I laugh with them, I cry with them, I cheer them on and wish to see more of their journey!

Haikyuu!! will definitely be worth your time! The only regret you will have is that you didn't wait until the 2nd season (there WILL be a second season!).

jeremy.bins - 2014-06-15 10:13:43

A cool and funny anime that is a MUST to watch. If you like Kuroko no Basket, you will LOVE Haikyuu!! The anime contains strong elements of team spirit, communication and trust that would inspire you to the ends of the world.