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Haikyu!!

type	tv series
director	Susumu Mitsunaka (#1–60) Masako Satō (#61–85)
producer	Wakana Okamura Toshihiro Maeda Fumi Morihiro Keiichi Tomura (#1–25) Shinya Shinozaki (#1–60) Tomoyuki Saitō (#1–60) Kozue Kaneniwa (#1–60) Yū Honda (#61–85) Mayumi Kurashima (#61–85) Shōichirō Taguchi (#74–85)
writer	Taku Kishimoto
music	Yuki Hayashi Asami Tachibana
studio	Production I.G
licensee	Crunchyroll
network	JNN (MBS)
first	April 6, 2014
last	December 19, 2020
episodes	85 + 5 OVAs
episode list	List of Haikyu!! episodes

Haikyu!! (ハイキュー!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 volumes. The story follows Shoyo Hinata, a boy determined to become a great volleyball player despite his small stature.

An anime television series adaptation produced by Production I.G, aired on MBS from April to September 2014, with 25 episodes. A second season aired from October 2015 to March 2016, with 25 episodes. A third season aired from October to December 2016, with 10 episodes. A fourth season was released in two split cours from January to December 2020, with 25 episodes. The anime film series titled ''Haikyu!! Final will be released in two parts, which serves as the finale of the series; the first part titled Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle, was released in February 2024, and the second and final part titled Haikyu!! vs. The Little Giant'' is set to be released in 2027.

In North America, the manga has been licensed by Viz Media, while the anime series has been licensed for digital and home release by Sentai Filmworks.

Both the manga and anime have been met with positive responses.

Plot

Junior high school student, Shoyo Hinata, becomes obsessed with volleyball after catching a glimpse of Karasuno High School playing in the Nationals on TV. Of short stature himself, Hinata is inspired by a player the commentators nickname 'The Little Giant', Karasuno's short but talented wing spiker. Though inexperienced, Hinata is athletic and has an impressive vertical jump. He joins his school's volleyball club—only to find he is its sole member, forcing him to spend the next two years trying to convince other students to help him practice.

In the third and final year of junior high, some of Hinata's friends agree to join the club so he can compete in a tournament. In his first official game ever, they suffer a crushing defeat to the team favored to win the tournament—that included third-year Tobio Kageyama, a prodigy setter nicknamed 'The King of the Court' for both his skill and his brutal play style. The two spark a short rivalry, and after the game, Hinata vows to defeat Kageyama in high school.

Hinata studies and is accepted to Karasuno, the same high school the "Little Giant" played for, but is shocked to discover that Kageyama has also chosen to attend Karasuno. Karasuno is revealed to have lost its reputation as a powerhouse school following the era of the Little Giant, often being referred to as 'The Wingless Crows' by other local teams. However, by combining Kageyama's genius setting skills with Hinata's remarkable athleticism, the duo create an explosive new volleyball tactic and develop an unexpected but powerful setter-spiker partnership.

Along the way, Hinata and Kageyama push each other into reaching their full potential, and Hinata develops relationships with his first real team, thus beginning Karasuno's journey of redemption to restore their reputation and make it to the Nationals.

Both Hinata and Kageyama aspire to be professional volleyball players, and make a promise to one another after they graduate from high school that no matter what, they will both play on the same court again. They have a remarkable bond and devote their lives to each other and the sport of volleyball.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate, Haikyu!! was initially published as a one-shot in Shueisha's seasonal Jump Next! on January 8, 2011.[4] A second one-shot was published in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on April 25, 2011.[5] Haikyu!! started its serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 20, 2012.[6] The series finished on July 20, 2020.[7][8] Shueisha collected its chapters in 45 volumes, released from June 4, 2012, to November 4, 2020.[9][10]

At their panel at New York Comic Con, North American publisher Viz Media announced their license of the manga and released the series in 2016.[11] Shueisha began to simulpublish the series in English on the website and app Manga Plus in January 2019.[12]

A spin-off titled Haikyubu!! (ハイキュー部!!), illustrated by Kyōhei Miyajima, was released in Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website from May 13, 2019, to March 24, 2025.[13][14] Its chapters were collected in 14 volumes, released from November 1, 2019, to September 4, 2025.[15][16]

A 16-page special one-shot chapter written and illustrated by Furudate, centered on Karasuno High vs. Nekoma High showdown in different angle, was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 5, 2024.[17] A book from the original manga, titled ''Haikyu!! Volume 33.5, which includes a 16-page manga, character illustrations, the storyboard for chapter 322, and a Q&A with Furudate, was given to the Haikyu!! the Movie: Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump'' theatergoers on February 16, 2024. The book had a limited print run of 2 million theatergoers.[18]

A spin-off focused on Hinagarasu, the series' mascot character who is a parody of main protagonist, Shoyo Hinata, started in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine on January 5, 2026.[19]

Radio drama

A radio drama for the series was broadcast in November 2012 on TV Tokyo's Sakiyomi Jum-Bang! program, with multiple voice actors providing voice samples for the characters.[20][21] It was later distributed in December 2012 via Shueisha's Vomic website.[22]

Anime

An anime television series produced by Production I.G aired from April 6 to September 21, 2014, on MBS, other JNN stations, and with English subtitles on Crunchyroll.[23] From episodes 1–13, the opening theme song is "Imagination" by Spyair, while the ending theme song is "Tenchi Gaeshi" by Nico Touches the Walls.[24] For episodes 14 through 25, the opening is "Ah Yeah" by Sukima Switch, and the ending is "LEO" by Tacica.[25] "Ah Yeah" is also used as the ending for episode 14, which has no opening. The anime has been licensed for digital and home video release by Sentai Filmworks.[26][27]

Original video animations

Four original video animations (OVA) episodes have been released. The first, "The Arrival of Haiba Lev", premiered at the Jump Festa on November 9, 2014, and was released on March 4, 2015, in a limited-edition DVD release of the anime Haikyu!!, along with the 15th edition of the manga, while the second, "VS Failing Grades", premiered at the Jump Festa on November 3, 2015, and was released on May 2, 2016, in a limited-edition DVD release of Haikyu!!, along with the 21st edition of the manga. Two more OVA episodes, "Land vs. Sky" and "The Path of the Ball", adapting the Tokyo Nationals qualifiers story arc from the manga series, were released on January 22, 2020.[50]

Compilation films

Supplementary compilation films have been released following the airing of the anime. After the first season and before the second season was aired in 2015, two compilation films were released. The first movie, Haikyu!! The Movie: Ending and Beginning (劇場版ハイキュー！！終わりと始まり), was released on July 3, 2015, and the second movie, Haikyu!! The Movie: Winners and Losers (劇場版ハイキュー！！勝者と敗者), premiered on September 18, 2015.[51] Two more compilation films were announced after the third season, in March 2017.[52] Both films were released in September: the first film, Haikyu!! Genius and Sense (ハイキュー!! 才能とセンス), on the 15th and the second film, Haikyu!! Battle of Concepts (ハイキュー!! コンセプトの戦い), on the 29th.[53]

Anime films

On August 13, 2022, two ''Haikyu!! Final anime films were announced, serving as the finale of the series.[54] The first film, Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle'', was released on February 16, 2024.[55] In April 2024, Crunchyroll announced that they had acquired the North American and select international theatrical rights to the film. The film was released in the United States and Canada on May 31.[56] The second film, ''Haikyu!! vs. The Little Giant, is set to be released in 2027 along with the anime short Haikyu!! Where Monsters Go''.[57][58]

Video games

''Haikyu!! Tsunage! Itadaki no Keshiki was released on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on September 25, 2014.[59] Haikyu!! Cross Team Match was released on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on March 3, 2016.[60] Shoyo appears as a support character in the Jump crossover fighting game J-Stars Victory VS'' for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita.

Stage plays

A series of stage plays titled Hyper Projection Engeki: Haikyu!!, directed by Worry Kinoshita, began running in 2015, starring Kenta Suga as Hinata.[61]