Haikyu!! (Japanese: ハイキュー!!, Haikyū!!, from the kanji 排球 "volleyball") is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name by Haruichi Furudate. The anime television series adaptation produced by Production I.G was announced on September 22, 2013. The series is directed by Susumu Mitsunaka, with Taku Kishimoto handling series composition, Takahiro Kishida providing character designs, and Yuki Hayashi and Asami Tachibana composed the music. The story follows Shoyo Hinata, a boy determined to become a great volleyball player despite his small stature. It also focused on the Karasuno High School volleyball team and the relationship between players Hinata and Tobio Kageyama.
The first season aired from April 6 to September 21, 2014 on MBS, other JNN stations, and with English subtitles on Crunchyroll. It has been licensed for digital and home video release by Sentai Filmworks. A second season aired from October 4, 2015, to March 27, 2016. A third season, titled Haikyu!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy (ハイキュー!! 烏野高校 VS 白鳥沢学園高校, Haikyū!! Karasuno Kōkō VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Kōkō), aired from October 8 to December 10, 2016. Sentai Filmworks has also licensed the third season.
A fourth season, titled Haikyu!! To The Top (ハイキュー!! TO THE TOP), was announced at the Jump Festa '19 event, with a "kickoff event" for the new series being held on September 22, 2019. Masako Satō replaced Susumu Mitsunaka as director, with the returning staff from the previous seasons. The fourth season premiered on January 11, 2020 on the Super Animeism block. It was later announced that the fourth season would be split-cour, with the second cour supposedly to air in July 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The second cour aired from October 3 to December 19, 2020. Crunchyroll simulcasted the fourth season. Recently, the anime series ran for 85 episodes overall. The series uses fourteen different songs for credits music: seven opening themes and seven ending themes.
Multiple original video animation (OVA) episodes have been released. "The Arrival of Lev!" was released on November 9, 2014 following the first season, "Vs. "Failing Grades"" was released on May 2, 2016 following the second season, and "Special Feature! Betting on the Spring High Volleyball" was released on August 4, 2017 following the third season. Two new OVA episodes, "Land vs. Sky" and "The Path of the Ball" were released on January 22, 2020 at the beginning of the fourth season.
Cast and characters[]
| Character | English voice actor | Japanese voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Shoyo Hinata | Bryson Baugus | Ayumu Murase |
| Tobio Kageyama | Scott Gibbs | Kaito Ishikawa |
| Kei Tsukishima | Leraldo Anzaldua | Kōki Uchiyama Tomo Muranaka (young) |
| Tadashi Yamaguchi | Cameron Bautsch | Soma Saito Hiro Nakajima (young) |
| Daichi Sawamura | Justin Doran | Satoshi Hino |
| Kōshi Sugawara | Adam Gibbs | Miyu Irino |
| Asahi Azumane | Orlanders Jones | Yoshimasa Hosoya |
| Yū Nishinoya | Greg Ayres | Nobuhiko Okamoto |
| Ryūnosuke Tanaka | Greg Cote | Yū Hayashi |
| Chikara Ennoshita | Adam Noble | Toshiki Masuda |
| Hisashi Kinoshita | Blake Shepard | Nobuyori Sagata |
| Kazuhito Narita | Gabriel Regojo | Koutaro Nishiyama |
| Kiyoko Shimizu | Rebekah Stevens | Kaori Nazuma |
| Hitoka Yachi | Brittney Karbowski | Sumire Morohoshi |
| Ittetsu Takeda | Gareth West | Hiroshi Kamiya |
| Keishin Ukai | David Wald | Kazunari Tanaka (seasons 1–3 episode 8) Hisao Egawa (season 3 episode 9 onwards) |
International broadcast[]
| Country | Network(s) | Local title |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | MBS TV, Iwate Hōsō, i-TV, TV Kochi, Nagasaki Hōsō, Oita Hōsō, CBC TV, Akita Hōsō, RSK Sanyo Hōsō, Nishinippon Hōsō, Tohoku Hōsō, RCC Broadcasting, RKB Mainichi Hōsō, Ryukyu Hōsō, TV-U Fukushima, Hokkaido Hōsō, Niigata Hōsō, Hokuriku Hōsō, Aomori TV, TV-U Yamagata, Kumamoto Hōsō, Fukui TV, Shizuoka Hōsō, Tulip TV, San-in Hōsō, TV Yamaguchi, Tokyo MX, BS11, Animax, TBS, BS-TBS, Niconico Channel, AcTVilla, Animehodai, Amazon Prime Video, GyaO! Store, GyaO!, Tsutaya TV, d Anime Store, DMM.com, HAPPY! Video, Hikari TV, Movie Full, U-NEXT, Rakuten Showtime/Rakuten TV, Video Market, J:COM On Demand, Video Pass, Milplus, dTV, Bandai Channel, PlayStation Video, MBS On Demand, Movie Full Plus, MBS Videoism, FOD, Netflix, TVer, Google Play, Geo TV, Videx JP, | ハイキュー!! |
| International | Funimation, Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video | Haikyu!! |
| Southeast Asia | Animax | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Federalna TV | |
| Chile | ETC | |
| Croatia | HRT 3 | |
| France | J-One | |
| Germany | ProSieben Maxx | |
| Indonesia | GTV | |
| Italy | Man-ga | |
| Kyrgyzstan | TRK NTS | |
| Philippines | ABS-CBN, Hero, Yey!, Viu | |
| Portugal | SIC Radical, SIC K | |
| Spain (Catalan) | SX3 | |
| United States | Hulu, HIDIVE | |
| China | Youku, Tudou | 排球少年！！ |
| Taiwan | CTV, EBC Movie, Animax | |
| Hong Kong | TVB J2, TVB Jade | 排球少年 |
| Iran | IRIB Nahal, IRIB Omid, Namava | آبشار سرنوشت |
| Spain (Spanish) | Canal+ Series Xtra | Haikyu!!: Los Ases del vóley |
| South Korea | Animax | 하이큐!! |
| Thailand | POPS, True4U, TrueID, Workpoint TV | ไฮคิว!! คู่ตบฟ้าประทาน |