Genres: comedy, slice of life, tournament Themes: sport, volleyball Objectionable content: Mild Plot Summary: Shōyō Hinata began playing volleyball after seeing the “small giants” who played the sport when he was in elementary school. He suffers a crushing defeat in his first and last tournament in middle school at the hands of his rival Tobio Kageyama. So, Hinata joins Kurasuno High School’s volleyball team, vowing revenge against Kageyama. However, Kageyama is also on Kurasuno’s team. The former rivals form a legendary combo with Hinata’s mobility and Kageyama’s precision ball-handling. Together, they take on the local tournaments and vow to meet Kurasuno’s fated rival school in the nationals. Number of Episodes: 25 Vintage: 2014-04-06
Genres: comedy, drama, tournament Themes: sports, volleyball Objectionable content: Mild Plot Summary: Hinata, Kageyama and the Karasuno volleyball team have had their fair share of losses, but that won’t keep them down for long. Practices begin anew, training camps are held and rivals are made. Number of Episodes: 25 Vintage: 2015-10-03
Plot Summary: The start of the volleyball national championship is here. The season follows both Nekoma’s and Karasuno’s matches. Number of Episodes: 12 Vintage: 2020-10-02
Cosidering some of the titles Sentai has licensed, I’d say length has little part in it.
More than likely this is a TOHO title and Sentai has a relatively decent relationship with them, to the point of them licensing everything they’ve held international rights to in the past few seasons (i.e. Engaged to the Unidentified, Fantasista Doll, Majestic Prince, and MEGANEBU!).
Or maybe they’re hoping for a little Free! style action with this show: something for the ladies (and BL enthusiasts): young, attractive guys sweating it up on the court slapping a ball back and forth. Going by that pic and PV, doesn’t look anywhere as ridiculous as Eyeshield was.
[url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Watch-Anime/Haikyu/1/1/Play/jp/en][/url] [b]Episode 01 is now LIVE![/b]
[url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Watch-Anime/Haikyu/1/2/Play/jp/en][/url] [b]Episode 02 is now LIVE![/b]
That was actually better than I thought it would be.
I’m generally kind of “eh” about sports anime, since I don’t really like sports in real life, but I can see me enjoying this one a bit.
Let’s see if Ep. 02 holds up.
[url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Watch-Anime/Haikyu/1/3/Play/jp/en][/url] [b]Episode 03 is now LIVE![/b]
[url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Watch-Anime/Haikyu/1/4/Play/jp/en][/url] [b]Episode 04 is now LIVE![/b]
[url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Watch-Anime/Haikyu/1/5/Play/jp/en][/url] [b]Episode 05 is now LIVE![/b]
[url=http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Watch-Anime/Haikyu/1/6/Play/jp/en][/url] [b]Episode 06 is now LIVE![/b]
