Haikyuu!!

2014 • TMDB 8.6 • 4 seasons • Animation, Comedy, Drama

Overview

Shoyo Hinata is short for a volleyball player, but he has something no height chart can measure: a jump that seems to defy gravity and a refusal to quit. Inspired by the legendary “Little Giant,” he builds a team from nothing in middle school, only to run into the “King of the Court,” Tobio Kageyama, and lose badly. Fate has a sense of humor, though — when Hinata arrives at Karasuno High, his bitter rival is standing on the same side of the net. What follows is one of the great sports stories in anime: a fallen powerhouse of a school clawing its way back, one practice, one set, one impossible rally at a time. Karasuno is not a team of prodigies; it is a team of misfits who learn to trust each other, and every match becomes a test of that trust. The volleyball is animated with breathtaking speed and precision, but the real engine is the cast — loud, stubborn, funny, and fiercely loyal kids who make you care about every point as if it were a championship.

Creator and Main Cast

Haikyuu!! is based on Haruichi Furudate’s manga, airing on MBS, TBS and CBC from 2014 to 2020. The voice cast includes Ayumu Murase as Shoyo Hinata (85 episodes), Kaito Ishikawa as Tobio Kageyama (85 episodes), Yuu Hayashi as Ryunosuke Tanaka (82 episodes), and Satoshi Hino as Daichi Sawamura (81 episodes).

Seasons Snapshot

Haikyuu!! ran for 4 seasons and 85 episodes, plus 9 Specials. Season 1 (25 episodes) premiered on April 6, 2014; Season 2 (25 episodes) premiered on October 4, 2015; Season 3, Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy (10 episodes), premiered on October 8, 2016; and Season 4, TO THE TOP (25 episodes), premiered on January 11, 2020, ending with episode 25, “The Promised Land,” on December 19, 2020.

Why Watch Haikyuu!!?

Haikyuu!! is the rare sports anime that converts people who have never watched a volleyball match. The matches are staged like thrillers — every serve, block and spike lands with real tactical weight — yet the show never loses sight of the friendships and rivalries driving them. Hinata and Kageyama’s partnership, from enemies to the most feared duo in high school volleyball, is one of anime’s great double acts, and the supporting cast is so deep that even opposing teams earn your affection. Funny, tense and genuinely moving, it is a series about effort, teamwork and the joy of flying, however briefly, above the net.

Trailer

Watch the official trailer on YouTube: Haikyu Complete Season 1 – Official Trailer

Where to Watch

In the US, Haikyuu!! streams on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, Hulu, and WeTV. Availability was checked against JustWatch US listings on October 29, 2026, and may change over time.