Haikyuu!!
SportsAthletic competition and the world around it.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10HopefulPersistent optimism in the face of adversity.This show: 8/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 8/10Feel-goodReliably uplifting television that leaves you lighter than it found you.This show: 8/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Ayumu MuraseKaito IshikawaYu HayashiSatoshi HinoMiyu IrinoKôki Uchiyama
Starring
Ayumu MuraseKaito IshikawaYu HayashiSatoshi HinoMiyu IrinoKôki Uchiyama
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Haikyuu!! Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | ||
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| S1 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.5 | |
| S2 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 8.8 | |
| S3 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| S4 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 8.8 |
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About
"Volleyball drawn like it actually matters"
A short, hot-blooded teenager obsessed with volleyball talks his way onto a once-legendary high school team that's fallen on hard times, teaming up with a gifted but prickly setter he used to rival. What follows is match after match of tightly choreographed volleyball, rendered with real tactical detail and constant momentum shifts. It's less about melodrama and more about the specific joy of a well-executed play, with a deep bench of opposing teams who each get their own personality and stakes. Warm, funny, and surprisingly tense given the sport.
Watch it for
the way individual rallies are animated with genuine tactical tension and payoff.
Maybe skip if
you find sports minutiae tedious or need fast plot movement outside the court.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12014
8.530K2510h
Two boys who were bitter volleyball rivals in middle school join forces on their high school team to take on other schools with a vengeance.
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Season 22015
8.526K259h 59m
Hinata, Kageyama and the rest of Team Karasuno head to Nekoma's special training camp in Tokyo to prepare for the Spring High Tournament.
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Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy2016
9.315K104h
The Karasuno High volleyball team has finally made it to the Miyagi Prefectural finals. But they're up against the reigning champs: Shiratorizawa.
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TO THE TOP2020
8.626K2510h
New challenges lie ahead as the team prepares for Nationals. But when Kageyama is invited to a training camp, Hinata takes matters into his own hands.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Ayumu Murase Shoyo Hinata
Kaito Ishikawa Tobio Kageyama
Yu Hayashi Ryunosuke Tanaka
Satoshi Hino Daichi Sawamura
Miyu Irino Koshi Sugawara
Kôki Uchiyama Kei Tsukishima
Sôma Saitô Tadashi Yamaguchi
Nobuhiko Okamoto Yu Nishinoya
Yoshimasa Hosoya Asahi Azumane
Hiroshi Kamiya Ittetsu Takeda
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