Haikyuu!! Movie: Gomisuteba no Kessen

Kenma Kozume has never considered volleyball fun or thrilling: it is merely something he is good at. But now Nekoma High School's volleyball team has qualified for the Spring Nationals and prepares to battle their long-standing rivals—Karasuno. Now, Kenma has to analyze the most confounding and resilient team and lead Nekoma to victory against them. Moreover, he will play against his friend Shouyou Hinata, Karasuno's short but incredibly proficient middle blocker.

Karasuno has never been able to beat Nekoma in practice matches. Even so, despite his usual indifference, Kenma feels a tinge of excitement at the prospect of facing Karasuno in a high-stakes official game with no do-overs. To advance to the semifinals and ultimately restore their team's former glory, Karasuno must find a way to overcome Kenma's brilliant strategy and defeat Nekoma in their own territory.

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Hinata, Shouyou Main

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Kageyama, Tobio Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Kozume, Kenma Main

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Kuroo, Tetsurou Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Nishinoya, Yuu Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Tsukishima, Kei Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Bokuto, Koutarou Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Sugawara, Koushi Supporting

Irino, Miyu Japanese

Akaashi, Keiji Supporting

Oosaka, Ryouta Japanese

Tanaka, Ryuunosuke Supporting

Hayashi, Yuu Japanese

Maeda, Toshihiro Producer

Morihiro, Fumi Producer

Taguchi, Shouichirou Producer

Matsushita, Keiko Producer

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May 31, 2024

Cia_Scarlett

Recommended

As a manga reader, after getting tired of no continuation from the previous season and having re-read the manga about 8 times in total, I would say they did a decent job at the animation. There are definitely a lot of stuff cut out from the manga with most the attention being given to Hianta and Kenma, which to be fair makes sense with the movie running time of only 80 mins. The highlight for me was the voice acting with Kaiji Yuuki-sensei and Murase Ayumu-sensei doing absolutely so perfect at voicing the hyped emotions behind each line. The OSTs and cinematography was chef's ... kiss and the pacing was decent for all the cutting up they did. I was at the edge of my seat this whole time and shaking even though I already knew what would happen.

In conclusion, I would say it is recommended, but if you are a fan of some specific characters from the manga, then I would also understand why you would have mixed feelings.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 31, 2024

itzonlaught

Mixed Feelings

First time I can say, that they didnt elevate the source material. Lots of skipped content. The emotional dynamics was done well. Overall instead of feeling like I was watching a volleyball anime. I felt like I was watching an anime sprinkled with volleyball. No tension, no urgency in the match. Still giving this a 7/10 bcuz I love haikyuu but very sad I waited so long for this. Understand a lot of people like the anime for purely the character dynamcis, I agree i also loved it for that. But the volleyball aspect made me grow to love a sport I knew nothing about. ... 2 full rallies in a 3 set match was not it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 5, 2024

bobobobobos

Not Recommended

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Don't watch if you are expecting a good movie, you'll cry. Not because its a great movie, but because of how they ruined it.

Very disappointed while watching this. So bad I genuinely did not want to finish. Just a cash grab to turn these into movies instead of spending time creating meaningful episodes and a real character arc for Hinata / Kenma (or any character for that matter). It should be the entire team vs the entire team, instead its just focused on Hinata vs Kenma. Tsukishima was way out of character. No mentions at all for anyone else, they were on the screen for ... like less than 2 minutes each. Animators just wasting time with backstories and cutaways to side characters that have little to no meaning. Animation felt extremely rushed compared to the rest of the show. There was absolutely no build up, making major moments incredibly meaningless. Genuinely appalled at this standard that is being set, especially when To The Top is one of my favorites.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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