Volleyball Manga 'Haikyuu!!' to Get TV Anime Adaptation Due Spring 2014

by symbv
Sep 22, 2013 12:32 PM | 137 Comments

According to the promotional posters sent to bookstores for the upcoming volume 8 of the manga, volleyball manga "Haikyuu!!" will get a TV anime adaptation scheduled in spring 2014. Haikyuu!! was written by Furudate Haruichi and started serialization in Shounen Jump in late 2012. So far, seven volumes have been published and volume 8 will be released on October 4th. Staff and cast information has not been disclosed yet; however, the cast for the vomic (voiced comic) made in November 2012 was as follows:

Hinata Shouyou: Kenn
Kageyama Tobio: Maeno Tomoaki
Sawamura Daichi: Yanagita Junichi
Tanaka Ryuunosuke: Motohashi Daisuke
Shimizu Kiyoko: Uchida Maaya

Official manga website: http://www.j-haikyu.com/

Source: Promotional Poster for Bookstores via Yaraon 1, 2

Haikyuu!! on MAL

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Seiyuu for the main cast announced, and it is different from the seiyuu voicing the Vomic:

Hinata Shouyou: Murase Ayumu (Gatchaman Crowds: Rui, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun: Haru)

Kageyama Tobio: Ishikawa Kaito (Gargantia: Ledo, Tokyo Ravens: Harutora)

Oct 16, 2013 7:18 AM by symbv

Xinception said:

Kella said:
Yeah, I'm so happy! I was waiting for this!
Kuroko No Basket is going to end soon, WSJ needs to pump up its new promising sports manga...
I can't wait *w*
(I hope they'll keep the same seiyuu of the Vomic for Shouyou and Tobio...they were perfect!)

Confirmation? Or just speculation?

I answered you on Kuroko No Basket's page, we're off topic.

Oct 15, 2013 2:29 AM by Anny

Confirmation? Or just speculation?

Oct 12, 2013 8:29 AM by Xinception

The chara design looks great, exactly like the manga. I'm really looking forward to see them animated ^^

Oct 8, 2013 9:45 AM by Anny

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-08/btooom-s-kishida-designs-characters-for-haikyu-anime

Hmm, the director of Inaba with the series compositioner of Bunny Drop.

Oct 8, 2013 9:41 AM by AbZeroNow

Red_Keys said:
Soo.. I'll ask again because nobody answered.

Is there any romance?

Hohoho. You know what? After reading the latest chapters, I think there might be some kind of romantic subplot.

If you were talking about "boyxgirl" romance, I mean.
Anyone surprised? è.é

Oct 8, 2013 9:40 AM by Anny

ZetaZaku said:
Pretty boring for a sports manga.

I think it's pretty boring for a manga, not just sports manga.

Oct 8, 2013 6:57 AM by rainbowcakes

Soo.. I'll ask again because nobody answered.

Is there any romance?

Oct 7, 2013 10:31 PM by Red_Keys

^ That matches with the original announcement that it will start in Spring 2014 as April is the beginning of Spring cour.

Oct 7, 2013 10:26 PM by symbv

April 2014 release according to official website http://www.j-haikyu.com/

Oct 7, 2013 9:36 PM by Wind_Sr

j-haikyu.com has a special anime page now.
Anime official Twitter: @animehaikyu_com

Oct 7, 2013 3:25 AM by Shadow-Chan

I adore the manga, so happy they're going to make an anime! :D
CAN'T WAIT ;D

Oct 7, 2013 12:24 AM by Matix

Started the manga a while ago and liked what I read, very much looking forward to this anime. :D

Oct 6, 2013 9:40 PM by clow_card

wow, I love anime/manga like this! I'm so excited c: gonna check manga before anime will be aired ^_^

Oct 5, 2013 12:48 AM by _orionis

I love volleyball in real life (Brazil National Team is effing great) and with Kukoro and Free! I found out that I love some bishies doing sports stuff xD

Gonna watch it ;)

Sep 28, 2013 12:07 PM by bele88

Oh nice :D
I'll look forward to another sport anime :P

Sep 28, 2013 8:11 AM by 10makunn

Hiryu12 said:
Awe-som-azing!!!!

I'm always down for some sports anime. And this time it's volleyball! One of my favorite sports.

I've watched:
Basketball (Slam Dunk, Kuroko no Basket and Dear Boys)
Cycling (Nasu: Summer in Andalusia and Yowamushi Pedal this season)
Tennis (The Prince of Tennis)
Baseball (Major S1 and One Outs (on my PTW))
Soccer (Offside and Hungry Heart)
Swimming (Free!)
Boxing (Hajime no Ippo)
Athletics (Suzuka)
Ice Skating (Ginban Kaleidoscope)

A badminton anime would make my life even better... =)

watch giant killing too

Sep 28, 2013 3:39 AM by drinkbeer

Awe-som-azing!!!!

I'm always down for some sports anime. And this time it's volleyball! One of my favorite sports.

I've watched:
Basketball (Slam Dunk, Kuroko no Basket and Dear Boys)
Cycling (Nasu: Summer in Andalusia and Yowamushi Pedal this season)
Tennis (The Prince of Tennis)
Baseball (Major S1 and One Outs (on my PTW))
Soccer (Offside and Hungry Heart)
Swimming (Free!)
Boxing (Hajime no Ippo)
Athletics (Suzuka)
Ice Skating (Ginban Kaleidoscope)

A badminton anime would make my life even better... =)

Sep 28, 2013 2:35 AM by Hiryu12

Yes! I'm so stoked for this!

Sep 25, 2013 11:12 PM by adrenalineasian

Shounen Sports anime? I'm so in.

Sep 25, 2013 9:12 PM by Mayuka

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