Haikyu!! (2014): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2014, Haikyu!! is a comedy, drama, animation and action & adventure series.

What it’s about. Based off of the original Weekly Shonen Jump manga series from Haruichi Furudate, Haikyu!! is a slice-of-life sports anime revolving around Shouyou Hinata's love of volleyball. Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama's team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama. After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.

Who’s in it. Haikyu!! stars Ayumu Murase as Shouyou Hinata (voice), Kaito Ishikawa as Tobio Kageyama (voice), Daisuke Namikawa as Tooru Oikawa (voice) and Nobuhiko Okamoto as Yuu Nishinoya (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.6/10, Haikyu!! sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel and Netflix Standard with Ads and rent or buy it from Google Play Movies. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Haikyu!! page.

If you liked it. Fans of Haikyu!! tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, My Hero Academia, One Piece and The Umbrella Academy.