Haikyu!! Collaboration with TBS Volleyball

It has been announced that TBS Volleyball will collaborate with the anime "Haikyu!!", based on the popular volleyball manga by Haruichi Furudate. A collaboration video between "Haikyu!!" characters and Japanese volleyball players has been released on YouTube to support the two major tournaments, the Volleyball Nations League 2025 and the 2025 World Volleyball Championship, which will begin on August 23rd.

"Haikyu!!" was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from February 2012 to July 2020. The story follows Hinata Shoyo, who suffered a crushing defeat in his final official match in middle school, as he reunites with Kageyama Tobio, a member of the opposing team, at the Karasuno High School volleyball club, where they move on to higher education, and the two of them aim to reach the top. The total number of copies of the comics, including digital versions, published is over 70 million.

The first season of the TV anime aired from April to September 2014, the second from October 2015 to March 2016, the third from October to December 2016, and the first cour of the fourth season aired from January to April 2020 and the second cour from October to December 2020. The first part of the film version "FINAL" series, "Haikyu!! the Movie: Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump", was released in February 2024 and was a huge hit, grossing over 20 billion yen worldwide. It has also been announced that a sequel, "Haikyu!! The Movie: VS the Little Giants", will be produced.