It has been revealed that the new theatrical version of the anime "Haikyu!!" based on Haruichi Furudate's popular volleyball manga, "Haikyu!! the Movie: Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump", has exceeded 5.1 billion yen in box office revenue. The film was released on February 16th and reached the box office revenue of 5 billion yen in 17 days. It was a big hit, with an audience of approximately 3.59 million people.
"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 team, where they move on to higher education, and the two of them aim to reach the top together. The series has sold over 60 million copies in total.
The first season of the TV anime will be from April to September 2014, the second season will be from October 2015 to March 2016, the third season will be from October to December 2016, and the first season of the fourth season will be from January 2020. In April, the second season was broadcast from October to December.
The movie version is a two-part series, and the first part is an episode that follows the battle against Inarizaki High School that was depicted in the fourth season of the TV anime, and the battle between Karasuno High School and Nekoma High School, which is also popular in the original work, "Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump" is drawn. Like the TV anime, it will be produced by Production I.G.