A much more casual video than usual, just having a discussion around the final movie and what's left to come. Shoutout to my old laptop I last used at Uni that somehow managed to run premiere pro and survive (did sound like a jet engine at times though lol). THOUGHTS ON THE MOVIE: Just gonna give a short answer cos I'll probably make a video on this: I loved it, absolutely loved it. But yeah, the runtime definitely still needed to be longer.

Not making a season 5 of haikyuu was a mistake from the beginning

it's kinda amazing how the manga has some of the best sport matches i have seen, and some great anime episodes, and the studio decides to say "fuck it, 2 movies"

I can’t believe this series is really coming to an end. Haikyuu impacted me so much, and got me to start playing volleyball going in high school. Now I’m playing as the libero in my college. It truly has taught me so much and changed my life. That being said I truly loved watching the movie and it was worth the wait

Movie 1: Nekoma Movie 2: Kamomedai OVA/mini season: Brazil Movie 3: Jackals (post credits olympics) Easy math

perfect timing I just watched the movie today. It was good, very good but it could have been on that legendary level if it got more time to cook (I watched in the cinema btw as its being released outside of japan now).

Just got home from watching it, and it's a love-hate relationship. It was great visual wise, but the off-screen points and missing scenes threw me off. I got to the point where I thought the match was going to end in the first hour. In my opinion the kamomedai match should be the next movie along with everyone saying goodbye. Then turn the Brazil and jackal arcs into a series. One final movie to cover the rest is ridiculous to even thing about.

To be honest, I am hopeful that, just like Demon Slayer, and the Mugen train movie, that it might be adaptated into some episodes and expanded upon It may be just me being naive,but there is still a chance. :)

As someone who read the manga after watching the movie, in my opinion at least I think it covered everything about as well as it could’ve, the emotional moments really stick out as powerful to me and the message of pushing yourself to your natural limits with Kenma is a powerful one. The choice to do the final rally from kenmas pov was a really strong choice and left me tearing up. That being sad, it’s easy to say this movie did feel a little rushed. Missing a bit of the dynamic scenes from previous matches but the animation quality itself is was overall spectacular, especially toward the end. I’d probably give it a 7/8 out of 10

I watched movie today. I had almost crying and so much goosebumps but... They literally CUT a lot of chapters from manga. 2.8min/chapter and some of these were cut....

The next movie will probably only be the komomedia match and not include the time skip or the black jackal match. It would be nice if they included the bokuto match

Just watched the movie and I *loved* it, but do wish they could have extended it closer to 2 hrs so we could get more scenes, more rallies. Still an amazing adaptation though, highly recommend anyone on the fence to go watch it. As for the remaining parts, I really really hope for 2 movies but like you said I don't think they want the time skip to be on its own. It would honestly just work best being back in an episode format but I highly doubt that, so we can only pray for a longer movie

I just saw the movie yesterday. I got the earliest tickets I could find. I watched with my sister who loves haikyuu as well. She thought it was great, as did I. However, I did feel it was a bit short, just a bit. I don't read the manga, but I do feel it differently paced from the anime.

I don't know why they are doing this to Haikyuu when it is obvious one of their biggest fish of the industry

I honestly think the biggest sin was the shortened runtime, but not only just because there was so much cut content/shortened arcs and quotes (when ukai simply said “the hardest path is in fact the easiest” without the context of before), it was the fact that they couldn’t have gone wrong with a too-long movie, the entire overarching story between the two is how exhausting the match is, how long it drags out, the sapping of stamina of both teams to the point where they spend time DURING A RALLY hoping that the ball will just fall so they don’t have to move anymore. Missing out on that entirely was probably my biggest criticism, and the other one was the complete lack of reaction from the gym, sure you had the cheers and the cuts to reactions, but in the manga it is THE match going on, the place is going absolutely nuts to the point where Bokuto is looking over and getting inspired by just how nuts the place is going on these exhausting rallies with incredible spikes and digs, I don’t know, it just felt a little underwhelming for me

I just saw the movie, and I was NOT disappointed!!

It's a strange feeling when you're in a theater with a bunch of people who are stoked for the movie, but you're all such introverts that you sit in silence for 90 mins, instead of raving on the internet about the three month hype train that would be a seasonal release. I was the only one in the theater who said "Yamaguchi nice serve!" Where my nakama at?!

To me, the movie was extremes I loved it and I hated it I hated it because the movie was trying to fit 35 (manga episodes?) into an hour and a half. The amazing thing that I loved about Haikyu from season 1-4 is the character arc, the inner monologues, the growth, evolution of the team as individuals and together. This movie hardly made that impact since it's only an hour and a half long. The animation style was very different. The angles of the shots, the synchronised attacks, all those animation styles and choices were completely different and I wasn't the biggest fan. What absolutely slapped about the movie was it was Haikyu. And we love Haikyu.

I’ve seen the movie twice and it was pretty enjoyable. However, 85 minutes was criminal. Thinking about the next movie is painful tbh, I love Haikyuu so much and I would’ve wanted 10 more seasons Hopefully they will make the next movie longer, and they will be able to streamline the story properly, without losing it’s essence I’m still very sad about the course they chose A fill season 5 with Nekoma and Kamomedai would have been ideal, and then a post time skip movie if not a season 6

I've watched the film and it's great! Most of it is in the film BUT 1) you can't stay in the moment for even a second before the next thing happens. And 2) they're able to squeeze as much as they can because they skip points (a la matches before Shiratorizawa), the Nekoma match went through so long because you really were in the match experiencing everything as it happens. This isn't necessarily a good or bad thing, just a difference that I observed. The first point is definitely a big downside of the film. You're not allowed to breathe at all in between moments.

i just watched the movie today and i thought it was honestly really good and defo didnt disappoint even in comparison to the haikyuu manga/prev anime as a whole . however it was noticeable to me, even though im an anime only rn, that they cut out a lot of the rallies and smaller developments leading to some very minor “choppiness” and rushed feeling just as someone who’s rewatched the show countless times and is familiar with the matches, but i can still say confidently that the parts that were animated were done beautifully and definitely left an impact on me. i can definitely see it being even better though- perhaps even a masterpiece if it was allowed to simmer for longer …. overall it’s a brilliant addition to a brilliant series and i rlly hope the haikyuu as an animated series is completed with just as much care and time 😢😢

I was talking to a friend and we suspected it’ll end at kamomedai with everything else just showing up as a flash montage at the end… everyone I’ve talked to has been hoping it’ll pull a demon slayer and release an actual season for these arcs after the movies and flesh everything out more especially after the success we saw in this movie.

Probably a very unpopular opinion but to me even the nekoma vs karasuno match felt very rushed ( I am anime only btw ). The flashbacks didnt have enough time to settle in, the impactful hype moments passed by way too quickly. I really hope they do what demon slayer did and make the 2 movies into a full 25 episodes series with extra scenes, giving us about 4.6minutes/chapter which is more than enough. This is one of my favourite anime and to see it end like that is just sad.

While Haikyuu up to season 4 was already good, how the manga continues afterwards elevated the series to a 11/10 for me. It's so unbelievably rare that a series somehow gets better with time, but Haikyuu even manages to end with a bitter sweet yet fully satisfying roar. With that said, I've been feeling completely dead inside since watching the movie yesterday, similar to game of thrones' ending. What the hell happened? So many pivotal scenes and breadcrumb stories were skipped, and the touching ones that were in (like Zukki and Yamaguchis serve&block part) were sped through with a few image flashbacks. Hinata's first few boom jumps in the manga still give me shivers, but the one we got in the movie was underwhelming as shit. I don't know how it's possible that Ukai senior's final ghostly handshake elicited next to no reaction from the theater audience. Not once in the years I've waited for this movie did I think it could be bad or even mediocre. The source material is so insanely good and the shows prior season's have been incredible, even during the COVID era. Yuki Hayashi has been consistently bringing scenes to life through his music FOR YEARS, but after the movie, I wasn't able to come up with a single banger. Aside from Kenma's incredible final POV rally, I consider this movie a weak 4/10, which is lower than many of the throwaway OVAs.. I'm genuinely bummed for all the fans who already like the show but who will likely miss out on the manga now that there is a lower-effort medium available. Shit I'm bummed just in general to the point where my morning workout felt like an anemic slog. Maybe I'm the problem and had way too high expectations to think that this wouldn't be yet another half-baked anime movie.

3 movies would be best, but realistically they: (1) definitely cut parts of not just the kamomedai game but every big arc they decide to animate, (2) cut Fukurodani game, (3) end short with a positive note meaning end of Brazil arc or end of Jackals game (maybe deciding at a later time to cover the untouched material) but likely end of Brazil arc/start of Jackals game

Making the movie 2 hours would have fixed so many things I still really loved the movie but it would have been better at 2 hours or as a regular season

I’m going to be watching it soon, obviously I’m sure manga readers will be disappointed with cut content but I’m hopeful that anime-onlys will not notice any pacing issues and get a great finale.

Dang dude I wasn’t expecting your video on this out so soon lol

I don’t understand why they don’t just either make more movies or had normal seasons hell even longer movies

I'm an anime only. I did hope that the movie was at least 2 hours 30 minutes long, The second half of that arc felt a bit rushed, Noya and Asahi didn;t get enough epic moments, its all true. BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS INSANEE SEEING THIS IN A THEATRE. With a packed audience cheering and hooting with the same love you have for this show. Yes, the movie should've been longer, but I really will never wish for it to have been a season 5 instead of a movie, cause then I would have missed out on such an insane experience

I watched the movie then carefully going to the manga as I am anime only. But I noticed a lot of scenes from the manga that was cut out in the movie. I loved the visual in the movie and still appreciated the hard work and the quality of the animation and the sound engineering but it lacked that off courts scenes I missed.

What sucks as well is the distribution of the film. I live in a decent size metro area. 4 cities that is about the same size as KC. We have six theaters within 20 minutes of me and none showing Haikyuu movie. I need to go 2 hours away to watch it.

Like most of you, saw the movie earlier. And although i enjoyed it, it did fall short of my lofty expectations. I expected more build-up from certain scenes and more epicness from others. It made me think that having this all in 1 movie and not waiting for a weekly chapter to build up the hype took a lot of those aspects out of it. And without getting into the specifics for spoiler reasons, i also preferred some words used in the manga translation over the subs here since it just gave more impact. Overall, my take was this was more of a tribute movie over an actual animated movie adaptation of the source material. I still enjoyed it but the long wait since the last season to the release of this movie made the anticipation hard to match and unfortunately didnt do it for me

I'm guessing they'll take 90% of the time to do the Kamomedai match and do the post time-skip as if it was something like a "post-credits" scene, possibly ending at the start of the MSBY x Jackals match the same way that the manga ends at the start of the Olympics match. Or maybe they'll just skip that match entirely, who knows?

just watched after re-binging all previous seasons. the animation and sound effects were amazing in theaters! But I think I def was too short I think more time would've made each moment hit harder bc it just felt like checking boxes of perspectives that needed to be shown instead of fleshed out. Fav is still shiratorazawa arc

I'm thinking the next movie will be the next match + a short follow up to show the olympic team I imagine hoishumi says his iconic "i'll be waiting for you" and we'll get an anime original "I'm here" but at the olympics given run time I can only hope

I desperately hope that the success the dumpster battle had will make them decide to make two more movies and at least one OVA. OVA for Fukurodani vs Mujinazaka. Movie for Kamomedai vs Karasuno. Movie for Brazil + Jackals vs Adlers

For the last part. I think maybe it should be a season. But after watching the Nekoma vs Karasuno movie. I believe it was the right decision. Having it episodically, and drawn out to 12 episodes...AGAIN like Shiatorizawa ...having it as 1 CONTINUOUS GAME was much more interesting than 1 episode per week. BUT that's because this is the game we've been anticipating since the beginning, but the Kamomedai is one we can get as a season

I think that alot of the brazil arc can be cut out and moved more into a montage of what hinta did to get to the level he end up at and they could honestly end the series with him scoring the point where he puts his arms and says "im back" or whatever it was that he says. They can pan to Kagyamas devilish smile and maybe the reactions of his former teamates and then fade to black with him having his arms up. IMO that would finish off the series well showing hinta reached the peak and while the outcome of the match is a full circle moment, we dont need to see him win yo finish his story because the story is about him achieving his goals despite his disadvantages and i think that moment encapsulates that idea very well

I was thinking this too!!! Thank you!

this is also my concern as well, im not sure who proposed making it into two movies but i hope they regret going forward with this decision. im worried they will rush through the national arc and go into ts or just do national arc and that's it i really hope like you said they will do 2hrs for the second movie and maybe a small glimpse of ts... really want to see the miya twins, omi, etc to all be animated

I know it's not gonna happen, but my ideal scenario: - Short 10-epidode season with Kamomedai vs Karasuno match and Fukurodani match (mini flash-forward to Brazil at the very end) One week after the last episode airs: - 2nd Movie drops covering Brazil arc (about one third of runtime), MSBY vs Adlers, and Olympics (just the last minutes)

Its amazing how people still think the next movie will adapt EVERYTHING THATS LEFT. Not that hard people, its obvious the nest movie will be just kamomedai ffs

I have watched the movie a few days and I love it. I also have the same worries too. I think they will mention a little bit only about the Kamomedai vs Karasuno match and Brazil arc in the final movie, focusing on the match between MSBY Black Jackals and Schweiden Adlers and some post credits for the Olympic.

the movie isn’t out in my country so i wonder how much i’ll be waiting 💔

I loved it. But I really felt like it was too short. It would have been better if they made it into another season. Or they should announce another or few more movies NOW haha.

Sending a 🙏 for a final seasonal cour to adapt the final arcs. It would be a shame to not adapt them because they are incredible. I really want anime onlys to experience Furudate's writing reach its zenith. To shorten them would be unfortunate, to cut it entirely would just plain suck.

the brazil arc is my favorite arc thus far, pls i need it q-q

The movie was really good! But it was missing one of Haikyuu's biggest strengths for me: showcasing everyone's contribution. It was good for my Kenma-loving heart, but even then I was always waiting for Kageyama, Yaku, and Noya's shining moments. I didn't specifically remember what those moments were as it's been a while since my last reread, but I knew they had them bec Furudate had always emphasized the strengths of even his smallest side characters. I felt it was criminal to basically cut all of Kageyama's highlight moments bec those also tie in directly with Hinata's. I will hold out hope for a season 5, and 6, and 7. 😢

I'm also scared of it, as the manga still had so many good scenes in those parts, and seeing some missing, especially at time-skip, would suck.

I feel the last movie will start at the end of the game before the drama, quick montage/recap to show the fall out. The movie act 1 will starts in Brazil after the intro, and it is Hinata learning and growing before Jackyls which will finish the last act and short epilogue with the Olympics

I thought about watching the movie today, but now I'm unsure. I love haikyuu, yet the manga may do the story more justice.

Afaik the next movie is called final part 1 but hey that might be just bad translation from the site I read about it or I might have misunderstood it. Fingers crossed it's two movies or one very big 3.5/4 hour movie

Loved following/reading this series so much, and I did really enjoy the movie! That being said if they do cut out/cut short the last arcs like Brazil/Jackals/Olympics it would leave a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. I thoroughly enjoyed the Jackals game a huge amount and it really shows the amount of growth Hinata gained as a player. It would be a huge shame for anime-only's not to experience that magic

I'll watch the Garbage Dump movie soon (probably at monday). I have a lot of high expectations for some scenes, especially... to avoid as much spoilers as possible, I'll only use the words "cage" and "BAM". About what to expect for the next Haikyuu animations, I can't help but have high hopes for the Brazil arc (Furudate visited the country to make them justice and, well... I'm brazilian, so it's quite cool to see the country exposed positively, as a place to hone volleyball skills). HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO AVOID THEM, BE CAREFUL: It's sad to think about not having the Fukurodani match, Bokuto's development there is awesome. Also, I like a lot how Hinata and Oikawa develop a friendship in Brazil, but I guess it will be extremely rushed or not shown at all.

I'm gonna watch the movie with my friend but man, why couldn't they just make a season 5 and maybe the final match between black jackals and adlers asa mini movie or something, that would be much ore practical bc between S4 and the end there are like 100 chapters between that, so much stuff that I just don't know how is gonna fit in 2 movies especially cuz the first one is just gonna cover karasuno vs neko man but just like you said a trilogy would be pretty good, the second movie covering komomedai match and 3rd one the post timeskip would probably be ideal

I honestly wouldnt mind if they cut some of the matches short. We've seen plenty of matches in the anime, and I found some scenes in season 4 to get a bit repetitive. Honestly, the most I remember from the manga is the brazil arc, further character development with where everyone ended up in the future, and the msby match. Honestly the characters themselves are what drew me to Haikyuu so much. I just hope they highlight the characters in the final movie. //Also maybe a controversial take: I wouldnt mind if the Kamomedai match ends up being just a flashback and we start off with Shoyou in Brazil

they can do a oikawa journey after he loses to karasuno and goes to argentina and then join it with the hinata brazil arc for a movie oikawa is so very beloved and interesting character it MIGHT work? if we get 3 movies ofc

The Last Arc NEEDS to be SLOW. If they don't adapt the Last Arc with a little bit of slow pacing it won't do justice to the manga's ending. Also there are 4 Arcs left after the movie. 1. Fukorodani vs Mujinazaka - Doing this arc in OVA won't make any sense. Its like 90% Bokuto and Akaashi's character development. (i don't want this to be nekoma vs fukorodani where the skipped through most of the things) 2. Kamomedai vs Karasuno - I think they can rush a bit here but I would personally like more of Hinata playing with the blockers left and right. 3. Hinata in Brazil - I need this arc to be slow and just focus on Hinata's development. 4. Schweiden Adlers vs MSBY Black Jackals - They need to go all out on the animation.

my preference would be next kamomadai match as a movie and bokuto's match and brazil to a full season would be justice to the fans

Ok I don't care if I get hate or not but... WE NEED THREE MOVIES! TWO ISN'T ENOUGH.. To fit 76 chapters into a movie won't cut it. Plus we have already seen Aoba Joshai, Shiratorizawa, and Nekoma get games. (I can't watch the first and second cause I have Netflix) So let Kamomedai get a movie for its own! And then do a timeskip movie. I haven't been able to go see the dumpster battle cause of being busy but it's absolute bs that we might get a movie with 76 chapters where each chapter only gets 1.2 MINUTES OF SCREEN TIME!!!

Three movies is not enough. We needed at LEAST a full season. This is really sad

In short if your an anime only I implore you to go and read the manga in order to get the full experience with nothing cut

I'm worried about the second part as well, so I am hoping that the last movie is longer because there is no way they can finish off the rest of the manga in the same amount of time as this movie.

That’s why I really want like a final series to come into play! Like just for the final arc!! AGHHH 😭😭😭

Can anyone tell me if they cut out Hoshiumi's other game? Ik they showed him win at the end of the movie, but in the manga was the whole game shown? I read the manga a while ago and some of my absolute favorite chars were shown there (Kiryuu, Hirugami), im gonna be so sad if their matches are just completely ommited

i am PRAYING for a 3rd movie after kamomedai's match but i dont think it will happen

My hope still is that after making money with the movies they will take them to make a series out of it like they did with demon slayer. Because I agree the Haikyuu ending was a piece of art. It was such an important message about maturing and every single chapter was thrilling in the final game as well as holding meaning for the individual characters. Plus it was an astounding love for detail that the series would have ended after 8 years in the year of the Japanese Olympics (covid ruined that one too) , which is the same time span between the beginning and end of the series.

Hey ...I just have a very selfish demand...I know the video is about Haikyuu and I am sorry for commenting about something which isn't related to the video but.... If possible I would really love it if you could cover the character story of Vash from Trigun Stampede Remake By Studio Orange...I just feel like Trigun's remake is the most unappreciated thing in the anime industry...from the animation ( it is THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN PERIOD. ) , to the story ( incredible. ), to the sound tracks and characters... By the end of ep3 , you are completely hooked in...I guess it goes so unappreciated becuz the first two eps are thoroughly used to set up the world. The world of trigun is very complex...full of mysteries n such. And yes, I also hope that the Haikyuu manga gets justice...It was kinda sad to see the legendary battle get such less screen time. It still pains my heart...

I’ve been going back and forth on this, but I think they’d show kamomedai for 45 mins, 15 Brazil (mix in some flashbacks) to the rest of the Jacks game. End credit is just all the people doing their own jobs and the end is Oikawa and Olympics. I hate they’d cut any of it (loved it all) but it happens.

i got this feeling this feeling that 2nd movie, at best, they will end it at the beginning jackals, specifically the "IM HERE" [4:31]

Honestly? I think Brazil will be shortened, based on the way the recap movies are cut - I think Pedro, Heitor, etc wouldn't be there, I think they'll do a montage, MAYBE a beach volleyball round then Black Jackals and then Kagehina fist bumping in the Olympics

i rejust literally finished watching it lmao. as a manga reader, the pacing was definitely fast. but if you are an anime only, i feel like then pacing will be alright. thats all i could say.

I wanted it go like this, 1st movie Karaneko match, then season 5, then final movie. And if theyre not gonna do a s5 then they better make that final movie 4 hours long 😁

So what you are saying is (I only watched till the sexond spoiler warning), that I'll get the choice ebtween reading the manga - which sin't gonna happen, volleyball just doesn't work as a manga for me (likely cause I have no...feeling for it, since I'm more thna fine with blue lock but I also PLAYED soccer for over a decade ad never truly stopped so far) - or watch a movie that's gonna be super rushed in terms of pacing, likely cutting tons of stuff to even remotely fit it, which tends to end in them cutting stuff that'd actually be important as that always somehow seems to happen...in other words, Haikyuu basically is done, or to be considered to be done for me? :(

They could release the last movie in two parts like how they do with all the popular series. Like the rest of the nationals in Part I with a sneak peek into Brazil scenes and all the remaining flashforward scenes in Part II. But we all know they won’t 😭

As someone who only read the manga after the ending of the nekoma game (like only those remaining chapters and nothing else), can anyone give me a brief rundown of stuff that was cut? Just curious

Can someone please tell me if there's a next movie of haikyuu comming up ? Or should i watch this in theatres to be on the safe side?

I watched the movie yesterday and love it, however it left me wanting more.

So they are gonna squeeze the kamomedae match and the final arc together!? Omg it’s GOT season 8 all over again

so is this right after the latest episode of the anime?

I think the movie will start on Kamomedai/Karasunos last set, with Hinata in the other room. We’re gonna right from that to Brazil with the last HS match sprinkled in via flashbacks, right into the final match of the manga. Even this way it’ll feel rushed I’m certain.

I swear if they cut or don’t animate and just so manga panels of the Brazil arc I am going to Japan to take care of them 3:00

They did the same thing for the stage play. Everything after the Nekoma match was crammed into the final play. Haikyuu Stage is already a much more condensed version, but fans were still complaining about it so much. Haikyuu Stage was wildly popular (with fans even flying in internationally), so it was never a matter of lacking interest or funds. So their plans for the second film is not a surprise but still largely frustrating. I want to hope that they change their minds but what's announced has been announced. I don't want to hold up hope and be disappointed for something that was never expected to happen.

I kind of accepted this when it was first announced but now I'm fully aware that there's no way bokuto's match is gonna get adapted.

Finished watching the latest movie, and I'm still praying they change minds and go for a 5th season and get one final movie 😭🧡

I know only one more movie is supposed to be released but I think they will just adapt to the end of highschool for it and then adapt everyone's adult lives in a set of OVAs or something small.

its a shame that the rush the series final like that so many character interactions and great moments get lost for movie watchers i hate that evry anime continues or finishes their series with a movie for a quick cash grab

I think it’s fair to assume that “FINAL” means the final matches of Nationals. The whole time skip arc will probably have its own season lol

Oikawa definitely wins at the Olympics

Praying for the dream scenario 🙏

I feel like given the time frame and the content, the movie was very well thought out and directed. Sure the vibe and pacing differs from their usual style and I honestly think that if they remade the entire movie into a typical anime season w ~13 episodes (like what they did for the demon slayer mugen train) it’ll do the entire series much better. Decided to rewatch Haikyuu after watching the movie and felt that a lot of inter-team interactions, subtle comments and the players’ thought processes (excluding kenma’s) were just not there or not enough. The movie placed a huge spotlight on kenma which is nice but a lot of background was just missing

I agree that they will cut off 95% of the Fukurodani match, showing at least a couple of rallies but I also think they'll release an OVA with the match at some point. That leaves us with roughly ~30 mins of each arc, Kamomedai, Brazil, and Jackals match. Which is quite good if you ask me, prolly Jackals match won't be as long as it's more of a celebratory match and wrapping up of the series. Also, the Kamomedai match doesn't have quite the moments to make it as long as other matches. Gao's rivalry with Hoshiumi can be left mostly undeveloped, and Hirugami's journey probably as well (though I'd really like if they didn't). I have high hopes for this, the movie has been a revival for the series and it's doing reaaaaally good, so they might steer towards a more lenghty movie, or even another movie. Really hope they can deliver the great end this series deserves.

Hey, so haven’t read the manga. Haven’t watched the movie yet and probably won’t be able to till the digital release since the movie didn’t release in cinemas in my country. Should I read the manga or wait?

I think they will just NOT show anything from the timeskip - and if demand is high enough, they will annouce another movie for 2027 - the 15th anniversary. Or maybe even 5 years later, who knows...

I think they _are_ going to cut the whole Brazil arc. They'll gloss over it training montage-style. Either the Kamomedai or Schweiden Adlers v. MSBY Black Jackals match will be drastically shortened. An argument could be made either way - the whole "who is the next Small Giant" storyline on one hand, and the Hinata v. Kagayama payoff on the other, so I think the Kamomedai match will be shortened if not cut entirely or just kind of glossed over as a leadup to them not getting to the finals of the tournament and going into the training montage, which I think is also a distinct possibility. I would hate that - I love Hoshiumi - but it saves having to introduce a whole new character to a potentially uninitiated audience and would leave more space for the Hinata v. Kageyama match. The (possibly post-credit, as @francophiriamahia1900 suggests) end will be the shot of Hinata and Kageyama's fist bump after the first rally against Argentina with the voiceover copied straight from the manga. I think there is a possibility the only way we're going to see the Kamomedai match animated is in an OVA or mini-series, regardless of the success of this first movie. [edit] And I don't think we'll ever see the Bokuto match animated. Speaking of success: does anyone know how well it is doing? Where I went it was in a small room of a multi-screen cinema, which was optimistically maybe half full. Granted this was the second weekend of it running and in that cinema it was on at least once a day every day. [edit] I loved the movie. I don't think they cut anything that was critical to the story, but they obviously definitely did cut stuff that fans will have missed (me included). By the same token, I felt there were definitely several moments that you had to know at least the anime for to understand what was going on - little "insider jokes", if you will. Like for example, they actually expanded the first meeting of Hinata and Kenma, but never explain what the context for that meeting was. And the emotional moments definitely hit home for me, very well supported by the amazing soundtrack.

Sadly the next movie will probably just be the Kamomedai match with a 2-5 minutes scene at the end with the credit for the Brazil-V1-Olympic as a clip compilation. It sucks big time, let's hope that it doesn't end like this.

I love bokutos match as well and it so sad anime onlys won't get to see it

okay quick question. is movie 2 confirmed officially?

We still have left the mujinazaka vs Fukurōdani match