Apologies all, I know I said on the last video I'd make the next one an actual Kenma video, but I've not really had the time to sit down and focus on writing the script this week. I did also get a lot of requests for it, so even though I wasn't orginally planning to make this video I decided to go ahead and do so. Anyway, the video probably came off a bit more critical than intended, I still thought the film was INCREDIBLE, it's just annoying knowing what the potential for it could have been. Oh well, all we can do is pray they give the next one more runtime. See you soon for the Kenma vid!

Man, not showing the grandpa ukai backstory with nekomata, not giving nishinoya much credit for rolling again after realizing he was in front of asahi, not giving the bam jumps a more impactful sound effect when stuff like asahi’s spikes got a very powerful sound around the whole theater. It was amazing, but all these little things make me want to give it a 9/10

Making it into 2 movies instead of an anime series is a big mistake imo.

I’m so happy to know that others feel as strongly as I do about the story, characters, and all related to Haikyuu. I can point out many contenders like FMAB, Frieren now and many others but I do see Haikyuu as an undisputed number 1 spot to me. It’s insane how a human being can create such a touching story.

It’s not hit me yet, how much we’ve missed with the movie being so short But I felt while watching it that I’ve had been more than happy to sit in the cinema for 10 hours. Gonna read the match again soon, and I’ll probably feel frustrated

I'm an anime only and still felt the rushed pacing of the movie. It didn't have nearly as much character moments as previous matches

So I just watched it last night. And while it was everything I wanted for all the big heavy points. I kept thinking man they’re skipping a lot of points here. It feels like I’m watching both Nekoma and Karasuno be tired after only a few rallies when the game would’ve just started. I wished it would’ve gone for like 3 hours tbh. I didn’t want it to end.

We can only imagine how much better it would have been as a full season but I can appreciate just how well they adapted it with the limited time they had. I love the show for the characters much more than the actual volleyball, but damn were those rallies insane and the Kenna POV had my jaw on the floor the entire time.

As a former athlete, Haikyuu saved my career. The manga ended right before my senior year of college (last year of being a student-athlete), back then I thought I’d lose my identity once I retire. BUT Haikyuu taught me otherwise. Furudate taught me that there’s more to an athlete than their sport and it has opened my eyes that all the work I put in as an athlete won’t just fade away. Haikyuu is the reason I’m who I am now. It is my favorite manga/anime of all time. And I am genuinely scared to watch the movie since it is my favorite match of the series.

huge rant incoming Its not even about the cut parts, even thought they obviously matter a lot. It’s about what haikyuu does the best and imo no other series has done it as good as furudate does in haikyuu. I’m talking about the build-up that leads to powerful and emotional moments, such as Tanaka’s cross shot or hinata receive back in season 4 or Tsukishima block on Ushijima in season 3. Everything combines for that, tempo, pacing, animation, angles and very important - music and sound design. And I’m a die hard fan of haikyuu both anime and manga, but the movie failed miserably here. These moments, when they’re properly done, are what makes you think about the movie for days and not want to let go these feelings that you felt during the watch time. The impact they have is crazy and people sometimes miss out on it, I’ve been going crazy after my favorite moments in the series, like the ones I mentioned before and couldn’t get them out of my head, but this movie just flew right through. It lacked the impact that it supposed to have, and I know they wanted to show the quick pacing of the game and how quickly it can just burst through the time but that wasn’t it. But still there’s many to praise as well, the animation was through the roof, it was action packed and it did not leave a room to breathe to show how fast-paced the game is and the last point pov from kenma was an incredible experience. It’s obvious that 80 minute movie simply can’t perfectly visualize over 30 chapters, that’s why it’s really sad they didn’t go for season 5. I feel like it would be a spot on 25 episodes season for nekoma and kamomedai with mujinazaka vs fukurodani game in between. I just hope that my favorite upcoming match won’t be butchered.

i absolutely loved the kenma POV at the end, but one of the panels that really had an impact in the manga was kenma yelling "the ball hasn't dropped yet." His facial expression and lev's and kuroo's reactions really hit home kenma's true enjoyment of the match but in the movie, it was just a one liner that was glossed over during the POV scene. Really wished that one part got to be a scene but the POV scene was still great.

Agreed, I was so suprised when the movie showed the tireness of the players (thought it was the 5th set), but for the movie length and action scenes werent long enough for me to think it was a long time

i hope the final part is remade into a series. this series is one ive really loved from the start. theres no anime series i love the way i love haikyu. it has so much realism engraved into the hyper anime-esque outrageous moments. the little details feel so real and above all it shows so much which ive seen as a sportsman

I've been anime-only for Haikyuu and to be honest, the movie felt really enjoyable at first. But after finding out there were still so much content missing from the manga, it slowly felt like I was shortchanged. Looks like it's back to the manga for me. Feels like I understand your frustration though. In Slam Dunk, Shohoku's penultimate Inter High match against Sannoh in the recent movie missed out some content from the manga too, including the personal feud between Rukawa and Sawakita, and Sakuragi's clutch moments which were only superficially explored. But many fans still enjoyed the movie.

I absolutely agree on all of that! It was a phenomenal movie, but there's so much more they could've accomplished with it. Slowing down the pace to let viewers soak in the glory like the manga does would have cemented the scenes in our minds much more. The movie is great if you've read the manga because you already know the key moments and get to see it in moving action, but for anime-onlies, there's a lot they leave out or zoom through that they miss out on. However, I'm very happy they animated Bokuto and Kuroo switching hairstyles. That is one of my favorite panels in the whole arc. It's also very nice seeing how many manga to anime shot for shot frames there are. The animators really do try and keep the anime loyal to the manga the best they can. I was excited and thrilled leading up to watching the movie in theaters, and that feeling continued as it started. The destined battle was epic on the big screen.

Fr I don’t know why but I remember that the feeling while reading it was that it was sooo long as a match like I felt how frustrated and how tired they were and when I watched the movie the first thing that hit me was "wow that’s way too fast" because of how different it was from the manga

Hope they do like Demon Slayer, releasing a movie and then an episode anime module. Its really a shame that it feels so rushed on a match that is known as slow and persistent by nekoma. Really hope that this wish comes true.

You put my feelings about the movie into words! Just wanted more and the end of the movie is so rushed it didn't feel as satisfying

i loved this movie but um i wish it was more focused on karasuno and their moments 😭 i especially feel like kageyama was pushed aside during this movie… turning it into s5 would have done the characters and the stories do much justice

Volleyball nationals for my country just ended a month ago and that kenma pov scene is exactly how i felt during those games man. It shows people how intense and fast paced a real volleyball game is. Such a good scene. ❤

Completely agree, saw the movie in theatres, the intensity, speed and action was on point, especially the first person bit of Kenma. Though the stuff that got left out had me feeling sad, not because they split things into 2 movies is because there is so much that I can’t see them being able to fit in to the next movie, I won’t spoil anything but they’ve got to adapt at least 2 matches 1 that is a must and the other that is important but not mandatory, then they have the time skip, which splits into Hinatas trip, the match between Hinata and Kageyama as part of pro teams and then the closing of the series with everyone playing together at the Olympics/Kageyama and Hinata meeting in the finals of the pro league. If all that gets skipped there are sure to be a lot of disappointed fans, myself included. My hope is that this gets the same treatment as AoT, the studio realizes that 2 movies is not enough and fans are pissed that content will get cut and then have to slog to get a series of specials or another movie to get the rest in, though wouldn’t be happy if we have t go through the same waiting nonsense we did with AoT.

The cost saving will bite in the end. The movie is so much less than it could have been, so I’m not inclined to rewatch. So there goes a future sale. On the other hand, I think I’ll look up how to read the Manga and get all the stuff I’m missing so that department gets a win.

I’m hoping they realize the demand for the series now after the movie released and pray they reconsider to either do 2 more movies (komomedei game and Brazil arc- jackles vs alders) but even that would seem rushed

it really does feel like it would be amazing if it just had 1 more episode worth of length to it

100% felt the same! Solid movie, but there were enough scenes that would've gone so hard if they just added 15 minutes to the movie, and the vibe of it being such a physically exhausting match may have come across better! Hope the success causes a ripple effect for the movie to come, but here's hoping

The theatre experience was so exhilarating. Cheering Along with fellow fans add so much to the overall experience

As a manga reader, I felt the anime movie did a pretty good job with the adaptation. As someone who read the match as it was releasing chapters, it was frustratingly slow at many times during that match since Nekoma is such a defensive team and they weren't letting any balls drop for the most part. It's a shame a few important points and panels were omitted from the adaptation but in exchange we had some brilliantly animated rallies, especially the Kenma POV shot and the Kuroo vs Tsukishima rally. It's unsettling to think about how the series is supposedly ending with the next movie but with the success of this movie, I hope a 3rd movie comes into fruition.

I actually like the movie more than the manga while the manga does embody nekoma more I really like the emphasis they put on the rivalry between hinata and Kenma and the way that that culminated into the pov shot was so impactful in a way the manga just couldn’t achieve

I know you do AMAIZING videos always, and I really want to see one about Nekoma. But if you have the possibility and time, someday please make one about bokuto, specially about the game when he realized the position of the ACE, the one that he was in the other court. Grettings from MEXICO! LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, NEW SUBSCRIBER

I wished haikyuu would have as much episodes as one piece even though its almost impposible. This anime is so good and i could stand how long one piece is and immlooking for more

Movie was awesome, but maybe if we got those extra 20 minutes, we would have more of Kai, Asahi and Daichi on the screen

I'd love to watch this one, but sadly, over here it's still another 3 weeks until I can watch the movie here so I hope I'll remember to come back^^

I really hope if sales go up the make another season or one more movie, because we have too much stuff they won’t be able to cover with two movies.

This is very interesting to hear, my personal case with this movie is, well, not very ideal haha. I went to see it because of a dear friend of mine that loves this anime invited me to, i have not watched a single episode of haikyuu but i did my homework on what were the characters names and basic information (only for it to be told to us like 3 minutes in the movie with the game introduction, i felt dumb). So saying i was a bit lost was an understatement, but i found myself really enjoying this movie and it's characters. While time went along, i lost myself in wonder with how chaming the story was and how nice the interactions are. It really made me feel many things relating to my own experiences in highschool and with those teenage friendships. Kenma and Kuroo reminded me so much of my own childhood friendship and it really hit me how little things my friend taught me out of a childish enthusiasm of hers became huge parts of my life later. It doesn't help that i'm in my last year, so the third years talking about how gratefull they were of the time they spent together was bound to get me emotional, man i was almost crying for characters i knew for a hour... I want to know more about their stories now, i want to see how they came to this point 4 seasons in, It's weird to say but I'm kinda glad to know the movie skiped/rushed through things because now this makes me even more excited to read the manga and see things as they were supposed to be, thank you! ❤ 😊 -ps: Why is the volleyball grind after watching this anime so fucking real, i never felt so compelled to play a sport in my life?!? My teacher was really confused on why suddently i was giving my all in the game after 6 years of slacking around and maybe getting a recieve right.😅

I was really disappointed when I initially saw the runtime. A mere 1h 30m, I'm not saying this to diss the people who worked on it, but to me the whole point of Haikyuu!! had been about the attention to details, the slow buildups, to the satisfying pay offs. The movie just felt like a cheap, quick, and easy spurt of dopamine. To be clear, I still enjoyed the movie, but I wished they'd just put more time into it. I was hoping for something like what they did with Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa. I didn't mind it was just 10 episodes compared to the usual 24, it was a damn good 10 episodes.

every haikyuu fan probably watched the movie 3 times or more sooo ummm i hope that helps with haikyuu getting another anime season and i hope it's the time skip 'cause alot of fans do want to see Oikawa again and Kageyama and Hinata being actual rivals and basically i just want to see everyone again and wait for weekly episodes.

I really like Kenma's character and when i read the Karasuno & Nekoma game in the manga it felt like you really got a full insight into Kenma as the brain of Nekoma. I was really upset that they cut so much from the original game to condense it down for the movie. That moment where Kenma calls Lev an idiot for coming to help him was kinda of the pinnacle of Kenma's change in outlook, although it was said in the movie it felt glossed over and I am worried alot of Kenma's later character moments will also be cut. Two movies was the wrong choice when it comes to showing the heights that this series reached I guess we'll see how the next one goes

I liked it only critique is that I hated the pacing, a beautiful story like Haikyuu needs a season to go in depth for all the cool moments a movie just doesn't do it justice but I understand the unfortunate financial limitations of making an anime.

man I had the same feeling after coming out of the movies. I was content and I was like "its been a while since I forgot what happened in the manga" .so I went back and reread it. I was so annoyed they skipped sooooo much stuff

i havent watched the movie yet because it isnt released in my country at the time, but i finished the whole manga. I was pretty worried to see one of my fav parts of the manga being shortened down to just two movies.

I was wondering where the part where people fear Yaku was like in 1:18 😞 I was kinda excited to see how much of a threat he is

me and the bro were watching it in the cinemaa! it was so good i love anime in the cinema but time surely moves too fast

500 chapters of a manhwa which I don't remember the title

Is there anything we can do to convince Production IG to make a season 5 ?

I watched the movie a second time, and it felt even better. This season needs a mandatory rewatch.

Isn't there a pitition or something like it so they consider going the AOT route instead of the second movie. Just imagine the amount of things that would be skipped in the second movie if they skipped this much ( talking about the impactfulness here not the amount per se) on a single match 😭

I liked the format of the movie for at least this "half" because with an episodic format, it pulls you out of it. Whereas the movie felt like a game from beginning to end

I was so looking forward to seeing the yaku appreciation scene😢😢😢😢😢

Didn't they make a whole season of the Demon Slayer movie after they released it with some added scenes? This is my only hope...

I literally just came back from the movie and basically my only complaint is how short it was. I'm going back to reread the manga (after 4 years) cause I know for sure there are moments we missed out on. The movie is great and definitely 'does it's job', but you'd think that for an anime/manga that turned out to be so loved by so many people, they'd put a bit more effort into it, they had yearss. Still loved it though.

i loved the movie; though i was disappointed they skipped a lot of stuff. i really hope they don't mess up the rio arc and final arc

The movie felt like a real game does. Karasuno and Nekoma only had this one game in their constallation and if you are on the court for real time flies by - just like the game did. Especially season 3 and 4.2 had very drawn out games - which I enjoyed a lot don't get me wrong - but intetional or not I could really connect with the movie because of it's length not as an anime fan but as a Volleyball player. We once had 2 matches in a row, each went into the fifth set and some of us had no substitues - Kenmas exhaustion and POV at the end of the movie felt so incredibly relatable. More often than not, games you enjoy are over before you even realize. I get that a lot of people wanted more content out of the manga than just a short movie - I really get that - but the movie was still super funny, casual with the "slice of life" scenes and well animated.

I've been in love with the Haikyuu anime for a long time, i've been patiently waiting for the movies and.... should i go read the manga?!?

The highest number of manga chapters I read in a day were 204 Chapters of BlueLock when I discovered it a year ago

WAIT IS THE MOVIE OUT?

which site did y'all use to watch the movie??

when you said greed, i have to be honest i pirate pretty much all the anime i watch, but i always try to watch anime movies in theatre. I cant say i ve educated myself but as i understand it, there is no service that has ALL the anime i would want to watch.

I loved the movie. Its doubtful, but I’m hoping if the movies make enough they’ll release them episodically with some missing scenes mixed in.

Sadly anime movies never seem to be much longer than 1 hour. I my experience 1:25 is already somewhat on the longer side for anime movies. I'm not sure why this is, but it seems like they're somehow just not allowed to make longer movies.

I saw it 2 days ago I kind of left with mixed feelings because I liked the movie, but then it felt like everytime match was going on there was a flashback that felt good but quite uneccesary when you're sacrificing the god tier match animations that were in the anime before. I am gonna reread the manga to make sure but I felt like hinata didn't really get his moments like he did there and what I felt was almost criminal was the lack of awesome bgm whenever awesome plays were happening. I am frustrated at how much of the story was sacrificed to make it into movies.

It for sure is overhated. It may lack manga-scenes. And it is not perfect and we hope the second movie has more length. But animation, voice acting, music, directing, the feeling, everything was spot on. In cinema, as an anime-only, I was super satisfied.

Agree wholeheartedly. Just to add something, for me it felt way colder than any other season till now. Haikyuu is wonderful because every character has a deep side to them, and Furudate shows you they all have a role, no matter how small, but the movie lacked exactly that. It was beautifully made, but there should've been more heart put into it

I'm still questioning why Haikyuu doesn't have a nice budget if IT'S FREAKING HUGE. i know I can't make a one by one comparison but KnY it's shorter and possibly more popular but the series it's taking seriously, has a high quality studio and a really nice long time project. Why Haikyuu doesn't? It's not like it's bad, they still publish special chapters and have collaborations with the volleyball league in Japan. For season 4 they changed some production members(that's why it looks strange) but they bring them back for the Garbage Dump movie, but not only that. It's been forever since season 4. I'm pretty sure they could've manage it better and come up with a different long time project :c

Where can i watch this?

I’m going to go watch the movie today and I just know I’m going to be so nit picky about the stuff that got omitted, the nekoma game has some of my favorite moments

This movie kind of focused on kenma more then hinata. Haikyuu is an anime where character development is so good. Like everybody has some character development that makes them significant and it doesnt seem like any character is useless. Even the subsitutes got some development

Man I fuckin love haikyuu it's my favorite anime period. I'm really glad I never read the manga because it seems the manga readers were all let down by the movie. for me it was a 10/10. I saw it three times in the theater. couldn't have asked for more, such an emotional release for me!!

Bro please tell me where to watch this movie 😢

I haven't watched it yet, but when I saw the run time, my honest reaction was "that's it?" I've seen so many movies that were straight ass, and they were longer than AN HOUR AND TWENTY FIVE MINUTES. My hopes are still kind of high though because it's Haikyuu, what do you want me to do?

I watched the sub version first, and the next day the dub version. It would have been better as an anime season or extended movie, and I think most fans would agree with that.

Better to have the movie than nothing at all. Also the movie makes me want to read the manga and vice versa

Yk I’ve been looking for the movie but I genuinely can’t find it anywhefe

Just want to point out that this isn't an issue with the director or the animators. This is just a selfish move from the production company or whoever has made this decision. Secondly I think what they did with the amount of time they were give was good. Not a 10/10 but with what they were told to deal with they made it as good as possible. For while it may not have been as slow or as emotional it accomplished something it normally doesn't which is recreate the speed of the game in how it really is. with some amazing animated moments

where can u watch the new haikyu movie

foot save by nishinoya as well not being animated

Wish the other characters like Kuro, Tsukki and Yaku got more screen time and development

They cut the point of nishinoya

Fucking thank you. I thought I was crazy

had to go see it 2x

Cam we make case study on akashi of fukrodani???

With so many Haikyuu and anime youtubers in general there being so little Haikyuu movie impressions videos kinda hints at something not being ok.

Can anybody give me link of Haikyuu new movies plz😓😓😓

Very good movie

❤❤

(SPOILERS) I was expecting the cuts to some scenes, but what actually bothers me was the change to Hinata breaking through Kenma's cage. In the manga, Hinata messes up the timing of the spike because it's his first time doing the super jump. In the movie, he executes the spike perfectly on his first try.

im really sad there was like 0 cool serve scenes.

lol... this might give you another point of view... most anime's exist to make you go and get the source material... so i don't know the order of how you consumed haikyuu but if you watch the anime and when a particular season ended you went and read the manga... then the anime accomplished its goal... it's not good or bad it's just how most serializations work in japan... i for one am glad that they made something... and not just stopped... like a lot of other series...

The time of the movie was way too short! Should have been at least 2 hours or more.

i blame demon slayer for starting this. we had movies of shonen before but it never coverd manga content, it was a new story and it was why it worked. however i think alot of studios of big the sucess of demon slayer movie made and later with jjk 0, that now every studio wants to do so which is very very stupid and smth i really hate

Is the first movie just one game? Because if it is they will have to cram 3 fucking games and a training arc into one movie

no way we get anything post school

This movie is good just as a stand alone movie but for us manga readers this is such a disappointment to the story. Now I'm worried if bokuto will ever be given the credit he deserves also and also the little giant.

It's not greed; It's cost. Just be glad the movie happened, instead of the producers just abandoning the whole damn effort because they couldn't turn a profit.

I miss so much all the Yaku character development what a mess

guys it was great i saw the movie and that was fast paced asfux... 7.5 / 10

101 is so little wtf.

I think 13

The movie put in a lot of flashbacks that werent in the manga, and I feel like if a lot of those were removed we could have gotten some more content adapted from the manga.

They butchered the kuro kenma flashback man i really hope they come out with an an tv version

the movie missed for me. actually sad. 7/10 prolly 6/10 or lower if i wasn't a biased fan