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Haikyu!! · Season 1 · Crunchyroll

Haikyu!! Season 1

Haikyu!! Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.5/10. 25 episodes on Crunchyroll from 6 April 2014.

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BollyMeter8.5/10IMDb 8.7 overall series; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes from 4 critic reviews. Critics praised Production I.G.'s dynamic animation and the show's ability to make volleyball mechanically compelling even to viewers with no prior interest in the sport.

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Season 1 of Haikyu!! debuted April 2014 on Production I.G. and demonstrated what the studio could do with kinetic sport animation. The 25-episode first season covers Karasuno's reformation as a competitive team, establishing the ensemble with efficiency and warmth. Critics scored it 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers noting the series' core achievement: making volleyball's technical vocabulary legible and dramatic simultaneously. The Shogakukan Manga Award the source material won translated into an adaptation that understood what made the original work. The IMDb score of 8.7 - among the highest for a sports anime - reflects how many viewers arrived with no volleyball interest and left convinced.

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94%critics positive · n=48.7/10IMDb audience
  • A shonen anime packed in volleyball wrapping - how the tosses and serves and receives got my heart a-poundin'!
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