Haikyu!! season 1

Haikyu!!
Season 1
Cover of the first season DVD released by Sentai Filmworks.
No. of episodes25
Release
Original networkMBS
Original releaseApril 6 (2014-04-06) –
September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The first season of Haikyu!!, the anime television series, was produced by Production I.G and was directed by Susumu Mitsunaka, with Taku Kishimoto handling the series composition, Takahiro Kishida creating the character designs,[1] and Yuki Hayashi and Asami Tachibana who composed the music.[2]

It adapted the "Karasuno High Team Formation" (chapters 1–35) and "Interhigh" (chapters 36–71) story arcs from the original manga series of the same name written by Haruichi Furudate. The series was announced in the manga's eighth volume, and aired from April 6 to September 21, 2014 on MBS, and other JNN stations, with English subtitles on Crunchyroll.[3][4] The anime has been licensed for digital and home video release by Sentai Filmworks.[4]

The series uses four pieces of theme music: two opening themes and two ending themes. From episodes 1-13, the opening theme song is "Imagination" by Spyair, while the ending theme song is "Tenchi Gaeshi" by Nico Touches the Walls.[5] For episodes 14 through 25, the opening is "Ah Yeah" by Sukima Switch, and the ending is "Leo" by Tacica.[6] "Ah Yeah" is also used as the ending for episode 14, which has no opening.

  1. ^ Nelkin, Sarah (October 8, 2013). "Btooom!'s Kishida Designs Characters for Haikyū!! Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "STAFF & CAST -アニメ『ハイキュー!!』公式サイト-". haikyu.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 16, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Loo, Egan (September 22, 2013). "Shonen Jump's Haikyu!! Volleyball Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Ressler, Karen (March 25, 2014). "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Haikyu!! Volleyball Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  5. ^ Loo, Egan (February 13, 2014). "Haikyu! Theme Songs Performed by Spyair, Nico Touches the Walls". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
  6. ^ Loo, Egan (May 28, 2014). "Sukima Switch, tacica Perform New Haikyu!! Theme Songs". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 31, 2014.