“Haikyu!! The movie: The Decisive Battle at the Landfill” earned 2.23 billion yen at the box office and attracted more than 1.52 million viewers, starting as the No. 1 blockbuster hit in 2024.
“Haikyu!! ” is a notable sports manga by Furudate Haruichi, which began serialization in Shueisha’s “Weekly Shonen Jump” magazine in February 2012 and has become popular for its teen drama Enthusiastic coming of age is about high school students who are passionate about volleyball. It came to a conclusion after eight and a half years in July 2020 with a total of 45 volumes and over 62 million copies in circulation. The television anime started with the first season that aired in 2014 and continued with the fourth season “Haikyu!! TO THE TOP” before December 2020.
As a sequel to the fourth season, “Haikyu!! The Movie” will be produced in two parts as the FINAL series. The first part of the movie, “The Decisive Battle at the Dumpster”, depicting one of the most famous incidents in the original story, “Karasuno High School vs Nekoma High School”, was released on February 16.
From the initial decision to make the film to its release, the film has continuously been in the spotlight. The film grossed 2.23 billion yen in box office revenue and attracted 1.52 million viewers in its first three days, achieving the highest weekend viewership rating. Furthermore, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha, it became the No. 1 film released in 2024 in terms of box office receipts in its first week, making it a huge success.
The film also received high scores on various movie review sites, including a staggering 4.5 on “Yahoo!” and 4.4 on “Filmarks”, achieving a very high level of satisfaction, especially from moviegoers.
There were fans who watched it for the fifth time and left some comments about the great quality of IMAX like, “IMAX is the best! It’s like watching a real match live” and “IMAX is great! I’m pretty sure I got some balls.” Even if you have watched the movie once, the second time you watch it you will make new discoveries and experience even more great matches.
“Haikyu!! The movie: The Decisive Battle at the Landfill” is now showing in theaters!
Based on: “Haikyu!!” by Furudate Haruichi (Shueisha Jump Comics)
Director/Screenplay: Mitsunaka Susumu
Performer:
Murase Ayumu, Ishikawa Kaito, Hino Satoshi, Irino Miyu, Hayashi Yu, Hosoya Yoshimasa, Okamoto Nobuhiko, Uchiyama Koki, Saito Soma, Masuda Toshiki, Nazuka Kaori, Morohoshi Sumire, Kamiya Hiroshi, Egawa Hisao, Kaji Yuki, Nakamura Yuichi, Tachibana Shinnosuke , Ishii Mark, etc
Theme song: SPYAIR “Orange”
Anime Production: Production IG
Distributor: Toho
(C) 2024 “Haikyu!!” Production Committee (C) Furudate Haruichi/Shueisha
“Haikyu!!”Anime official website