‘Haikyuu!!’: When is the end of the anime series, which will have two films, released?

It will be difficult for us to say goodbye to the Karasuno players, but we will have no other choice: ‘Haikyuu!! The volleyball aces’ will end its story not with a season 5, but with two movies on the big screen. After four seasons in which they have created a worldwide fan base, we will no longer enjoy the story in serial format and instead we will experience two great events in the form of feature films that will cover the last story arcs of Haruichi Furudate’s manga.

With the anime series available in the Netflix Spain catalog, we collect everything we know about the end of ‘Haikyuu!!’from its release date to what we can expect from the story.

First broadcast in 2014 in Japan, ‘Haikyuu!!’ follows Shoyo Hinata, a teenager obsessed with becoming the best volleyball player in Japan. and thus follow in the footsteps of the legendary player “Little Giant”. Both have in common a common handicap in this sport, short stature, but Hinata makes up for it with some dizzying jumps and unusual agility. Recently arrived at the Karasuno institute, he will join the volleyball team together with Tobio Kageyama, a prodigious setter with whom he will develop a rivalry that hides a great camaraderie and friendship. Together they become better, and we hope they continue to do so in the last stretch of history.

‘Haikyuu!!’: release date of the finale

There is still no release date for the end of ‘Haikyuu!!’, but the first film is expected to be released at the end of 2023 and the second (and last) in 2024. In addition, in August 2023 a special event will take place that will start this path towards the end of the story, although specific dates have not yet been confirmed.

We know, it’s been a very long wait: season 4 of the anime series aired in 2020, just the year of the pandemic, and since then we have not been able to see new material about the story. Luckily, in the summer of 2022 the long-awaited end of the story with two films was announced.

In addition, this small teaser of the end of ‘Haikyuu!!’ (in Japanese) as an appetizer for what is to come:

‘Haikyuu!!’: how will the story continue?

Let’s remember. After picking up a surprising (and deserved) victory against the powerful team Shiratorizawa in the Miyagi Prefectural Qualifier competition, Karasuno players embarked on season 4 of ‘Haikyuu!!’ in the national championship.

There they faced some really tough teams, and they got into trouble more than once. In particular, it should be mentioned tense and mind-blowing match against the Inarizaki team, led by the Miya twins, which occupied a large part of the episodes of the season. Of course, he left the fans in suspense until the last minute. Now, we know who his next opponents are. And a most emotional game is coming.

In the end of ‘Haikyuu!!’, we will live the confrontation between Karasuno and Nekoma in the semifinals of the championship. If we remember, Nekoma is a team that viewers have been able to become very familiar with throughout the series, and its players have established good relationships with those of Karasuno. However, now they find themselves on opposite sides of the volleyball court, in a matchup considered a classic by the rivalry of their veteran coaches. The crows against the cats. We can certainly expect the first movie to focus on this match, though the rest is up in the air.

Definitely, we can turn to the events of the manga to know what we can expect from the future of the story. Without going into too many spoilers so as not to spoil the experience for viewers who don’t follow the story on paper, we can say that the end of the national championship is not the end of Haruichi Furudate’s creation. After the resolution of that competition there is a remarkable time jump that will see what paths the protagonists have taken, especially Hinata and Kageyama.

So far we can read without incurring in possible spoilers for the anime, but we must also take into account that the anime may not adapt the manga faithfully. At the moment we do not have more details about it, but Many fans have already pointed out that it seems like an impossible task to adapt the many events that remain in the ‘Haikyuu!!’ story. in just two movies. Could the series change course and focus only on the championship that we left halfway in the previous season? Maybe even change the results?

We will be attentive to more news about this final stretch of the beloved anime series, whose first four seasons are available on Netflix Spain.