Haikyuu!! - Merchandise
Haikyuu!! is a shonen sports manga that was written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. The anime adaptation created by Production I.G. premiered later in April 2016. To date, a total of four seasons of the anime have aired, with the most recent being titled Haikyuu!!: To the Top, which is a split-cour, 25 episode season that had its first half air in January 2020, while the second half is set to air in July 2020. The popularity of the series has spawned a great variety of spin-offs, compilation movies, video games, stage plays, and merchandise based on the series. Although figures of the characters are rather popular among fans, other items like posters, charms, and t-shirts also sell relatively well.
Among the incredible variety of Haikyuu!! merchandise that has been created, the following items are some of the most popular: the Haikyuu!! Karasuno High vs Shiratorizawa Academy Mini Clear Poster Collection Box Set, the Haikyuu!! Nekoma High Mofu Mofu Gloves and the Kyun Chara Illustrations Haikyuu!! Big Character Tags.
Haikyuu!! Karasuno High vs Shiratorizawa Academy Mini Clear Poster Collection Box Set
This set of ten A4 sized clear posters feature all of the members of the Karasuno High volleyball club in their sports outfits. Although each poster has a picture of their respective character in the center, these posters also include information like the character’s name in both stylized kanji and roman characters, the position that character plays, and the name of their high school.
Manufacturer: Movic
Specifications: Box of 10 randomly selected posters from the lineup (10 to collect)
Size: A4
Material: Polypropylene
Haikyuu!! Nekoma High Mofu Mofu Gloves
This pair of soft, furry gloves feature cute, chibi-style cat versions of Nekoma High’s most popular volleyball players, Kozume Kenma and Tetsurou Kuroo. The white glove has Kozume with his distinctive two-tone hair that is parted in the middle while the gray glove has Kuroo with black hair that covers half of his face. Both gloves are also made with synthetic fur.
Release Date: 2017
Brand: Acos
Size: Unisex, one size fits all
Material: Synthetic fur
Kyun Chara Illustrations Haikyuu!! Big Character Tags
This selection of character tags features a variety of popular Haikyuu!! characters from various teams. Each item has a character that is designed in a chibi style and stands at approximately six inches (15 cm). A ball chain is also attached to each tag, making it easy to attach to any kind of keychain, cellphone, backpack, or other such items. While this collection can be purchased as a complete set, all fourteen character tags are also available for individual purchase.
Manufacturer: Banpresto
Specifications: Character tag with ball chain
Height (approx.): 15 cm | 5.9"
Characters featured:
- Shoyo Hinata
- Tobio Kageyama
- Daichi Sawamura
- Koushi Sugawara
- Asahi Azumane
- Kiyoko Shimizu
- Hitoka Yachi
- Toru Oikawa
- Hajime Iwaizumi
- Yutaro Kindaichi
- Kenma Kozume
- Tetsuro Kuroo
- Kotaro Bokuto
- Keiji Akaashi
About Haikyuu!!
The series follows Hinata Shoyo, a passionate boy who becomes enamored with volleyball after witnessing a live match in which the legendary “Tiny Giant” played. Being short himself, Shoyo decides to pursue volleyball, going so far as to transfer to the Tiny Giant’s former high school, Karasuno High, in order to enter the same volleyball team where the former legend used to play in. However, he sees his hopes of becoming a prominent player crushed early in middle school when playing against prodigious player Tobio Kageyama. The two go on to study in the same high school and develop a competitive friendship, turning into a volleyball duo that is feared among other volleyball teams.
The series then focuses on the development of Karasuno High’s volleyball club, which has fallen from glory as time passed. With the help of newcomers Shoyo and Kageyama, Karasuno is able to get back in form and starts participating in several local competitions.
With the help of existing members of the volleyball club and newcomers, the team eventually competes locally in prefectural tournaments and later gets to participate in the nation-wide high school volleyball championship.
Reception
The anime has been listed as one of the best anime of the 2010s by sources like Polygon, Crunchyroll, and IGN. Four movies have been produced, as well as four seasons of the anime, the last of which aired in 2020.
The manga has been in circulation since 2012 and is serialized in the popular manga magazine “Weekly Shonen Jump”. It won a prize for best shonen manga in 2016 during the Shogakukan Manga Awards. To this day, 42 volumes of Haikyuu!! have been released. A spin-off by Kyohei Miyajima titled Haikyubu!! was released in 2019. The manga has also inspired video game adaptations, a radio drama, and a stage play. It ranked as the 8th best selling manga in 2019. The manga is licensed for publication in English by Viz Media, although the original publisher, Shueisha, started to publish their own version of the manga in English in 2019 through their online store.
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Haikyuu!! Karasuno High vs Shiratorizawa Academy Mini Clear Poster Collection Box Set
Haikyuu!! Nekoma High Mofu Mofu Gloves
Kyun Chara Illustrations Haikyuu!! Big Character Tags
Haikyuu!! T-Shirts
Haikyuu!! Label