***SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT***
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| Shōyō Hinata (Wordpress) |
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| Tobio Kageyama (Wordpress) |
Fortunately, like most sophomore anime fans, I started to like what I was tasting. "Kuroko no Basuke" was the first sports-filled morsel I had (excluding eastern martial arts as a sport in this context).
Segue to "Haikyū!!", and introduce the unlikely tandem setter-spiker volleyball protagonists: Shōyō Hinata and Tobio Kageyama. Shō is voiced by Ayumu Murase from shows like "Gatchaman Crowds" and "Sakamichi no Apollon". Tobi is voiced by Kaito Ishikawa from "Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet" and "Kuroke no Basuke".
In episode one, we witness Shōyō's first encounter with the sport of volleyball. He watches a t.v. through a shop window and witnesses the amazing feats of a nearby high school volleyball star known as 'Little Giant'. In that moment, Shōyō decides to dedicate himself to the sport. He develops himself, but he is only able to obtain short, ragtag members at around his middle school team.
When Shōyō and his team do finally make it to an actual volleyball tournament, they face-off against volleyball sensation Tobio Kageyama. Shōyō and his team lose though not without Shōyō displaying feats of athleticism.
Shōyō, far from being dejected, is inspired by the loss and vows to see the Tobio again and to defeat him.
This sports genre volleyball anime has good animation, a likeable polar-opposite, yin-yang duo (think Naruto-Sasuke or Jin-Mugen). While there may have been some somewhat cliché tropes, from what episode one has shown me, I believe that we are in for quite the show this season.
Rating: 3.7 out of 5
+ room to grow
+ sports shows make you a little less nerdy
+ good animation
+ good voice acting
- archetypal
- men's volleyball
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