Despite Haikyu!!is one of the most beloved spokon in the anime fan community. This year, due to the premiere of its successful film in theaters around the world, its popularity has recovered once again. And in addition to captivating the audience with its exciting story, this franchise keeps its followers engaged with the content on several occasions. On this occasion, Haikyuu!! surprises its fans with incredible news, on the occasion of the Haikyu!! daya celebration that takes place every year on August 19th in Japan.
The surprises for Haikyuu!! Day left the followers of this franchise excited
Let's start by talking, what is Haikyuu Day? This is simply a day when the team and fans of this story come together to celebrate the impact it has had on this community. It is celebrated on August 19th due to the reading that this date has in the Japanese language (19/08): The first syllable of the number 8 is pronounced "there is», the first syllable of the number 1 is pronounced as «i» and the number 9 is pronounced as «kyuu», if we pronounced everything in a row, its reading would be precisely «“Haikyuu”.
Every year, Haruichi Furudadothe creator of Haikyuu makes an illustration alluding to the holiday, thanking fans for their support of his story. On this occasion, he gave us an illustration of Shoyo Hinataprotagonist of this series, and Kenma Kozumewhich was also the focus of the recent movie “Trash Battle”, the message Furudate-sensei gave us was “Thank you for all your support for Trash Battle”. But that wasn’t the only thing that surprised fans of Haikyu!!since this day is full of news.
The first of these is that there will be an exhibition in Japan of «The Battle of the Dump» starting in December. Here, participants will be able to find original drawings, materials, video exhibits, and photo spaces available. This exhibition will open on December 27th in Matsuya Ginza and will be available in various parts of Japan from then on. If you are in the country during these dates, this is definitely something you won't want to miss.
The next news is that we finally have more news about the big event that had been previously announced on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the anime. Haikyu!!. At the beginning of the year, news was announced that this event would take place next year; however, we had no further information until now. We now know that this celebration will be called «Next step» and will take place on March 3, 2025 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. As special guests they will be Ayumu Murasewho gives voice to Shoyo Hinata and Kaito Ishikawawho gives voice to Tobio Kageyama, among others, not yet confirmed.
Furthermore, it is said that this will be the largest event ever held in Haikyu!!. Other gifts we received from the team at Haikyu!!are commemorative videos both on the magazine's YouTube channel Shounen Jumpas in that of ToHo Animation. Both show us different scenes from both the manga and the anime, as a way to celebrate this story that won the hearts of millions of people in the anime fan community.
Likewise, the last showing of the film «The Battle of the Dump» in theaters in Japan, after six months of showing. At this event some of the voice actors were also present and with that closed a cycle in this franchise. Some other people also celebrated this Haikyu!! day in his own way, just as he did Yuji Nishida, member of the men's volleyball team, who decided to use the Ushijima Wakatoshione of the characters in the cast of Haikyu!!.
