8.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Haikyu!! (2014)
Haikyu!! (2014)
Overview
Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama’s team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
8.7
Overview
Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama’s team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central subject matter of high school sports, teamwork, and personal development is inherently apolitical. Its narrative champions a balanced approach of individual effort and collective synergy to overcome challenges, without promoting any specific political ideology.
The anime series 'Haikyu!!' features a cast and narrative that are culturally specific to Japan, which inherently provides diversity without engaging in explicit DEI-driven casting or race swaps in a Western context. The narrative focuses on sportsmanship and character development, without explicit critiques of traditional identities or strong DEI themes.
Secondary
Haikyu!!, 2014, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative is exclusively centered on the sport of high school volleyball, team camaraderie, and athletic competition, with no elements related to queer identity present in the story.
Haikyu!! is a sports anime centered on a high school boys' volleyball team. The narrative focuses on athletic competition, teamwork, and character development within that context. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the film, leading to a rating of N/A for its portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Haikyu!! is an anime adaptation of a manga series. All major and minor characters, including the core male volleyball team and supporting female characters, retain their original genders from the source material without any changes.
Haikyu!! is an anime adaptation of a Japanese manga. All characters in the anime are depicted as ethnically Japanese, consistent with their portrayal in the original source material. There are no instances where a character's established race was changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.7
8.6
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
Who Made This
Actors
| Name | Role | Gender | Race | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ayumu Murase | Shoyo Hinata (voice) | Male | East Asian |  United States |
Kaito Ishikawa | Tobio Kageyama (voice) | Male | East Asian |  Japan |
Actor Breakdown
Gender
Male
Female
100%
0%
Race
East Asian
100%
Nationalities
United States
50%
Japan
50%
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