The Tomoyasu Murata Company releases a bundled Haikyu!! OVA, ten short stop-motion episodes packaged with the manga's 42nd volume and featuring the Karasuno team recreated as puppets.
Haikyuu!! OVA (also called Puppet Animation / Stop-motion Animation) is a 10-episode, 2-minute-per-episode stop-motion OVA that aired Mar 4, 2020[1]
Made by Tomoyasu Murata Company with Shueisha as producer, it is bundled with the 42nd compiled volume of Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! manga and features the Karasuno team as puppets[1]
Sports/Team Sports, shounen, rated PG-13; a side story of the Haikyuu!! TV series[1]
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myanimelist.net· Posted Sep 16, 2026· Starts Mar 4, 2020· 100% of score
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CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE85%12 episodes6.0 years agoBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Haikyu!! To the Top Part 2 begins broadcast, continuing Production I.G's adaptation of Haruichi Furudate's volleyball manga as the Karasuno High team pushes toward the national tournament.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE78%2 episodes6.7 years agoRelease date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Production I.G's Haikyuu!! Land vs. Air OVA premieres, a two-episode special covering the Tokyo qualifier rounds for the national volleyball tournament as Nekoma, Fukurodani, Nohebi, and Itachiyama compete for the remaining berths.
ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCEin 100 daysMyAnimeList[1][2] and AniList list only the year 2027 for this special, so the pin sits on January 1, 2027 as an estimate.
Production I.G's short Haikyu!! TV special covers the Spring High quarterfinal between Bokuto's Fukurodani Academy and Kiryu's Mujinazaka High, the match playing out at the same time as Karasuno's game against Kamomedai.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE89%12 episodes9.7 years agoBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Gintama. begins airing, a 12-episode continuation animated by Bandai Namco Pictures that pushes Gintoki and the Yorozuya into the decisive Rakuyou battle against the shadowy Tendoushuu.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE77%10.9 years agoScreening/release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
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CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%2 episodes9.0 years agoFirst bonus episode's release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Shuka releases the Natsume Yuujinchou Roku Tokubetsu-hen, two bonus episodes bundled with the sixth TV season's home-video volumes that were never broadcast.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%12 episodes2.0 years agoBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 begins broadcast, continuing Studio Shuka's adaptation of Yuki Midorikawa's supernatural slice-of-life manga about a boy who can see spirits and works to return the names his grandmother once collected.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE86%25 episodes11.0 years agoBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The second TV season of Haikyu!! begins airing, following Karasuno High's volleyball team as they train at a high-level camp with rivals like Nekoma and Aoba Jousai ahead of the Spring tournament.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%11 episodes10.0 years agoBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 begins broadcast, the fifth televised season of Studio Shuka's adaptation of Yuki Midorikawa's supernatural slice-of-life manga.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%25 episodes12.5 years agoBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Production I.G's Haikyuu!! begins airing, a sports comedy following short but determined Shoyo Hinata as he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team alongside his rival-turned-teammate Tobio Kageyama.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE80%2 episodes9.5 years agoRelease date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Shuka releases the Natsume Yuujinchou Go Tokubetsu-hen bonus episodes, continuing Takashi Natsume's efforts to return the names of yokai bound within his grandmother's Book of Friends.
