Haikyu!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2012 to July 2020,with its chapters collected in 45 tankōbon volumes. The story follows Shoyo Hinata,a boy determined to become a great volleyball player despite his small stature.
NAZ Co.,Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio located in Musashino,Tokyo. It animated the first season of Hamatora,as well as adapting Nitro+chiral's visual novel Dramatical Murder into an anime series.
Beautiful Bones:Sakurako's Investigation or A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako's Feet is a Japanese mystery novel series written by Shiori Ōta,with illustrations by Tetsuo. Kadokawa Shoten has published seventeen volumes since 2013 under their Kadokawa Bunko label,with over 1 million copies in print. The final volume in the series was released in March 2021. An anime television series adaptation by Troyca aired in Japan between October and December 2015. A live-action television series adaptation aired between April 23 and June 25,2017 on Fuji TV.
Black Clover is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. It started in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump in February 2015. The series ran in the magazine until August 2023,and moved to Jump Giga in December of the same year. Its chapters have been collected in 36 tankōbon volumes as of February 2024. Set in a world where people are born with the ability to use magic,the story follows Asta,a young boy without any magic power who is given a rare grimoire that grants him anti-magic abilities. With his fellow mages from the Black Bulls,Asta plans to become the next Wizard King.
CloverWorks,Inc. is a Japanese animation studio that was rebranded from A-1 Pictures' Kōenji Studio. It is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex.
Orient is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from May 2018 to January 2021 and later transferred to Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine,where it ran from February 2021 to October 2024. Kodansha USA licensed the manga for English release in North America. An anime television series adaptation by A.C.G.T aired from January to September 2022.
2.43:Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team is a Japanese volleyball light novel series written by Yukako Kabei and illustrated by Aiji Yamakawa. Shueisha have published five volumes in three seasons since March 2015 under their Shueisha Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Yamakawa has been serialized in Shueisha's josei manga magazine Cocohana from July to September 2018. An anime television series adaptation produced by David Production aired from January to March 2021,on the NoitaminA block.
Gakuto Kajiwara is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Osaka Prefecture. He is affiliated with Haikyō. He is best known for voicing Asta in Black Clover, Shinra Kusakabe in Fire Force, Hitohito Tadano in Komi Can't Communicate,Luka in Honkai:Star Rail,and Hiiro Amagi in Ensemble Stars!.
Backflip!! is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Zexcs,directed by SeishirōNagaya and Toshimasa Kuroyanagi and written by Toshizo Nemoto. The series aired from April to June 2021. A manga adaptation by Kei Sakuraba was serialized in Kodansha's Dessert manga magazine from January 22 to September 24,2021. An anime film premiered on July 2,2022.
Love All Play is a Japanese badminton-themed novel series written by Asami Koseki. Poplar Publishing have published four volumes between May 2011 and March 2014 under their Poplar Bunko Pureful imprint. An anime television series adaptation by Nippon Animation and OLM aired from April to September 2022. A manga adaptation with art by Dam Miyata was serialized online via Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump manga website from April to October of the same year.
Fanfare of Adolescence is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Lay-duce and Aniplex. It aired from April to June 2022.
Technoroid is a Japanese mixed-media project created by Noriyasu Agematsu,RUCCA,CyberAgent,Avex Pictures,and Elements Garden. A mobile game developed by WonderPlanet titled Technoroid Unison Heart was released on January 21,2022 for Android and iOS,and an anime television series by Doga Kobo titled Technoroid Overmind aired from January to March 2023.
Chiharu Sawashiro is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Stay Luck. After working as a stage actor,he used connections from his sister to become a voice actor and made his debut as Masamune Shiga in Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters. Since Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters,some of his more prominent roles include Nishiki Sasa in Love Kome,Ritsu Shikishima in Caligula,and Taiga in Tribe Nine.
Lindsay Elizabeth Fleming is an American voice actress,mostly known for her work in the dubbing of various anime series in English. Some of her noteworthy roles include Nagisa Shiota in Assassination Classroom and Gabi Braun in the final season of Attack on Titan. Other major roles include:Mira Konohata in Asteroid in Love,Nejire Hado in My Hero Academia,Meme Tatane in Soul Eater Not!,Kino in Kino's Journey,Eto Yoshimura in Tokyo Ghoul,Romeo Conbolt and Sorano Agria in Fairy Tail,Belfast in Azur Lane,Vanica Zogratis in Black Clover,Maya Fey in the Ace Attorney TV series,and Pochita in Chainsaw Man. She was also one of the lead actresses in the cult classic horror torture film "The Final" directed by Joey Stewart
Estab Life is a Japanese mixed-media project created by GorōTaniguchi. An anime television series by Polygon Pictures titled Estab Life:Great Escape aired from April to June 2022 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block. An anime film also by Polygon Pictures titled Bloody Escape:Jigoku no TōsōGeki premiered in January 2024. A mobile game developed by Square Enix titled Estab Life:Unity Memories has also been announced.
The Legend of Heroes:Trails of Cold Steel –Northern War is a 2023 Japanese anime miniseries based on the Trails video game series by Nihon Falcom. The series follows a conflict between the Erebonian Empire and the North Ambria State and is set during the ellipsis between the video games Trails of Cold Steel II and III. It follows Lavian Winslet,who leads a small platoon of Martin Robinson,Iseria Frost,and Talion Drake within the Northern Jaegers mercenary corps.
The sixth season of the My Hero Academia anime television series was produced by Bones and directed by Kenji Nagasaki and Masahiro Mukai,following the story of Kōhei Horikoshi's original manga series of the same name from the final chapter of the 26th volume through the end of the 33rd volume. It covers the "Paranormal Liberation War" and "Dark Hero" arcs;the first episode partially covers the rest of last season's chapter,while the rest was the remaining chapters in the former arc. Like the previous four,the season ran in two consecutive cours and aired from October 1,2022,to March 25,2023,on ytv and NTV.
