If there was ever a WYSIWYG sports anime, Haikyuu!! is it. This is one of those series where I could almost employ a copy-paste methodology, because what I say about one episode seems to apply to pretty much all of them.  That’s not a dig, it’s a compliment – but […] Read more

Well, that episode was certainly an eye-opener. The new characters are coming fast and furious now, but there’s still some old business to take care of.  The final set of the practice match with Aoba Johsai, to be precise, and that means the entry of Oikawa Tooru onto the scene.  […] Read more

Never, ever underestimate the importance of simple, straightforward fun. It would be hard to overestimate just how infectious Haikyuu is.  Six episodes in and it hasn’t lost any of the momentum it blew onto the scene with in the full-bore premiere – there have been a few gradients of success, […] Read more

I think the part of the title that really matters here is the exclamation points. There’s just no denying Haikyuu – it’s one of the most insistent series I’ve watched in a long time, and I mean that in a good way.  It rolls out of the garage in sixth […] Read more

Like the guy on Jerry’s TV said, you gotta love sports… I was all set to watch Baby Steps after Haikyuu, but after watching the latter I’ve changed my mind.  With Diamond no Ace added back into the mix, I think three corker sports anime in one day is simply […] Read more

Sports Sunday got off a little bit of a late start this week thanks to Ace of Recap, but it was worth the wait. I suspect Haikyuu may end up being one of those shows (as sports anime sometimes are) that are quite difficult to blog despite being ridiculously easy […] Read more

OK, exclamation points just in the title line only. We’re two episodes in, and so far the Haikyuu adaptation is doing pretty much everything textbook perfect.  I’m hard-pressed to believe the only thing Mitsunaka Susumu has directed before this was Cuticle Detective Inaba – a mediocre series if ever one […] Read more