Haikyu!! TO THE TOP

Aired: 2020

A TV anime produced by Science SARU, based on the manga by Sumito Owara serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly! Spirits. Over 1 million copies in circulation (as of 2020). Midori Asakusa with her extraordinary imagination, the profit-minded producer-type Sayaka Kanamori, and Tsubame Mizusaki, a charismatic model who secretly aspires to be an animator. Three high school girls establish the "Eizouken" (Film Research Club) at Shibahama High School and strive to express their "ultimate world" through animation. A work blending creative visual expression with the reality of artistic production. 12 episodes. Directed by Masaaki Yuasa (Tatami Galaxy, Devilman Crybaby), music by Oorutaichi. Main cast: Sairi Ito as Midori, Mutsumi Tamura as Sayaka, Misato Matsuoka as Tsubame. Broadcast on NHK General. Recommended work at the Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division. ©2020 Sumito Owara, Shogakukan/"Eizouken" Production Committee