Top Volleyball Anime Recommendations

Haikyuu!!

Also known as HAIKYU!!.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Inspired after watching a volleyball ace nicknamed "Little Giant" in action, small-statured Shouyou Hinata revives the volleyball club at his middle school. The newly-formed team even makes it to a tournament; however, their first match turns out to be their last when they are brutally squashed by the "King of the Court," Tobio Kageyama. Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama, and so after graduating from middle school, he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team—only to find that his sworn rival, Kageyama, is now his teammate.

Thanks to his short height, Hinata struggles to find his role on the team, even with his superior jumping power. Surprisingly, Kageyama has his own problems that only Hinata can help with, and learning to work together appears to be the only way for the team to be successful. Based on Haruichi Furudate's popular shounen manga of the same name, Haikyuu!! is an exhilarating and emotional sports comedy following two determined athletes as they attempt to patch a heated rivalry in order to make their high school volleyball team the best in Japan.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Volleyball , School Club , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Fitness , School , Coming of Age , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Kuudere

Haikyuu!! 2nd Season

Also known as HAIKYU!! 2nd Season.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Following their participation at the Inter-High, the Karasuno High School volleyball team attempts to refocus their efforts, aiming to conquer the Spring tournament instead.

When they receive an invitation from long-standing rival Nekoma High, Karasuno agrees to take part in a large training camp alongside many notable volleyball teams in Tokyo and even some national level players. By playing with some of the toughest teams in Japan, they hope not only to sharpen their skills, but also come up with new attacks that would strengthen them. Moreover, Hinata and Kageyama attempt to devise a more powerful weapon, one that could possibly break the sturdiest of blocks.

Facing what may be their last chance at victory before the senior players graduate, the members of Karasuno's volleyball team must learn to settle their differences and train harder than ever if they hope to overcome formidable opponents old and new—including their archrival Aoba Jousai and its world-class setter Tooru Oikawa.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Volleyball , School Club , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , School , Tomboy

Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou

Also known as HAIKYU!! 3rd Season.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

After the victory against Aoba Jousai High, Karasuno High School, once called “a fallen powerhouse, a crow that can’t fly,” has finally reached the climax of the heated Spring tournament. Now, to advance to nationals, the Karasuno team has to defeat the powerhouse Shiratorizawa Academy. Karasuno’s greatest hurdle is their adversary’s ace, Wakatoshi Ushijima, the number one player in the Miyagi Prefecture, and one of the country’s top three aces.

Only the strongest team will make it to the national tournament. Since this match is the third-year players’ last chance to qualify for nationals, Karasuno has to use everything they learned during the training camp and prior matches to attain victory. Filled with restlessness and excitement, both teams are determined to come out on top in the third season of Haikyuu!!.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Volleyball , School Club , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , School , Coming of Age

Haikyuu!! TO THE TOP

Also known as HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

The fourth season of Haikyuu!!

The Karasuno High School Volleyball Club finally won their way into the nationals after an intense battle for the Miyagi Prefecture Spring Tournament qualifiers. As they were preparing for the nationals, Kageyama is invited to go to All-Japan Youth Training Camp. At the same time, Tsukishima is invited to go to a special rookie select training camp for first-years in Miyagi Prefecture. Hinata feels panic that he’s being left behind as one of the first-years and then decides to show up at the Miyagi Prefecture rookie select training camp anyway...



Tags: Volleyball , Male Protagonist , Shounen , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , School , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Twins , Tomboy

Haikyuu!! TO THE TOP 2

Also known as HAIKYU‼ TO THE TOP Part 2.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

The second half of Haikyuu!! 4th season kicks-off where the first part ended. Karasuno High won their first match of The Spring Nationals against Tsubakihara Academy. Karasuno High is excited to be back in the Spring Nationals after many years of not making it, so can they handle the pressure of playing against the best teams in Japan? Will they make it to the top?

Tags: Volleyball , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Coming of Age , Twins , Philosophy , Tomboy

ReLIFE

Also known as ReLIFE.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Age Regression , School , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Seinen , Hikikomori , Kuudere , Age Gap , Work , Chibi , Slapstick , Tragedy , Acting , Volleyball

Haikyuu!! Riku VS Kuu

Also known as HAIKYU!! LAND VS. AIR.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

First exhibited at Jump Festa 2020.

In the Miyagi Prefecture qualifiers for the Spring Tournament, Karasuno High School Volleyball Team manages to defeat Shiratorizawa Academy in an intense battle and secures their spot in the national tournament. Meanwhile in the Tokyo qualifiers, Nekoma High School, Fukurodani High School, Nohebi Academy, and Itachiyama Academy fight for the 3 slots to go to nationals.

Will Nekoma High School be able to secure their spot in the tournament? Will we able to see a rematch of Nekoma and Karasuno's Battle of the Garbage Dump on a national level? The Tokyo qualifiers are about to begin!!



Tags: Volleyball , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist

Beelzebub

Also known as Beelzebub.

Studio: Studio Signpost
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

Oga Tatsumi is a first year student in Ishiyama High, a notorious school for delinquents. One day he sees a man floating by, and the man suddenly splits in half to reveal a baby boy inside!



Tags: Demons , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , School , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Family Life , Crossdressing , Parenthood , Anti-Hero , LGBTQ+ Themes , Super Power , Mahjong , Volleyball

Girls und Panzer

Also known as Girls und Panzer.

Studio: Actas
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

You may have heard of kung fu, but the girls at Oarai High School practice gun-fu—really, really BIG 75mm gun-fu, in fact. It's called Sensha-do, and it's the martial art of operating armored tanks! They take it seriously too, and since winning the national Sensha-do championship is such a huge deal at Oarai, they sometimes go to extreme ends in order to get the best students from Panzer class to sign up. Which is how Miho Nishizumi, who HATES operating tanks, gets drafted to join doomsday-driven driver Mako, even-triggered gunner Hana, highly receptive radio operator Saori and combustible tank-fangirl and loader Yukari as the incomparable Anko Team. They may not be on the half-track to fame and fortune, and maybe a few of them would rather shop for tank tops than become tops in tanks, but once their focus is locked and loaded, they're absolutely driven.



Tags: Tanks , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Military , School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Ensemble Cast , Historical , Parody , CGI , Ships , Volleyball

Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii OVA

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Lapin Track
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The first OVA titled Sore wa, ikinari otozureta=koi was released on March 29, 2019.
The second OVA titled Tomodachi no Kyori was released on February 26, 2021.
The third OVA titled Shain Ryokou to Negaigoto was released on October 14, 2021.

Note: Unaired episodes bundled with the special edition of the 7th, 10th and 11th manga volumes.

Tags: Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Work , Episodic , Volleyball , School , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Tomboy , Athletics , Chibi , Virtual World , Gender Bending

Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku

Also known as Akebi’s Sailor Uniform.

Studio: CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

It’s Komichi Akebi’s first year of junior high and she has her heart set on one thing: Robai Private Academy’s sailor uniform. As the next chapter of her life gets closer, she dreams of all the exciting new experiences she’ll get to have—school lunches, classes, club activities, and of course, making lots of friends! With her favorite outfit on, Komichi feels ready for anything.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , School , Rural , Feet , Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Family Life , Seinen , School Club , Slapstick , Tennis , Cheerleading , Swimming , Volleyball , Tomboy , Fishing , Primarily Child Cast

Haikyuu!!: Gomi Suteba no Kessen

Also known as HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Theatrical follow-up to Haikyuu!! TO THE TOP 2. The first film of Haikyuu!! FINAL.

The Spring Nationals tournament continues on, with Karasuno High matched against rivals Nekoma High, the fated battle between cats versus crows, also known as the highly anticipated “Dumpster Battle”. This match is the long awaited ultimate showdown between two opposing underdog teams.



Tags: Volleyball , Shounen , School Club , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , POV , Primarily Teen Cast

Gokushufudou Part 2

Also known as The Way of the Househusband Part 2.

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The second part of Gokushufudou.

Tags: Seinen , Yakuza , Episodic , Parody , Primarily Adult Cast , Food , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Gangs , Heterosexual , Urban , Volleyball , School , Flash , Educational

2.43: Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu

Also known as 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team.

Studio: David Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

High school student Kimichika Haijima moves back to his hometown, Fukui, after causing trouble in the Tokyo Junior High School volleyball club. There, he is reunited with his childhood friend, Yunii Kuroba, who possesses outstanding physical abilities, but is vulnerable under pressure. Haijima, with his overwhelming passion and talent for volleyball, forms an ace combination with Kuroba.

The two enroll at Seiin High School, where they join the volleyball club. Awaiting them are the 163 cm hot-blooded captain Shinichirou Oda, the talented and sharp-tongued vice-captain Misao Aoki and his third-year pair, and second-year students, including Akito Kanno, who is always wearing long sleeves due to his allergy to sunlight.

The newborn team breaks its former shell of weakness and becomes Fukui's rising star. This is a certain team's journey to victory, with a series of fascinating rivals standing in their way.

Tags: Coming of Age , Athletics , Volleyball , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Suicide , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Trains , Educational

Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan

Also known as Today's Menu for the Emiya Family.

Studio: ufotable
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story revolves around the delicious, beautiful cuisine that the Emiya family enjoy from day to day, no matter what the season is.



Tags: Food , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Male Protagonist , Educational , Seinen , Alternate Universe , Volleyball

Harukana Receive

Also known as Harukana Receive.

Studio: C2C
Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Slice of Life , Sports

The story takes place in Okinawa, where Haruka forms a beach volleyball pair with Kanata. Kanata, who couldn't handle the pressure put on her by her short height, had given up on beach volleyball already, but is convinced by Haruka to step back on the sand once again and aim for the junior tournament.

Tags: Volleyball , Primarily Female Cast , Coastal , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Outdoor , School Club , Twins , Seinen

Haikyuu!!: Lev Kenzan!

Also known as HAIKYU!!: Lev Appears!.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

The event anime will tell an original story that reveals "a surprising side of a popular player."
Lev Haiba is determined to become Nekoma High's ace volleyball player, but can barely hit the ball. The team's coach orders Kenma Kozume to help out Lev with his practice, much to the former's annoyance. However, as they continue to work together, Kenma realizes that Lev's height might actually be able to help in games if his skills are honed in the right way.


Note: The OVA was screened at Jump Festa 2014 on November 9, 2014. It was later bundled with the 15th volume of the manga.

Tags: Volleyball , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Video Games , Primarily Teen Cast

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Lite

Also known as Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Short episodes aired on KyoAni's official YouTube channel.

Tags: Chuunibyou , School , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Volleyball

Haikyuu!!: VS Akaten

Also known as HAIKYU!!: VS Failing Marks.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

In this episode, which takes place after the first season, Hinata and Kageyama fail a test and find that the make-up exam conflicts with their training camp.

Note: The OVA was screened at Jump Festa 2015 on November 3, 2015. It was later bundled with the 21st volume of the manga.



Tags: School , Volleyball , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , School Club

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S

Also known as Sailor Moon S.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

This season makes a turning point in the Sailor Moon story. The Sailor Senshi are confronted by a new enemy, the Death Busters. Rei had a premonition that this enemy would rule the world in an era called the Silence. To do this, the Death Busters need to find the three Talismans that would summon the Holy Grail. However, two mysterious Sailor Senshi, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, plan to find the Talismans before them... but without Sailor Moon's help.

Tags: Shoujo , Magic , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , Found Family , Superhero , Reincarnation , Coming of Age , Dissociative Identities , Mythology , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tokusatsu , Demons , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Bisexual , Age Gap , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Aliens , Yuri , School , Bullying , Gender Bending , Cosmic Horror , Kuudere , Idol , Alternate Universe , Shrine Maiden , Body Horror , Makeup , Gambling , Volleyball