For a little backstory, I had never seen a sports anime in my life, and that lead to curiosity. How the hell can you have an anime about a sport? Wheres the story line come from? Sports? What? Most anime watchers don't tend to be into sports...stereotypically of course. So I decided to give Haikyuu!! and Free! a shot, and I do not regret it.
Haikyuu is a volleyball anime. But, it isn't just "volleyball". The storyline progresses through the volleyball, and they really allow you to become connected with the characters. Such as seeing them progress and grow, seeing their backstory, the reasons they try so hard or don't try at all. The matches suddenly become so intense, the only problem is, you get attached to every team and sometimes its upsetting to see the other team lose.
The anime itself follows one team around "Karasuno". In which you also get to learn about each character within that team.
Although it may just follow one team, they tell us just enough information about all the other teams to help us form a bond and connection with them all.
Typically, i'd say the audience for this anime is "girls". As theres a lot of shipping that can be done, and best part of this is, theres a huge fanbase for this, with fan art and fan fics all over the place. So if shipping is your thing, this can help temporarily satisfy your needs.
The art style for this anime is very basic, but just enough to satisfy my needs. When the character is behind the net during the shot, they tend to wipe out apart of the net, and at first I never noticed it, but once I noticed it once, I never stopped noticing it.The characters within this anime are absolutely loveable. Even tho there is a wide range of personalities, all of them are just so gah! I want to cuddle them all and give them all my attention!
The ending of season 1 had me screaming. WHO THE HELL ends it there?
Honestly, so did the ending of season 2!
The seasons end rather abruptly and on cliff hangers, which can be a pain if you're watching as the episodes are released, because by the time the next seasons out, you've forgotten what the previous episode was and you're no longer in that tense moment. So although it makes you want to come back for more, it does somewhat kill the moment.
For some reason I am very into the storyline and feel rather passionate about it. Although the storyline revolves round sports - which I quite frankly have no clue about - I am still fixated on the story line and the characters.
Art style: 8/10
Characters: 8/10
Story Line: 7/10
Overal Personal Rating: 8/10
Would I recomend: Yes / No / To certain people [typically fangirls interested in gay ships]
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sports
Age rating: PG 13 (shirtless guys, the occasional curse word)
