The third season of Haikyu! is ever closer and now another important detail has fallen into place. The upcoming installment of Weekly Shonen Jump has had an early scan make its way out that reveals that the season will premiere on October 7th, 2016, on all the usual networks. The series is being titled as Haikyu!! Karasuno High vs Shiratorizawa Academy and is scheduled for a ten episode run when it debuts.
The series comes from manga creator Haruichi Furudate and is directed by Susumu Mitsunaka (Cuticle Detective Inaba, Bunny Drop) with series composition by Taku Kishimoto (Silver Spoon, Tales from Earthsea), character designs by Takahiro Kishida (BTOOOM!, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) and animation production by Production I.G (Ghost Hound, Kuroko’s Basketball).
Sentai Filmworks licensed and released the first season of the series on DVD and Blu-ray.
Plot concept: Ever since Shoyo saw a short-statured volleyball pro dominate in a National Championship, he’s been determined to become the next big thing in High School Volleyball. Unfortunately, he’s barely played the game. The only time he was able to play in junior high, his team was defeated in their first and only match against a team lead by up-and-coming setter Tobio. Now in high school, Shoyo finally has a chance to join a real team. The catch is: he must learn to play on a team with his old nemesis.
[Source: ANN]
