HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle

What is HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle about?

HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle is an anime film animated by Production I.G, adapted from a manga. It was released in February 16, 2024. AniList classifies it as comedy, drama and sports. It continues from HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP Part 2, which is worth watching first.

Synopsis from AniList, which credits Crunchyroll, edited. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Volleyball, Shounen, School Club, Primarily Male Cast, Male Protagonist, Ensemble Cast, Primarily Teen Cast, Coming of Age.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Shouyou Hinata 日向翔陽

  Main character

  Hinata has an unusually high ability to jump. Since he was young, Hinata trained his legs to compensate for his lack of height. He joins the Karusuno High School Volleyball team and amazes the team with his natural affinity as a spiker.

  Japanese voice: Ayumu Murase

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  Kenma Kozume 孤爪研磨

  Main character

  The setter of the Nekoma High School volleyball club. Kenma is Kuroo's childhood friend and keeps playing volleyball because of him. He has a very calm personality and is usually doing things at his own pace. Often seen playing video games and being introverted. Nekoma's backbone, brain and heart.

  Japanese voice: Yuuki Kaji

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  Tetsurou Kuroo 黒尾鉄朗

  Main character

  The captain of the Nekoma High School volleyball club. Kuroo has a somehow manipulative and cunning personality, but cares about his friends and teammates very deeply. As Nekoma's captain he has a sense of responsibility and confidence. Even though Kuroo's a middle blocker, he often uses offensive plays too.

  Japanese voice: Yuuichi Nakamura

Supporting characters

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  Tobio Kageyama 影山飛雄

  Supporting character

  A famous setter in his middle school who joins the Karusuno High Volleyball team. He was known as the "King of the Court" in his middle school because of his arrogant demeanor and the way he would order around his teammates.

  Japanese voice: Kaito Ishikawa

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  Kei Tsukishima 月島蛍

  Supporting character

  A member of the Karasuno High volleyball club. Tsukishima is very blunt and will sometimes rile his teammates up due to his antagonistic nature (most notably being Hinata, Kageyama, Nishinoya, and Tanaka) and sometimes other teams because of his casual smug attitude, taking pride in and relishing when his opponents…

  Japanese voice: Kouki Uchiyama

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  Daichi Sawamura 澤村大地

  Supporting character

  The captain of the Karasuno High volleyball club.

  Japanese voice: Satoshi Hino

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  Tadashi Yamaguchi 山口忠

  Supporting character

  Yamaguchi always hangs out with Tsukishima and is very protective of him. He has trained himself hard to use a jump float serve. He is also a substitute ace server of the Karasuno Volleyball team.

  Japanese voice: Souma Saitou

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  Yuu Nishinoya 西谷夕

  Supporting character

  Yuu is a very energetic and temperamental person. His boisterous nature and crazy shenanigans can attract unwanted attention quite easily, which often bodes ill for him.

  Japanese voice: Nobuhiko Okamoto

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  Koushi Sugawara 菅原孝支

  Supporting character

  Being the vice captain, Sugawara has a soothing personality for his teammates and acts as a pillar of support for them. Even though he isn't Karasuno's official setter anymore, he doesn't dream of giving up on playing in general.

  Japanese voice: Miyu Irino

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  Asahi Azumane 東峰旭

  Supporting character

  In contrast to his appearance, he is rather quiet and gentle and has his difficulties realizing that he is Karasuno's ace as he initially doesn't feel that way.

  Japanese voice: Yoshimasa Hosoya

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  Keishin Ukai 烏養繋心

  Supporting character

  Karasuno High School volleyball club's alumnus, currently coaching volleyball club and helping out his mother at the shop.

  Japanese voice: Hisao Egawa

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  Kiyoko Shimizu 清水潔子

  Supporting character

  The manager of the Karasuno High volleyball club.

  Japanese voice: Kaori Nazuka

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  Ittetsu Takeda 武田一鉄

  Supporting character

  Volleyball club faculty advisor of the Karasuno High School. Takeda is inexperienced in volleyball, but still became an advisor for Karasuno. He often doesn't understand rules and that's why he takes notes about every new thing he learns. Takeda has an enthusiastic and brave personality.

  Japanese voice: Hiroshi Kamiya

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  Chikara Ennoshita 縁下力

  Supporting character

  Ennoshita seems quiet and reserved but can behave boldly towards the other 2nd years. He's smart and hasn't received a failing mark before. Similarly to Sugawara, he is always smiling. He's supposedly the only one within the 2nd years to be able to control Tanaka and Nishinoya.

  Japanese voice: Toshiki Masuda

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  Taketora Yamamoto 山本猛虎

  Supporting character

  Yamamoto is proud and short tempered wing spiker of the Nekoma High School volleyball club. He usually doesn't think what he says and is somewhat similar to Tanaka.

  Japanese voice: Seigo Yokota