The official X account of the “Haikyu!” anime series revealed that the movie “HAIKYU!! Movie: The Dumpster Battle” (Japanese Name: Haikyuu!! Movie: Gomisuteba no Kessen, Synonym: Haikyu!! Movie: Battle of the Garbage Dump) exceeded 10 Billion Yen in Japanese Box Office.
This movie was released in Japanese theatres on February 16, 2024, and During the 75 days of release until April 30, this film attracted 6.99 million viewers (attendance) and grossed 10 billion yen at the Japanese box office.
To celebrate this achievement, The official YouTube channel of Toho Animation released a video titled “HAIKYU!! Movie: “The Dumpster Battle” Extra-Big Hit Commemorative Outdoor Advertisement”:
Just like in previous seasons, Studio Production IG animated this Haikyu!! movie. The main staff of this movie includes:
Director: Susumu Mitsunaka
Scriptwriter: Mitsunaka
Character designer: Takahiro Kishida
Assistant director: Mariko Ishikawa
Color designer: Mayumi Satou
Animation Production: Production I.G
In Japan, this movie grossed 8,750,333,750 yen till now. The Theme song of this movie “Orange” was performed by SPYAIR. Bookmark our website for more awesome updates!
ABOUT HAIKYU!!
Haikyu!! is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in 2012 in Shueisha’s Shounen manga magazine Weekly Shounen Jump. There are a total of 45 Volumes in this manga. It won the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award for the Shounen category in 2016.
This manga later received an anime adaptation produced by Production I.G in April 2014. This anime has total 4 Seasons, 4 Movies, and 4 OVA. They announced Haikyu! Final film will be a 2-part Haikyu! film which will conclude its story. The part 1 of this Haikyu! Final is named “HAIKYU!! Movie: The Dumpster Battle” which was released in Japan in February 2024.
Viz Media Licensed this manga in English and describes its plot as:
“After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, “the King of the Court,” Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?!“
