The “New Series Kick-off Event” in Japan gave us lots of new updates on the upcoming fourth season and OVA of volleyball anime Haikyu!! First off, the event revealed that season 4’s full title will be Haikyu!! To the Top. The event also announced two new cast members for season 4: Mamoru Miyano (Light Yagami in Death Note) will be voicing Inarizaki High’s Atsumu Miya, while Natsuki Hanae (Kaneki Ken in Tokyo Ghoul) will play Kamomedai High’s Korai Hoshiumi.
A new visual was also revealed during the event, which indicates the fourth season’s January 2020 premiere.
A teaser video was also revealed for the upcoming Haikyu!! OVA, which you can watch here. The video gives us a sneak peek into the OVA’s first episode.
The OVA will cover the Tokyo Qualifiers in two episodes, ”Riku VS. Ku” (Land VS. Sky) and “Ball no Michi” (The Path of the Ball). The OVA will feature the volleyball teams from Nekoma High School, Fukurodani Academy, Nohebi Academy, and Itachiyama Academy as they battle against each other for three Tokyo spots for the Nationals.
Haikyu!! is a manga series written by Haruichi Furudate. Since its release in 2012, it has been serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump, with tankobon releases done by Shueisha already numbering to 36 (as of this writing). Haikyu!! already has over 28 million copies in print as of January 2018. Production I.G. adapted the manga into an anime series in 2014, with the second season airing the year after and a third season airing in 2016.
The manga’s story centers around Shoyo Hinata, who dreams of becoming a star volleyball player despite his height. However, he suffers a crushing defeat in his first and last tournament in middle school at the hands of Tobio Kageyama, dubbed as “King of the Court”. After graduating, he vows to seek revenge on Kageyama and enters Karasuno High School—only for them to wind up as teammates in the school’s volleyball team. Thus the two form a legendary combo by combining Hinata’s athleticism and Kageyama’s genius and together, they vow to take Karasuno to the nationals.
Source: Crunchyroll News