Yes, Remaining Haikyuu!! Content May Be Rushed, But It's Better Than Not Getting It At All

Summary:

• The new Haikyuu!! movie is probably going to be a rushed adaptation, which upsets many fans.
• That said, some have already compared it to The Promised Neverland S2, which is just wrong.
• It’s a miracle these movies are getting made in the first place.

Recently, information about the length of the first Haikyuu!! movie past the currently released TV seasons, The Dumpster Battle, has been leaked. The leak revealed the movie to be under an hour and a half long, which disappointed fans immensely.

On the one hand, it’s understandable: no fan wants an incredibly rushed adaptation. On the other hand, some fans are arguing that the concerns are blown out of proportion. And if they truly are, the rushed adaptation might be better than no adaptation at all.

The possible issues with pacing

The first movie looks like it’s going to adapt only the Karasuno vs Nekoma match. While that match is quite long in the manga — on par with the Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa match from the third season — adapting it into the movie is not such a bad idea, especially compared to some of the disastrous adaptations fans have already compared this movie to.

The length of this arc in the manga is around 40 chapters. A similar amount of chapters was covered by S3 of the series, which was 10 episodes long. The movie is rumored to be as long as 4-5 TV episodes total, and this means the pacing will be 2-2.5 times as fast as it was before.

This might sound bad, but it’s not as bad as fans make it out to be. Some fans have already compared this adaptation to the infamous Season 2 of The Promised Neverland (Yakusoku no Neverland). That series covered more than 140 chapters in its second season compared to 37 in the first one, although “covered” is used loosely here — the anime skipped some arcs completely.

It might not be as bad as people say

The new Haikyuu!! movie, while obviously rushed, is not going to be nearly as bad as that. However, some fans are concerned that the entirety of the manga will be condensed into just one movie after that, which, even at the pace of The Dumpster Battle movie, would need to be over 3 hours long.

Others argue that it’s not going to be the case — speculating that the second movie will be about as long as the first one and cover the final match of the tournament. That means the anime isn’t going to be a full adaptation, as there will still be post-timeskip content to cover.

It’s surprising it’s being made in the first place

Even if the movies of Haikyuu!! are rushed, it doesn’t mean that this adaptation should be disregarded. A faster pace might be compensated by movie-quality animation, which could smooth out the issues.

And in the end, arguably, it’s a miracle that this adaptation is being made in the first place — S4 was already a surprise for many fans after many years since S3 aired