Haikyu!! (2014)

Haikyu!! parents guide

No sex or nudity and mild language, about what a TV-14 should carry.

Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.

Scare

Not scary

Jump scares

None noted

Gore

No gore

Violence

No real violence

Sex and nudity

None noted

Language

Mild

Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

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What is Haikyu!! about?

Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama’s team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.

Cast and crew

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