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The Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle anime movie has a hidden hero: Hideki Takahashi, who animated 1/4th of the entire movie
The Haikyu! Fly and Connect panel, presented by TOHO Animation and put on by Anime NYC, touched on the hard work of all the film's animators with one in particular getting a shoutout
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Haikyu!! was one of the biggest-ticket items at Anime NYC 2024, whether in terms of cosplay, merch, or the widely-attended Fly and Connect panel hosted on the Main Stage by TOHO Animation. The purpose of the panel was to highlight the behind-the-scenes work done by the animators to bring Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle Movie to fans. One animator in particular was given special recognition for the amount of cuts, about a quarter of the film, that he did.
That animator is Hideki Takahashi, who also worked on the Haikyu!! series and contributed to anime like Detective Conan and Pengin Highway. Takahashi contributed about 300 of the 1200 cuts that went into the final film, according to the panelists, which amounts to about a full episode of a standard anime series.
Haikyu!! has garnered worldwide fans for its compelling characters that strive to be the best at what they do. And in the heroic efforts of Takahashi to get the anticipated film version to fans, we can't help but see a parallel to the hard-working protagonists of the volleyball series. Still, we hope that Takahashi got a good long break after completing this massive effort - Haikyu is as much about what happens off the court as it is what happens on, after all.
According to IMDb, Takahashi is set to return to the Haikyuu!! saga in the next film, which is without a release date as of this writing. Learn how to get into the story of Haikyu!! here.
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