Haikyu!! Festival! Got 10,000 Fans
On August 30, the event 'Haikyu!! Festival!' was held for the TV anime 'Haikyu!!'. At the venue, Pacifico Yokohama in Kanagawa, Ayumu Murase playing the main character, Shoyo Hinata, Kaito Ishikawa playing Tobio Kageyama and other main casts showed up. Combining daytime and eveningtime performances, there came together about 10,000 people on the day.
As the event started, the mascot characters, Hinagarasu and Kagegarasu appeared on the stage. Then, members of Karasumori High School volleyball club showed up. When the main characters, Murase, Ishikawa, Satoshi Hino playing Daichi Sawamura and Miyu Irino playing Takashi Sugawara appeared, a cheer and clap went up from the audience.
The event started with "Haikyu!! Awards Festival" to look back the TV anime series. Each character got "Odd Play Prize", "Best Dressed Prize" and "Best Words Prize" etc.. Famous scenes from the anime were screened which reconfirmed its diverse charm.
In the item of "Important Announcement Festival!", details for the 2nd season which starts in October were revealed. The theme song will be a song by a rock band, SPYAIR who was also in charge of the opening theme song of the 1st season. New casts, Kotaro Bokuto is played by Ryohei Kimura and Keiji Akaashi will be played by Ryota Osaka. When the two new casts appeared on the stage, the audience exclaimed in surprise.
Besides, SPYAIR performed as the secret guest, there was a surprising live show, too. SPYAIR sang the former opening theme "Imagination" and the 2nd season opening theme "I'm a Believer", the fan's voltage rose to a climax.
The entire cast participated in a 'Drama Read Aloud Festival!', there were also special long PV screening and few other things which brought this large scale, almost 2 hours long event to a successful finish.
