Haruichi Furudate's volleyball manga "Haikyu! will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022. It has been revealed that ten major projects are underway for the anniversary year, and four of them have been announced in advance, including a short radio drama and an exhibition that will be held in Tokyo. First of all, a new key visual for the 10th anniversary of "Haikyu", drawn by the original author Haruichi Furudate, has been created. The key visual for the 10th anniversary of "Haikyu! characters as they will be in 2022, and the first two characters to be unveiled are Kotsume and Kuroo. The number of characters will continue to increase and the completed version will be released next year. A short radio drama has been decided to be produced, and the script will be written by Furudate. It will be an omnibus-style short drama that captures the daily lives of the characters, and will be written by the original author himself. This short drama will be broadcast on the web radio "Karasuno High School Broadcast Club" from 2022. The "Serial Conclusion Commemorative Haikyu Exhibition" that started in Sendai in September 2020 will be held in February 2022. exhibition, which started in Sendai in September 2020, will return in Tokyo in February 2022. The exhibition, which has been touring seven venues throughout Japan, will open in Hiroshima on December 22, 2021, the first venue in the Chugoku region. The final venue will be Tokyo. The exhibition, titled "In Commemoration of the Series' Conclusion: Haikyu! Exhibition", there will be new exhibits in addition to Furudate's handwritten manuscripts and color illustrations that have been displayed so far. New goods will also be available for purchase at the venue, and preparations are underway to make this the perfect finale to the exhibition that has been running for about a year and a half. In August 2022, "Haikyu! and Japan's top volleyball league, V.LEAGUE, will hold a collaborative match event in Tokyo in August 2022. The event will be held in Tokyo in August 2022, and will be broadcasted both in front of an audience and online, and will feature a key visual drawn by Furudate. The details of the event will be announced in the "Weekly Shonen Jump" magazine in the future. (C) Haruichi Furudate/Shueisha
【Background】
・Graduated from Kyoto University with a major in Japanese Culture Studies, Faculty of Letters
・After graduation, worked 4 years as editor and proofreader for a print magazine specializing in traditional performing arts and culture
・Became a freelance journalist in 2021 and launched japanculturean.com in 2022
【Expertise】
・Pop-Culture Fusion Analysis
Analytical commentary on how modern pop-culture media (anime, film, fashion) incorporates and reinterprets traditional Japanese motifs.
