Back at October's New York Comic Con, Viz announced their license of Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! volleyball manga (and for Shonen Jump sports fans, Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Kuroko's Basketball too). Now, they've lined up the first two volumes for July 4th and August 2nd, with an aggressive release schedule after that.

When Haikyu debuts this July a new volume will come out every month to catch up with Japan! https://t.co/u0UY3faeuP pic.twitter.com/E1CW5s22pJ — VIZ Media (@VIZMedia) March 10, 2016

The series is described

Ever since he saw the legendary player known as the "Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! He decides to join the team at the high school the Little Giant went to-and then surpass him. Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else?



After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, the King of the Court, Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy who is supposed to be his rival ends up being his teammate?!

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.