“Haruka moves to Okinawa, revives cousin Kanata's beach volleyball dreams, overcoming height anxiety for Junior Tournament.”
Harukana Receive
はるかなレシーブ
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Synopsis
Haruka moves to Okinawa, revives cousin Kanata's beach volleyball dreams, overcoming height anxiety for Junior Tournament.
In beach volleyball, there is no room for aces. To achieve victory, each player must find their one, irreplaceable partner that they can rely on in the court of sand. At least, that is what Haruka Oozora learns on her first day in Okinawa after moving in with her grandmother and her cousin Kanata Higa. While touring a nearby beach, Haruka stumbles upon some girls practicing beach volleyball and is quickly invited to join. This friendly practice game suddenly turns into a match when one of the girls, Narumi Tooi, notices Kanata approaching the court. Although the two suffer a devastating defeat, Haruka finally realizes the reason for her cousin’s quiet and distant behavior. Kanata and Narumi used to be an exceptionally talented beach volleyball duo, until Kanata quit due to her short height causing problems for Narumi. Now, with the Junior Tournament just weeks away, Haruka must learn the intricacies of competitive beach volleyball and help Kanata overcome her crippling anxiety towards the sport that she once used to love.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 35 sampled reviews
What 35 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.83 · split reception
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.5
↑ 0.89
Running avg · Jul 2018 → Sep 2025
- 8 “I personally like this anime. If you look past the ecchi zoom-ins and treat it as a sports anime, it's actually not that bad. Heck, I'd even consider removing the ecchi tag. The characters are cute...”
- 10 “All the characters have excellent chemistry! Haruka and Kanata are absolutely cool. The character progression is great. At first there isn't much to be concerned about, or feel passion for, but...”
- 8 “So being honest, when I went into this show I was expecting it to be a full-on fanservice machine until I was quickly proven wrong in that it has a well-grounded story behind it. Seriously, job...”
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2018 – Sep 2018 Summer 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-12947 catalog
Produced by
- AT-X Producer
- Houbunsha Producer
- Docomo Anime Store Producer
- Kadokawa Media House Producer
- Kadokawa Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor