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Good for sports terminology
Haikyu!! is the gold standard for modern sports anime. The reason it's so beloved is due to its solid cast of characters. Both the main team and the opposition have a lot of personality, sometimes making you want to root for both teams.
Haikyu!! is a good anime for learning Japanese due to its easy-to-follow story. Even if you understand nothing you can follow the matches. A lot of the in-match dialogue is easy to pick up due to how close some of it is to English (One touch, nice receive etc) and how often it is repeated.
I found the team coach's dialogue to be the hardest to follow. They use a lot of sports jargon relating to tactics, but you can get a basic idea of what they are saying. I also picked up a lot of sports terminology watching.