The First Slam Dunk anime movie will be streaming on Netflix starting on August 25. The movie opened in Japan in December 2022, earning over 6.7 billion yen in the first 5 weeks. You can check out the anime visual below.
Toei Animation and DandeLion Animation Studio produced the movie. The original mangaka Takehiko Inoue directed and provided the screenplay, with Yasuyuki Ebara as chief animation director and character designer.
Takehiko Inoue wrote and illustrated the original Slam Dunk sports manga, which was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from September 18, 1990, to June 4, 1996. It ran for a total of 276 chapters, which were compiled into 31 volumes. Toei Animation also animated the TV anime, which ran from October 1993, to March 1996 for a total of 101 episodes. In addition to the main anime series, there are also 4 short movies.
Viz Media licensed the manga, and they describe the story:
Hanamichi Sakuragi’s got no game with girls–none at all! It doesn’t help that he’s known for throwing down at a moment’s notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he’s been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she’s actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever…
Source: Netflix on X
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