by The anime movie “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK” (Slam Dunk), released on December 3 last year, will be screened nationwide at the same time on August 3 at 11:30 am.
This is the game start time of “Sanno Technical High School” (Akita representative) and “Shohoku High School” (Kanagawa representative) appearing in the work, August 3 morning. It will be held at 11:30 am. In addition, a “Sanno x Shohoku watching ticket” will be distributed as a privilege to those who attended the screening on August 3, including the 11:30 am screening.
This work is based on the basketball manga “SLAM DUNK” serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” from 1990 No. 42 to 1996 No. 27. The protagonist, Hanamichi Sakuragi, a basketball novice who joins the Shohoku High School basketball club, depicts the rapid blooming of her talent in conflicts with her teammate Kaede Rukawa and in matches against strong schools.
The thrilling depiction of the game and the characters who devoted their youth to basketball aroused sympathy from readers. They received overwhelming support, and the cumulative circulation of the series in Japan exceeded 120 million copies. A total of 101 episodes of the TV anime were broadcast from 1993 to 1996.
The new movie will be directed and written by original author Takehiko Inoue, and Toei Animation/Dandelion Animation Studio will produce the animation.
The voice cast of the five Shohoku members has been renewed from the TV anime version, with Sogo Nakamura as Ryota Miyagi, Jun Kasama as Hisashi Mitsui, Shinichiro Kamio as Kaede Rukawa, Subaru Kimura as Hanamichi Sakuragi, and Takenori Akagi. is in charge of Kenta Miyake. In addition, the current box office revenue has exceeded 14.8 billion yen, ranked 14th in the successive box office rankings.
