SLAM DUNK

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You can see your favorite 90´s basket kicks in this japanese anime ;)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slam_Dunk_(manga)

Slam Dunk (スラムダンク, Suramu Danku?) is a 31-volume, 24-Kanzenban manga and anime series written by Takehiko Inoue about a basketball team from Shohoku (Shōhoku) High School. It was first published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan and has sold over 100 million copies in Japan alone.[1] In 1995, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen and in 2007 was declared Japan's favorite manga.[2]

It was so popular that many Japanese teenagers began playing basketball after it was published.[3] Inoue has also used basketball as a central theme in two other manga series: Buzzer Beater and Real.

The anime series, consisting of 101 episodes, was produced by the TV Asahi terrestrial television network and Toei Animation and directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa. It was first aired on TV Asahi from October 16, 1993 to March 23, 1996. It was later aired on the anime satellite television network, Animax, in addition to four animated movies produced. The anime series follows the manga storyline, but leaves out the National Tournament games. The animated movies are separate stand-alone stories.

The manga was originally licensed in North America to the now-defunct Gutsoon! Entertainment and serialized in Raijin Comics during 2003 and 2004 before Gutsoon folded. Toei and Geneon briefly chose to release the anime on DVD after the manga was discontinued, though the anime was also discontinued after only a few volumes. Toei is currently streaming episodes of the series on-line for a fee.

The license has since been picked up by VIZ Media, who confirmed at Comic Con International 2007 that will start publishing the series in September 2008. A preview of the series was published in the December 2007 issue of Shonen Jump. [4] The Viz version appears to have basketball tips and NBA player profiles, bonus material which did not appear in the Raijin version or the imports.

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Did anyone see the movie for this Anime? and do u see them rockin jordans?!?! 1 Reply

Started by Ibn. Last reply by mikki brown Feb 13.

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Comment by Carolina on July 4, 2009 at 11:36am: I think i loved it most because i love Midorikawa Hikaru's voice :) But it was a hilarious show!

Comment by Carolina on July 3, 2009 at 10:54pm: Naw, nobody has really heard about it too much in the USA. It's such a old show! I used to watch it in Taiwan and South America. My brother and I had all the Manga and video tapes. I even used to have slam dunk posters and coloring books....No lie hahahahah I was a nerd. Totally had a crush on Rukawa hahaha :) I even met and got the autograph of the orginal Japanese voice actor that did his voice :)

Comment by Kusojiji69 on July 1, 2009 at 7:58pm

Comment by Kusojiji69 on July 1, 2009 at 7:58pm

Comment by Kusojiji69 on July 1, 2009 at 7:49pm: haha thx all for your coments, yeah this anime its so nice, a lot of people get interest in basket and sneakers thx to slam dunk, somebody have new pics???

Mikio Horii san, yeah you are japanese and know more than somebody about this anime i think, you can see some nice asics too

Carolina, thx you, you grew up with slam dunk? nice! its popular in usa?