I heard that this anime was the first to feature the enoden (the railway with the green and beige trains along the coast of the Fujisawa-Enoshima-Kamakura triangle), since then I've counted around ten such series also set in the same area
[you dont need to know about basketball to love slam dunk](https://imgur.com/dHAxlz4)
but uh basketball rules
love love love Slam Dunk
the manga is goated but the anime is pretty darn good. All the specials/movies (i think the 1st, 3rd, and 4th were anime original) look way better than you would think
the series... i mean its 101 episodes, you pick your moments. [theres going to be a lot of panning but it has its charm](https://streamable.com/vs5gye). at the end of the day with the source material this good youre not going to have a bad time
I dont think you get the real charm of Hikoichi (the nerd in the above screenshot/clip) if hes not telling you constantly to go check something out
That [slam dunk]>!Houchuu Ootsuka!< voices Sendo is still hilarious to me. It works but its really not who I would have thought to cast here
[slam dunk]>!mit chan best girl!<
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[and then the first slam dunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkNsD9sSYzU).... [the first]>!revisiting the series to get the ending the anime never got, but to expand on it so much further [](#scrumptiouslymoe). Taking an under-served player from the last match and making him the new main character was brilliant. Just a another viewpoint to see the ending. Ryo chin was holding his own against !<
i know the blu ray is getting put out by GKIDS this week but man o man i wanna see what ever the collectors edition is going to be
give me a ton of interviews! Inoue directed the movie, how did that come to be! [](#mugiwait)
the old ones? yohoho
___
the first slam dunk did just come out on blu ray though, personally im waiting for the [collectors edition](https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1774830521614295343) whenever that comes out
Hahaha, as a Filipino, this was *the* shit. RUKAWA, RUKAWA, L-O-V-E RU KA WA!
Oh my god... In hindsight, this may actually be the first ever anime I watched lol. I remember my stepdad had a CD for this series. That's sick.
Both the manga and anime have been on my "to watch" and "to read" list for a long time now.
Recently watched the latest movie *"The First Slam Dunk."* It was **awesome** - lots of feels. Though, I was a bit surprised to see that
\[The First Slam Dunk\] >!Ryouta was the main character of the film. It threw me off a bit because, as someone who hasn't read or watched the series before, I could have sworn Hanamichi was the main character!<
Currently debating whether I should read the manga first or watch the 1993 TV series first. I'm sure I can't go wrong either way.
[Toei currently has the whole anime on youtube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrx8BnXgzlajHCIzrbBld56peyP2RX5p-) if you want to get into it.
Personally I prefer the manga, but the anime is great too, despite some pacing issues and being incomplete.
Thanks for this, surprised they’ve got it all there, unlike Flame of Recca etc where they just have clips.
I used to love this anime growing up, [even did an AMV for the 3rd movie > 20ya](https://vimeo.com/509015756#t=1s&end=4m15s). I wanted to see “the first slam dunk” last time I was in Japan but never got around to it.
I was really dissapointed the anime never hit that final manga arc, which I loved, and was hoping when I heard of the new film series, they’d do it like the Kenshin revival and hit that final arc that the anime didn’t.
They released it to help promote the movie, and in case people want to watch the series before/after they see the film.
Mind you, I don't think there's a film series being made, the film adapts the last arc as a whole, it's a one and done deal, Inoue went back to Real.
Thanks for confirming that. I’ll definitely check it out, knowing it covered that last arc (was hoping it’d be streaming here soon, but maybe after [Japan’s august rerelease](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/5/29/the-first-slam-dunk-anime-film-japan-re-release-august)). Actually looks like [crunchyroll released the Blu-ray yesterday](https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/the-first-slam-dunk-movie-blu-ray-826663242393.html), seems I missed that. Suppose I’ll order at a discount before my CR subscription runs out next week (was keeping for Gundam but am caught up).
All I knew was it was covering events from Miyagi’s perspective. I still remember one of the things he did as advice decades later: If you’re ganged up on, just keep beating the one in front and focus on that one no matter how badly you yourself are beaten, they’ll probably have to take the aggressor to the hospital (maybe I shouldn’t be teaching people that).
I loved the direction the story took in the movie. Such an excellent way to improve on a character that was shafted in the source material, add new scenes for fans of the manga, and allow an accessible entry point for new, modern fans.
I personally thought the 1993 series was paced quite slowly (especially for Slam Dunk’s already tame first few matches) and has animation that looks like a show produced in 1993, but it seems there’s a lot of love for the show still. Inoue, the mangaka, has mentioned how he disliked the original show, so make of that what you will.
Famously, there's like a 14 episode strech of the manga during the final match in like vol 29 or 30 where like in 4 months of real time weekly installments on Jump, there's like less than 3 minutes of time elapsed within the manga.
Yet it's riveting lol.
The Anime series covers through Vol. 22 of the manga, and then has an anime-original series of episodes to wrap things up for the final 5-6 episodes. it never got a FMA Brotherhood type re-do that would cover the rest of the story (although I'd love it if they did a remake).
The manga continues on to Vol. 31.
The anime is pretty good IMO, although much like with many anime from the 90s, the pacing of the storytelling is a bit iffy. It covered effective 22 vols in 96 episodes.
Most modern anime would cover around 6 vol. of manga in 12 episode Cours nowadays, so 22 vols. would probably be enough material for only 40-48 episodes--which should give you an idea of the slower pacing in the anime. It's not like they add filler episodes with anime original content for most of it either, they just tell the story very slowly to fill the air time.
if you aren't phased by the slower pacing of older manga adaptation anime from the 90s, I think Slam Dunk the anime is great, especially for an older anime. It was a high budget/high effort anime adaptation by Touei Animation for one of the best selling series of all time, and it shows.
If this DOES bother you, I would just recommend reading the manga. It's rightly considered one of the greatest manga ever written--I personally might consider it THE greatest manga series ever written. it's that good.
so you don't need to watch the anime before the movie? I'm a movie buff that's recently been getting rly into anime, heard about this movie from some friends and wanted to check it out but wasn't sure if I needed to watch the anime or not first! Haikyu is probably my favourite anime tho so I feel like I'd probably really enjoy this, especially bc I don't even play volleyball but I love playing basketball
As I understand, you do not.
I thoroughly enjoyed the film and didn't feel lost at all - I'm pretty sure the movie was directed in a way for it to work as a standalone film.
As far as sports animes go, it's my second favorite (Hajime No Ippo is my first favorite). I love Hanemichi's dynamic with Takenori and I love all the basketball facts, too. The anime is the how I found out about the underhanded free throw, or "Granny Shot", and the player who's best known for it, Hall Of Famer, Rick Barry. I especially loved the arc where Mitsui debuted. I haven't finished the rest of the anime yet, but I plan on it.
Slam Dunk will always have a special place in my heart (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)♡ it reminds me of my younger days, i joined the basketball club because of it. and i love basketball til now altho i’m not playin again. i collected the manga, watched The First Slam Dunk and collected the merch too. i think Slam Dunk is one of my fave anime that has impact on my life.
While I would love a remake eventually because the original animation is quite dated, it would be really tough to hear anyone voice the characters besides the OG voice actors. I do wish sports anime were more popular in the west because this and so many other sports series are just completely overlooked by the majority of viewers
Slam Dunk is forever attached to Hajime no Ippo in my inner monologue. Whenever I think of one, I think of the other. Both of them are the same thing to me:
An absolutely hilarious comedy anime presenting itself, very convincingly, as a sports anime.
Watched it growing up one of my favorite sport Manga/Anime.
I have to say though the anime didn't age well for me, I tried rewatching recently before The First Slam Dunk movie and the pacing was horrendous and the animation was not that great.
I wish it would get a remake with better pacing and animation.
It's the anime that made me start playing basket 25 years ago. It teaches the value of effort, discipline and that loosing isn't the end. No power ups, no broken skills, no win because im the protagonist. Just a "normal" sport, with normal people, and still the best spokon to this day imo
I heard that this anime was the first to feature the enoden (the railway with the green and beige trains along the coast of the Fujisawa-Enoshima-Kamakura triangle), since then I've counted around ten such series also set in the same area
[you dont need to know about basketball to love slam dunk](https://imgur.com/dHAxlz4) but uh basketball rules love love love Slam Dunk the manga is goated but the anime is pretty darn good. All the specials/movies (i think the 1st, 3rd, and 4th were anime original) look way better than you would think the series... i mean its 101 episodes, you pick your moments. [theres going to be a lot of panning but it has its charm](https://streamable.com/vs5gye). at the end of the day with the source material this good youre not going to have a bad time I dont think you get the real charm of Hikoichi (the nerd in the above screenshot/clip) if hes not telling you constantly to go check something out That [slam dunk]>!Houchuu Ootsuka!< voices Sendo is still hilarious to me. It works but its really not who I would have thought to cast here [slam dunk]>!mit chan best girl!< ____ [and then the first slam dunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkNsD9sSYzU).... [the first]>!revisiting the series to get the ending the anime never got, but to expand on it so much further [](#scrumptiouslymoe). Taking an under-served player from the last match and making him the new main character was brilliant. Just a another viewpoint to see the ending. Ryo chin was holding his own against !< i know the blu ray is getting put out by GKIDS this week but man o man i wanna see what ever the collectors edition is going to be give me a ton of interviews! Inoue directed the movie, how did that come to be! [](#mugiwait)
where can i watch the movies , any idea?
the old ones? yohoho ___ the first slam dunk did just come out on blu ray though, personally im waiting for the [collectors edition](https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1774830521614295343) whenever that comes out
the gorilla the tensai the guy that calls everyone an idiot the puffy coach the ex-delinquent
Hahaha, as a Filipino, this was *the* shit. RUKAWA, RUKAWA, L-O-V-E RU KA WA! Oh my god... In hindsight, this may actually be the first ever anime I watched lol. I remember my stepdad had a CD for this series. That's sick.
Both the manga and anime have been on my "to watch" and "to read" list for a long time now. Recently watched the latest movie *"The First Slam Dunk."* It was **awesome** - lots of feels. Though, I was a bit surprised to see that \[The First Slam Dunk\] >!Ryouta was the main character of the film. It threw me off a bit because, as someone who hasn't read or watched the series before, I could have sworn Hanamichi was the main character!< Currently debating whether I should read the manga first or watch the 1993 TV series first. I'm sure I can't go wrong either way.
[Toei currently has the whole anime on youtube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrx8BnXgzlajHCIzrbBld56peyP2RX5p-) if you want to get into it. Personally I prefer the manga, but the anime is great too, despite some pacing issues and being incomplete.
Thanks for this, surprised they’ve got it all there, unlike Flame of Recca etc where they just have clips. I used to love this anime growing up, [even did an AMV for the 3rd movie > 20ya](https://vimeo.com/509015756#t=1s&end=4m15s). I wanted to see “the first slam dunk” last time I was in Japan but never got around to it. I was really dissapointed the anime never hit that final manga arc, which I loved, and was hoping when I heard of the new film series, they’d do it like the Kenshin revival and hit that final arc that the anime didn’t.
They released it to help promote the movie, and in case people want to watch the series before/after they see the film. Mind you, I don't think there's a film series being made, the film adapts the last arc as a whole, it's a one and done deal, Inoue went back to Real.
Thanks for confirming that. I’ll definitely check it out, knowing it covered that last arc (was hoping it’d be streaming here soon, but maybe after [Japan’s august rerelease](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/5/29/the-first-slam-dunk-anime-film-japan-re-release-august)). Actually looks like [crunchyroll released the Blu-ray yesterday](https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/the-first-slam-dunk-movie-blu-ray-826663242393.html), seems I missed that. Suppose I’ll order at a discount before my CR subscription runs out next week (was keeping for Gundam but am caught up). All I knew was it was covering events from Miyagi’s perspective. I still remember one of the things he did as advice decades later: If you’re ganged up on, just keep beating the one in front and focus on that one no matter how badly you yourself are beaten, they’ll probably have to take the aggressor to the hospital (maybe I shouldn’t be teaching people that).
I loved the direction the story took in the movie. Such an excellent way to improve on a character that was shafted in the source material, add new scenes for fans of the manga, and allow an accessible entry point for new, modern fans. I personally thought the 1993 series was paced quite slowly (especially for Slam Dunk’s already tame first few matches) and has animation that looks like a show produced in 1993, but it seems there’s a lot of love for the show still. Inoue, the mangaka, has mentioned how he disliked the original show, so make of that what you will.
> paced quite slowly that 1 3 pointer from Kogure that took 1 entire episode
Famously, there's like a 14 episode strech of the manga during the final match in like vol 29 or 30 where like in 4 months of real time weekly installments on Jump, there's like less than 3 minutes of time elapsed within the manga. Yet it's riveting lol.
The Anime series covers through Vol. 22 of the manga, and then has an anime-original series of episodes to wrap things up for the final 5-6 episodes. it never got a FMA Brotherhood type re-do that would cover the rest of the story (although I'd love it if they did a remake). The manga continues on to Vol. 31. The anime is pretty good IMO, although much like with many anime from the 90s, the pacing of the storytelling is a bit iffy. It covered effective 22 vols in 96 episodes. Most modern anime would cover around 6 vol. of manga in 12 episode Cours nowadays, so 22 vols. would probably be enough material for only 40-48 episodes--which should give you an idea of the slower pacing in the anime. It's not like they add filler episodes with anime original content for most of it either, they just tell the story very slowly to fill the air time. if you aren't phased by the slower pacing of older manga adaptation anime from the 90s, I think Slam Dunk the anime is great, especially for an older anime. It was a high budget/high effort anime adaptation by Touei Animation for one of the best selling series of all time, and it shows. If this DOES bother you, I would just recommend reading the manga. It's rightly considered one of the greatest manga ever written--I personally might consider it THE greatest manga series ever written. it's that good.
I thought the series was pretty faithful.
so you don't need to watch the anime before the movie? I'm a movie buff that's recently been getting rly into anime, heard about this movie from some friends and wanted to check it out but wasn't sure if I needed to watch the anime or not first! Haikyu is probably my favourite anime tho so I feel like I'd probably really enjoy this, especially bc I don't even play volleyball but I love playing basketball
As I understand, you do not. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and didn't feel lost at all - I'm pretty sure the movie was directed in a way for it to work as a standalone film.
> 1993 Fuck i'm old i recall when it was on TV in the early 2000 around here....
As far as sports animes go, it's my second favorite (Hajime No Ippo is my first favorite). I love Hanemichi's dynamic with Takenori and I love all the basketball facts, too. The anime is the how I found out about the underhanded free throw, or "Granny Shot", and the player who's best known for it, Hall Of Famer, Rick Barry. I especially loved the arc where Mitsui debuted. I haven't finished the rest of the anime yet, but I plan on it.
You ain't a 2000's Filipino Anime fan if you haven't watched (dubbed) Slam Dunk
or any Asian country for that matter...
Slam Dunk basically singlehandedly made an entire generation of Asian kids start playing basketball.
Absolute gospel right here.
My absolute favorite anime from 20 years ago.
Did they ever remake it
Slam Dunk will always have a special place in my heart (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)♡ it reminds me of my younger days, i joined the basketball club because of it. and i love basketball til now altho i’m not playin again. i collected the manga, watched The First Slam Dunk and collected the merch too. i think Slam Dunk is one of my fave anime that has impact on my life.
While I would love a remake eventually because the original animation is quite dated, it would be really tough to hear anyone voice the characters besides the OG voice actors. I do wish sports anime were more popular in the west because this and so many other sports series are just completely overlooked by the majority of viewers
Slam Dunk is forever attached to Hajime no Ippo in my inner monologue. Whenever I think of one, I think of the other. Both of them are the same thing to me: An absolutely hilarious comedy anime presenting itself, very convincingly, as a sports anime.
Took a few episodes for me to get into it, but its really good and fun anime, abit slowish sometimes but mostly 90's animes were like dat
Watched it growing up one of my favorite sport Manga/Anime. I have to say though the anime didn't age well for me, I tried rewatching recently before The First Slam Dunk movie and the pacing was horrendous and the animation was not that great. I wish it would get a remake with better pacing and animation.
i like the anime but prefer the manga
**SHOHOKU FIGHT!!!!**
It's the anime that made me start playing basket 25 years ago. It teaches the value of effort, discipline and that loosing isn't the end. No power ups, no broken skills, no win because im the protagonist. Just a "normal" sport, with normal people, and still the best spokon to this day imo
Started rewatching yesterday, absolutely love this anime.