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Shohoku's "speedster" and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local player from a young age, Ryota also became addicted to basketball. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.

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A heart-pumping, breathtaking, wonderfully crafted manga adaptation, The First Slam Dunk shoots and scores.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

While it leans a little heavily on baffling basketball strategy and court-based machinations, it's a dynamic and unexpectedly affecting animation.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 3, 2023

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Esther Rosenfield

Little White Lies

Like the title says: a total slam dunk.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 30, 2023

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

The CGI-led courtside portions (as opposed to traditional 2D for the real-life stuff) are miraculously kinetic, with beautifully shaded character models. Inoue orchestrates it all into a rousing, garage rock-powered finale.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 22, 2023

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

The First Slam Dunk's biggest finding is how well it conveys its nuances multi-dimensionally, and details the physical and emotional experience of a basketball game. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Aug 27, 2024

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

The First Slam Dunk is one of the best basketball movies you could ever see. It's a suspenseful and emotionally gripping film that balances a story of achieving sports greatness and coping with grief.

Feb 23, 2024

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Rachel Wagner

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The game scenes are so well done...what a compelling film that almost anyone will enjoy.

Rated: 9/10

Dec 26, 2023

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Liz Have read the entirety of Slam Dunk. I do like that this story is told by the perspective of Miyagi. Awesome movie overall, if you like basketball this is a great movie to watch even without any prior knowledge of Slam Dunk as a series. But trust me Slam Dunk is the best sports manga of all time. Inoue’s drawing and storytelling skills is on a different level compared to other sports manga/anime. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/24 Full Review Gori This is not just an animation, it's just like watching a sports event. Lots of moments when you hold your breath! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/08/23 Full Review Kwame Beautiful movie from amazing series.Honestly, it reminded me, How much I used to like basketball.It's a shame that nowadays, Unless it's extremely over the top sports You don't really see people liking sport animes like that. The last one I think that was really good was haiku, Still I'm glad I got to see it. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/08/23 Full Review William L Watched it twice, was just as entertaining the 2nd time! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/26/23 Full Review Melanie I never seem Slam Dunk before and I still enjoyed this movie. I was on the edge of my seat. I laugh at the players antic and cheered when they scored. It felt like I was watching a real basketball game. An amazing and awesome anime. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/23 Full Review Peter C The identity of some of the characters, as they grow older, was a little hard to follow. On the hole, however, the artwork was pretty good, and the story was very good. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Takehiko Inoue Director Syugo Nakamura Ryota Miyagi Jun Kasama Hisashi Mitsui Shinichiro Kamio Kaede Rukawa Subaru Kimura Hanamichi Sakuragi Kenta Miyaki Takenori Akagi

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Synopsis Shohoku's "speedster" and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local player from a young age, Ryota also became addicted to basketball. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.

Director: Takehiko Inoue
Producer: Toshiyuki Matsui
Screenwriter: Takehiko Inoue
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Dandelion Animation Studio
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Anime, Sports
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 28, 2023, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos