The First Slam Dunk

2022 125 min ★ 7.8 Animation, Comedy, Drama

Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. 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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Cast

Shugo Nakamura

Ryota Miyagi (voice)

Jun Kasama

Hisashi Mitsui (voice)

Kenta Miyake

Takenori Akagi (voice)

Shinichiro Kamio

Kaede Rukawa (voice)

Subaru Kimura

Hanamichi Sakuragi (voice)

Katsuhisa Houki

Mitsuyoshi Anzai (voice)

Asami Seto

Ayako (voice)

Ryota Iwasaki

Kiminobu Kogure (voice)

Chado Horii

Kentaro Ishii (voice)

Maaya Sakamoto

Haruko Akagi (voice)

Details

Director

Takehiko Inoue

Screenplay

Takehiko Inoue

Tagline

"17 years and... 40 minutes."

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Revenue

$258,000,000

Production

Toei Animation, Toei Company, DandeLion Animation Studio

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

October 22, 2023

★ 6/10

Though the animation and pace of this film are really good, it's essentially a rather disappointing melodrama that wallows just a little too much in family angst! "Miyagi" is a young basketball player who lives very much in the shadow of his now deceased elder brother. His school team are always the underdogs but can they galvanise each other in order to raise their game and buck the trend, finall...