Slam Dunk > Story

INFORMATION

Series Starts : 16.10.1993
Series Ends : 23.03.1996
Format : Anime, OVA, Manga
Type: Shonen-Action-Comedy-Romantic
Number of Episodes :
Manga: 31 Volume,
Anime: 101 Serie,
OVA: 4
Author/Artist : Takehiko Inoue
Music: Takanobu Masuda, Yoshio Tadano, Maki Ooguro
Original Letter: Kyooji Yamada, Maki Ooguro
Director: Nobutaka Nishizawa
Producer: Toei Animation Co, Ltd., Japan Copyright Film © '95 Toei Animation Co, Ltd., Japan

STORY

The whole outline about this anime is actually pretty easy to get, no mind twisting plots, confusing characters, all of it is just pretty modern day stuff.

The story is about the journey of one of the worst High School basketball teams in Japan as it climbs to the top through laughter, sweat, and tears. It is base on the personal and sporting life of protagonist, red-headed Sakuragi Hanamichi, A natural athlete who doesn't know anything but beating up other gangs. For the sake of one girl's affection, he has done something totally foolish and gotten himself in trouble. And thus, the series interchanges between being a total comedy, as when Sakuragi' s friends celebrates Sakuragi's being dumped by the 50th girl, and being a very tense sports drama that deals with honor and dreams.

Although the main theme of Slam Dunk is obviously basketball, if you're not really into the sport you can still love the series! In fact, after you see it, you'll probably want to take up basketball! I liked the basketball more after I watched the anime.

If you don't know basketball, doesn't matter; you can learn with Sakuragi Hanamichi in a fun, stylish, and exciting way.

The story begins with the main character, Sakuragi Hanamichi gets rejected for the 50th time in middle school. From hence on, he develops an intense dislike and a heightened sensitivity to any phrase that sounds remotely like basketball, because the last girl who rejected him has her sight on a basketball player.

Hanamichi enters Shohoku High School and once again, falls in love with Haruko Akagi, the sister of the captain of Shohoku basketball team, Takenori Akagi. He soon realizes that the way to Haruko's heart is through basketball. But it wasn't quite so easy to get Haruko. Unfortunately for Sakuragi, she has a huge crush on the school's new basketball star, very talented, cold and good-looking player called Kaede Rukawa, who also happens to be the new ace of the school. He, however, has no interest in anything except sleeping and basketball. When Sakuragi finds out, he was upset and in a moment of fury, he unwittingly offended the captain of the basketball team, Takenori Akagi.After winning a one-on-one with unique rules, Sakuragi decided to work hard on winning Haruko's heart by joining basketball and beating Rukawa in basketball.

Anime ends after the Kanagawa IH finals. The manga continues during the 'Japan Winter IH'.