Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season

Seirin prepares to face major obstacles on their path to winning the Winter Cup, including the teams each possessing a member of the Generation of Miracles. Kuroko goes head-to-head with his old teammates once more as he attempts to show them that individual skill is not the only way to play basketball. His firm belief that his form of basketball, team play, is the right way to play the sport will clash with the talents of a perfect copy and an absolute authority.

While Kuroko tries to prove that his basketball is "right," he and the rest of Seirin High ultimately have one goal: to win the Winter Cup and overcome the strength of the Generation of Miracles, who have long dominated the scene of middle and high school basketball.

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Kuroko, Tetsuya Main

Ono, Kensho Japanese

Kagami, Taiga Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Aomine, Daiki Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Akashi, Seijuurou Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Kise, Ryouta Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Midorima, Shintarou Supporting

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Murasakibara, Atsushi Supporting

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Kiyoshi, Teppei Supporting

Hamada, Kenji Japanese

Takao, Kazunari Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Momoi, Satsuki Supporting

Orikasa, Fumiko Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Morihiro, Fumi Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo Producer

Kuroki, Rui Producer

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Jul 29, 2015

aikojazz

Recommended

Finally... I got to finish this anime. Even few hours after I finished watching, adrenaline still overflowing inside of me. I really enjoy this season. Okay, before reviewing, I have read all the manga chapters before the anime even started the third season. Even though I did enjoy reading it, I was not that hyped up for the ending... but the anime did the reverse. With solid story as the base, characters we have grown to love, animated in such an astounding way, this is one of the rare case when I feel more enjoyment with the anime.

Story: 8/10
After the winning the match against ... Yosen, Seirin team proceeds to semifinal facing Kaijou. In the same time, Shutoku vs Rakuzan. Both have fought hard, but in the end Seirin got to meet Rakuzan in the final. Before the final showdown, we are shown a flashback of the days of Kuroko with the Generation of Miracles back in Teikou middle school. Then.. yeah, the showdown.
The storyline of the anime faithfully follows the manga, which makes me utterly happy.

Art: 9/10
Production I.G outdone itself once again. While the previous seasons are good, this season is particularly so much better. With more flashy opening sequence, better and smoother animated movements... Knowing a bit about 2D animation, I am in awe thinking how much frame they used to make those pose, passes, throws, shoots very smoothly. Dribbles and drives are especially better here. They may use a bit of CG but it is used very efficiently and can blend rather well with the other animation. Effects like the Zone, Kuroko's magic passes are done very well too.

Colors are very bright and brilliant. I really love the flashback arc in particular. The colors of the sakura trees, sunset, inside of the stadium... everything is really pleasing to the eye.

The only thing keeping the art from getting 10/10 is.. sometimes the animation quality drops a bit and slight distortion in the character design at times. Nevertheless, it is really great.

Sound: 9/10
This is one of the major factor that keeps the experience of watching anime better compared to reading the manga. Upbeat opening and ending songs, then background music that is pumping your energy during matches.. mellow music during sadder or reflective scenes... They make everything so much more exciting, grande and emotional when the time calls for it.

Seiyuus / voice actors are doing their roles very well. ^^

Character: 10/10
If you follow Kuroko no Basket since the very beginning, you will see a lot of development, both in the characters personally and how they interact with the others. After meeting Seirin, Generation of Miracles gets more humble and they got reminded of how fun playing basketball is. Well, they kinda lost the excitement of playing since they consecutively won with ease during Teikou days..

Then we got to see more of the first years in Seirin.. Furihata, Fukuda, Kawahara.. finally they got to enter the court at least. Also more screentime for Koganei, Tsuchida and Mitobe. The starters in Seirin has developed to the better too.. they have better teamwork and trust to support each other. Kagami is powered up some more.. Kuroko is no longer as stoic and expressionless compared to the very start. Kiyoshi, Hyuuga and Izuki also has their glorious moments. The other characters like the guys from Touou, Shutoku, Kaijou, Yosen, other schools that went against Seirin before are also shown. Basically everyone who have made their appearance in this series from season 1 appeared again, in the match or among the audience, contributing either by encouraging the cast or giving their observation about the match. This really highlights that the season 3 is really the final.

Enjoyment: 9/10
Although the direction of the series may seem very clear and Shutoku vs Rakuzan is very one-sided, the matches are so hard for Seirin vs Kaijou making me brimming with excitement. I'm kinda sad the flashback (which is my most favorite part) is not that highlighted and only have 4 episodes. However, although short, they managed to cover the most important parts and tug in your heart, especially after Ogiwara's team went against Teikou. I really feel heartbroken along with Kuroko and Ogiwara. And when the final match is over, I also feel triumphant.

Overall: 9/10
A really good way to wrap up the story of Kuroko Tetsuya and his basketball journey.
Highly recommended for sports lovers and of course, the fans of Kuroko no Basket manga. You won't be disappointed :)

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Sep 8, 2015

Madness17

Mixed Feelings

I'm gonna say it and i'm gonna say it now: KnB is the most predictable, shounen-like and overrated anime i have ever seen. We all know why it's rated so high: it is very enjoyable and flashy. It's like a weak version of Bleach, with more cliches and totally unjustified powers, since we're talking about basketball, not shinigamis.

The reason KnB is so popular is that it tricks the audience by creating false tension: you're there like "OMG this is so close, i don't know who will win" but actually know who's gonna win (Spoiler, but no spoiler).

And this brings us to my next problem: EVERY ... GAME IS THE SAME, and i'm not even exagerrating. Seirin always has to play from behind and somehow win in the last second by 1 point, obviously dunked by our MVP Kagami. Guess what, you stupid writers: COMEBACKS LIKE THAT DON'T HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE TIME.

This anime doesn't even try to accurately depict basketball. It ignores a lot of aspects. Fouls only happen when the plot calls it and nobody ever misses a shot unless the enemy planned it all along. If somehow they do miss the shot, it is just to showcase a rebound battle (they don't even show the shooter). And don't even get me started on the powers. People told me that these things are entirely possible. I call it bullshit. Only NBA players can do stuff like that, if they're lucky. We're talking about japanese high-school students for god's sake!

Story: 5/10
I couldn't care less about the whole Teiko backstory and even less about the games, since i knew all along who's gonna win. It's not something new at all, just about a team that wants to become the best in Japan. Why am i even talking about this?

Characters: 5/10
You might find them enjoyable, but they completely lack any depth and are very one-dimensional: the ambitious red-head, the silent guy, the other silent guy, the four-eyes and the gentle giant. Most of them aren't worth mentioning, since the whole anime is about Kagami and Kuroko. I also have a huge problem with the "bad guys". Yeah, i called them bad guys, because every enemy of Seirin is depicted as a deuchebag that hates basketball and bullies his teammates. It tries to make you feel that it's right for Seirin to win, which is a really cheap trick if you ask me.

Sound and animtion: 10/10
This is where Knb slightly redeems itself. I cannot argue that the OST is amazing and fitting for this type of show, and all those flashy moves are animated very beautifully.

Enjoyment: 7/10
Despite all the flaws, i did enjoy KnB while hardly trying to turn off my brain as much as possible. It is an anime for everyone and everyone should enjoy it as a mindless piece of fun.

Overall: 6/10
KnB, even though it had a lot of potential, fails miserably at being a sports anime and ends up being a generic battle shounen in disguise. Its presentation makes up for the lack of depth and realism, making it a somewhat enjoyable anime (that is, if you really try not to pay attention to details).

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jan 20, 2018

deathlytivo

Not Recommended

Preliminary (4/25 eps)

This is just about the worst anime segment I've ever watched. It's astounding there are so few negative reviews.


My take on the show? Absolute rubbish. Having seen the first two seasons of Kuroko, and rating them averaging at 7, I figured this would more or less follow suit.

Wrong.

The first two seasons had their own overly paranormal / logically unsound plot twists/ techniques , but the characters more or less mitigated how silly it was; as we are drawn to somewhat yearn for something to happen. It did have its corny developments, with forced polaric drama of being overwhelmed, then whimsically overcoming without necessarily trying ... anything new, but this season just took it to another level.


Characters 0/10

Concept 0/10

This whole copy concept employed in the anime was overall just so absurd and inconsistent that I could barely bare the prior 2 seasons during the segments including Kise. He can essentially copy anyone, yet isn't winning every single game with ease. How do you justify that? He can mimick any foe hes vsing, and culminate it with his own arsenal. Idiotic. For instance, he could be mimicking a full court 3 pointer...
The whole ''zone'' nonesense going from 80% to 100% is iditotic. Its also idiotic in its explanation of who can use it. 80 to 100 is only a 25% (relative) performance gain. 20/80 = .25 btw...

Yeah I'm kinda dragging on the prior seasons but everything they did wrong they do here and worse.

Edit : he did eventually use Mimorikas throw, tho everything else still stands.

Characters 1/10

First few episodes we are dealing with probably one of the most generic ''antagonists'' in the anime franchise. Each tongue lick induced a cringe sensation as I was overcome with how cheesy it is. The guy has absolutely no depth. One of the cheapest attempts to try to root for the other team. What is this, 1980 Disney?

Art 4/10

Whatever. The motions /techniques employed are quite plain / 2nd rate. Otherwise mostly average.

Enjoyment 0/10

This is the worst sport anime season I've ever watched. I can't believe I wasted the 8 or so minutes to write this, but I figured there'd be many more hours of human hours lost being unproductive watching this filth.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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