Kuroko no Basket Movie 4: Last Game

Hailing from America, Jabberwock—a street basketball team with skills comparable to those of the NBA—has come to Japan to play an exhibition match against Strky, a team of former third-year students who once played in the Interhigh and Winter Cup. However, due to the vast difference in skill, Jabberwock easily wins. Their captain, Nash Gold Jr., mocks the basketball style of all players in Japan by comparing them to monkeys.

Infuriated by the nasty comment, Kagetora Aida challenges them to a revenge match. Because of pride and the belief that the results will be no different, Nash accepts the challenge. Kagetora then assembles Vorpal Swords, a team composed of the Generation of Miracles, including Kuroko Tetsuya and Kagami Taiga, for they are the only ones who stand a chance against a foe that seems unbeatable from every angle.

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Kuroko, Tetsuya Main

Ono, Kensho Japanese

Aomine, Daiki Main

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Akashi, Seijuurou Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Kise, Ryouta Main

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Kagami, Taiga Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Midorima, Shintarou Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Murasakibara, Atsushi Main

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Kiyoshi, Teppei Supporting

Hamada, Kenji Japanese

Takao, Kazunari Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Momoi, Satsuki Supporting

Orikasa, Fumiko Japanese

Morihiro, Fumi Producer

Yoshikawa, Dai Producer

Sanjouba, Kazumasa Producer

Isobe, Maaya Producer

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Feb 25, 2025

Raizokite

Recommended

Genuinely my only gripe is this was too short which made the pacing a bit weird. I didn't time it, but I swear there's like 40 seconds of playing then the 1st quater is over with 20 - 8. Like dude I want to see the game. That's why I'm watching this in the first place. The pacing issue also extends to some characters as they only got a scene or two then the entire movie ends. 2 hours would have been much better.

Now that the only negative is out of the way, I have to say this was just as great as the show ... in my opinion with awesome scenes that callback to the anime. The whole element with the zone was done so well I audibly gasped. The other scene with the emperor eye was also shocking. The animation is not that much better than the show but it's still good. Some of the lesser important characters looked a little different but it wasn't too noticeable. Genuinely great.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 5, 2024

N_Erwann

Mixed Feelings

Could have been better but is worth watching.

It was very cool, to be honest. It's a film that assumes it's fan service and doesn't overdo it. It's true that it can be a bit dreamy to imagine the Miracle Generation reunited + Kagami in a final match.
On the other hand, as long as it's fan service, there was room for improvement. For example, I'd have liked to see Momoi and Riko more in the spotlight. We've only seen Kagetora a few times, and they're practically absent. Yet Momoi, as we tend to forget, is just as much part of the Miracle generation as the others. ... I'd have liked to see her united with Riko so that we could see their analytical skills combined, to see how that could have helped bring victory. It's wasted potential and it's a shame.
It's not helped by the film's bizarre pacing: it starts very, very quickly, the team is formed after 13 minutes and the match begins after 21 minutes. This leaves no time to see the preparation, how the players are going to work together when it's the first time (all the players have changed since Teiko + Kagami is there too), how they intend to beat the Jaggerwolk, it would have been a good time to highlight Momoi and Riko but no, the match has to start very quickly, too quickly. The film couldn't last any longer, so I'd have preferred 10 minutes less of the match for 10 minutes more of preparation.

One last thing that's weird is the Jaggerwolk themselves... They're just ***. No particular goals apart from winning, just pieces of shit who insult everyone (and eat pockies at the casino). They're just a pretext for fan service, but did they have to be hollow characters?

Still, it's not a bad piece of work, it's cool to watch, the tension is fairly well managed even if the match doesn't end in the most amazing way (nothing will equal the match against Aomine in season 2) and it ends pretty well the story we've been following throughout the series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 11, 2017

thezhulander

Not Recommended

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As a huge fan of basketball and of the 3 seasons of knb, this movie was a huge disappointment. The story was super predictable and it wasn't that relatable to real life basketball. They discredit the spirit of streetball. Sure it's trying to make one player look really good, and they try to embarrass the opposing player, but irl street ball teams that are INVITED to other countries, are super nice. They have tons of fans all over and treat them all greatly since it's because of them that they are able to play ball for a living. Personally, it would have been a much ... better movie if it were more like a healthy competition game where both teams are trying to do the sport of basketball justice. No need to make the opponents such villains. This made things super unrelatable for me and made everything seemed forced.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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	Poll: Kuroko no Basket: Last Game Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 ) Torrible - May 4, 2017	113 replies	by PrOxAnto »» Feb 10, 4:50 PM
	What happened? krishbutforanime - Jul 9, 2021	2 replies	by Ramoraydrake63 »» Dec 5, 2024 10:27 PM
	Final: Who's The Strongest of the Generation of Miracles? ShadowL24 - Jan 11, 2021	6 replies	by KingBaller06 »» Jan 9, 2024 7:44 PM
	is this series well adapted? recommendable to watch this with a kid? seba_kings - Jul 23, 2021	3 replies	by Burdentosociety »» Jul 24, 2021 10:07 PM
	Digital Release was Sept 1st... Icy3001 - Sep 13, 2017	2 replies	by Guranto-kun »» Feb 4, 2018 11:54 PM