The First Slam Dunk

Shohoku's "speedster" and point guard, Ryouta Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryouta 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, Ryouta also became addicted to basketball.

In his second year of high school, Ryouta 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.

(Source: GKIDS, edited)

Sakuragi, Hanamichi Main

Kimura, Subaru Japanese

Mitsui, Hisashi Main

Kasama, Jun Japanese

Miyagi, Ryouta Main

Nakamura, Shuugo Japanese

Rukawa, Kaede Main

Kamio, Shinichirou Japanese

Akagi, Takenori Main

Miyake, Kenta Japanese

Mito, Youhei Supporting

Kobayashi, Chikahiro Japanese

Anzai, Mitsuyoshi Supporting

Houki, Katsuhisa Japanese

Akagi, Haruko Supporting

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Ayako Supporting

Seto, Asami Japanese

Kogure, Kiminobu Supporting

Iwasaki, Ryouta Japanese

Inoue, Takehiko Director, Script, Original Creator

Kasamatsu, Kouji Sound Director

Kitada, Katsuhiko Episode Director, Key Animation

Suganuma, Fumihiko Episode Director

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Dec 7, 2022

HaiKaneDesu

Recommended

Never read a single chapter of Slam Dunk in my life and absolutely hate basketball because you can't double dribble. Yet this film was 100% worth watching.

All the players felt so real, blazing fiercely with passion and dedication to achieve victory. Their troubled pasts, challenges and training they had to undergo really amped up the final showdown, almost as if I was watching one of those intense motivational speeches on youtube. The composition went in perfectly when it needed to, encapsulating the scenes beautifully. MHA style.

CGI... You will be throwing up and dying for the first 10 minutes and will (hopefully) recover from it by ... the end of the film. #

Jokes aside, the animation wasn't nearly as bad as other CGI shows, and it rather helped provide the action of the whole court, no different to basketball highlights.

Unless you're deathly allergic to CGI, I strongly recommend giving it a watch whether it's for the nostalgia or to see a thrilling shounen.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jan 15, 2023

Damebozo

Mixed Feelings

'The First Slam Dunk' is fine but is likely not what most fans were waiting for all these years. Objectively this is not a terrible movie, but readers of the manga - especially those who have reread the series recently, will find that the movie leaves much to be desired. The music and sound design were mostly very good from what I can remember, and the 3D was bad at times, but also surprisingly better than expected at times. The voice actors are NOT the same, and some changes are quite jarring and overall unsatisfying. In the end, the movie falls short somewhat in the ... storytelling department and the overall creative vision on that front is weaker than desired.

If you've looked up interviews and other such articles about this movie, it does seem that 'The First Slam Dunk' suffered due to Inoue-san's personal desires to include and expand on storylines more meaningful to him. In other words, it is hard to escape the feeling that this was first and foremost a pet project for him, the author. Since it is unlikely the anime will continue with the release of this movie, I would encourage everyone to go read the complete manga for a full understanding of why this movie is in some ways good, bad, and lacking.

Overall, this is something that I don't regret watching, but is also something I wouldn't watch more than once. The movie as a whole is odd in that it feels partially competent, but also partially nostalgia bait. It is ultimately "good" but is especially hard to recommend to fans who hold the original manga in very high regard.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 4, 2023

aLotQuestion_

Not Recommended

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To be honest, I think the "MC" of this movie is just so wrong. Why Miyagi of all people? Out of all 5 people the most mysterious is definitely Rukawa, he pretty much has ZERO background beside basketball is everything to him. We at least know some background about Miyagi already, the MC should be Rukawa instead for the reason why he is the most persistent against being the best of the best in basketball.

Half of the screen time is about Miyagi background and the a lot of the scene in the match has to be cut. For examples, the scene where Kawata did a ... slam dunk and look down on Sakuragi, the introduction of Kawata brother get COMPLETELY omitted, flash back of Kawakita became a random running scene without content...

For fuck sake, I don't feel shit about Miyagi background, even the 1 minute scene of Sakuragi's flask back is more sad than Miyagi's brother death, and even the few second scene of Sakuragi telling Anzai Coach he wanted to be back in the field is more hot blooded than Miyagi's.

I just don't understand why, not just Takehiko Inoue himself but almost ALL recent author love to do stupid decision or ending like this and ruin the show. The show is selling nostalgic ONLY. I really hope Oda from One Piece don't make stupid ending like this, one of my childhood...

Overall, I highly not recommended, don't waste your money to buy ticket, NOT EVEN FOR NOSTALGIC!

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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