CGI Film Confirmed

DrBalls said:
If you think this looks like berserk you have no clue what animation even is. Pls stop with these cringe threads.

Bellace said:

No, this looks bad. The fludity is like Berserk int he way the CGI moves. You can defend bad animation but its bad.

deg said:
again there is an Animator Shortage Crisis going on because of too much overproduction of anime so expect more 3DCG anime

The anime industry is so saturated with high-profile projects at the moment that studios have to fight tooth and nail to secure qualified animators—sometimes internally so. What could be a great excuse to offer workers more attractive conditions is failing across the board. https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2022/02/22/the-anime-industry-bottleneck-the-unrewarding-nightmare-to-assemble-a-high-profile-team/

deg said:
anyway this is good enough 3DCG im still hype

Bellace said:

im trying to gain hype but i cant watch this in theaters with anyone without apologizing cause inoue did a great job diesgning it and the detail on the characetrs is awesome but the aniamtion in a basketball centered film dosen't work.

DrBalls said:

Sigh. Sure bud, whatever you say.

deg said:


what do you mean 3DCG does not work for a basketball film when basketball is all about slow motion and camera movements and camera circus angles that 3DCG provides?

Tyraq said:
Looks like the new DBS movie 😭
I'm disappointed especially considering it's a movie so they should've had enough budget for 2d animation.
Regardless, if they're able to adapt the manga properly then I don't really care but I definitely am disappointed to an extent.

Tyraq said:
Looks like the new DBS movie 😭
I'm disappointed especially considering it's a movie so they should've had enough budget for 2d animation.
Regardless, if they're able to adapt the manga properly then I don't really care but I definitely am disappointed to an extent.

deg said:


the budget meme again, any studio can all have the budget but if there is not enough talented freelance staff like animators that are available then any amount of budget cannot help

Tyraq said:

I guess that's true I didn't really think about that but my expectations were a bit high.

Salty-GB said:
It doesn't look awful. I'll still give it a fair shot.

OvergrownRover said:
This is directed by Inoue himself so I have faith, plus get your eyes checked this looks nothing like Berserk 2016

-Marce said:
It looks disgusting comparing to the old series. I won't watch this movie, sorry everyone.

Bellace said:

i understand. for me im watching it when it comes out but not in theaters since i would have to apolgize to anyone i bring with me

-Marce said:

Yes, unfortunately. It is so sad to see classic series are treated like this.

Bellace said:

Yeah, and it's been so long since we have gotten any content from Slam Dunk and to see it being shafted and tunred into a 3D monster. I just cant. I remmeber seeing the annoucmenet for a Slam Dunk movie when it was first annouced. After all this time we get this. Also its been decades since Slam Dunk has gotten anything new. We lost Vagabond and Real looks like it's missing as well. Inoue is directing this which is sad. Also this will prob flop making any sequel impossible. Though it could help manga sales.

-Marce said:

Agree. I was so happy when they announced the movie and int he end it turned out like this.

Vagabond was ended as far as I know: https://mangadex.org/title/fe18fe91-fa82-441c-9d87-66414d59a622 Inoue himself wrote the epilogue.

As for Real, yes, I don't like one chapter for one quarter. I really hope he ends Real!

Bellace said:

Oh from what I remember the epilogue came out in like 2009 but Vagabond stopped releasing chapters around 2015 so my guess is he was still continng it but stopped. I'm guessing he ended it but I expect based off this film in a interview for promotion he will speak on Vagabond and Real since he hasn't spoke about Vagabond before its final chapter in 2014 from what I remember.
I'm guessing he could have made Real as a side thing to get the courage to return for Vagabond but prob not.
Though I think this film could do very well since we haven't seen Slam Dunk stuff in forever but based off this PV it's reception could damage it which I hope dosen't happen since Inoue dropped Vagabond over ethuasim and work ethic and him seeing overwhelming hate won't help him.
From what I remember as well the epilgoue wasn't a relased chapter but more of something in a exhibition so I wouldn't truly call it a ending more of a one-shot since Vagabond left off.
I love Inoue but he can try to be a bit more dedicated.

neffst3r said:
I can't believe this shit, Inoue's art is just so beautiful and Toei has the audacity to do this. It looks even worse than that Dragon Ball Super new film.
So fucking disappointing.

-Marce said:

Unfortunately it is a common problem in famous mangas. Berserk, Hunter, Nana, Black Lagoon, Phoenix from Osamu Tezuka, Barefoot Gen, Bastard!, With the Light and others.

I hope author of Bastard will end the series after the release of new OVAs. As for others only authors know.

neffst3r said:
I can't believe this shit, Inoue's art is just so beautiful and Toei has the audacity to do this. It looks even worse than that Dragon Ball Super new film.
So fucking disappointing.

Bellace said:

Yeah but hwat sucks is Inoue keeps making more masterpieces and leaving them unfinished at first I assumed he was scared his ending was bad. But no, Vagabonds epilogue conclusion thingy was amazing. Its like almost in the top 10 manga on anilist on its own (the epilgoue-cocnlusion one shot thing).
Also alot of his reasoning is just odd. Not a back issue but more of a I don't feel like doing this after 15 years. Net manga.

-Marce said:

Really. I understand Nana's author, she is ill and can't write the manga, partly Hunter's author too, but not such behavior.

Bellace said:

Yeah, I respect if a author stops for personal health things and more but just saying basically I got bored with writing so bye after your fans have been follwing your work for almost 20 years of Vagabond you just quit on us with barley any explanation and he never speaks on it. Last tweet on it was in 2014 when it was about to end and saying a new chapter was coming out and that's all. And then he did Real and directed this film. Imagine instead of this film we could've gotten at least one Vagabond or new Real chapter.
It's like if Berserk's author Miura just quit Berserk without giving any official reason and starting some random manga for like 7 years and never speaking on it.
What makes me mad is Inoue never officially ended the series. He basically said I'm stopping here. And the fans had to find the Exhibition "Final Chapter" One-Shot and leave it there.
I understand Vagabond was a hard series to draw probably which shows how devoted he was. But it seems bold and kind of pity not to try and explain why you are just quitting on a series. It just feels like, "Hey, it's my series I can end it where I want to. I didn't make this for you, it's not for you. It's for myself. And you gotta deal with it."
And I think a reason we haven't gotten more Real chapters or a possible Vagabond continuation is because he has been spending most of his time directing this ugly Slam Dunk movie. I loathe this movie because it took away possible chances of better stuff.
It's like Berserk's Golden Age Arc. It's kind of infamous in the Berserk fanbase based on how it's the only thing adapted over and over and is pretty much what people who don't read manga know Berserk as cause of how much it's been readapted instead of any other arc.

Bellace said:

it looks fine with the models. the art on the models is very well detailed but the cgi is very poor. the backgorund characters are ps2 models. and cgi dosent work well with slam dunk or jsut basketball manga in general. look at how kurono no basket looks in 2d and imagine it looking ;like this it woudlnt be effective.

-Marce said:

Yes, both Real and Vagabond are great works and they need new chapters. Instead we got this ugly 3D movie.

Mastty said:
It isn't good, but there is a way to improve it. If they decided to make more vibrant colors instead of just getting a different tone of grey and spam a lot of sweet and a lot of smear frames would make this great.

Salty-GB said:


I think the CGI looks fine honestly. The lighting looks a bit fake so hopefully they fix that before it comes out but aside from that I don't see much of an issue. The crowd looks like shit even in 2D shows so that's a bit nitpicky.

3D can be an amazing tool and I do think it can work for any short show if used correctly; if anything I think manga has the VB igger risk of looking bad because it's hard to make movement look good. At the end of the day this isn't a replacement for the manga or the original anime though. It's just a new thing.

Mastty said:
It isn't good, but there is a way to improve it. If they decided to make more vibrant colors instead of just getting a different tone of grey and spam a lot of sweet and a lot of smear frames would make this great.

Salty-GB said:


I don't think blowing out the saturation is the key here. Just more dynamic lighting would be effective.

Bellace said:

I think a fusion of 2d/3d animation would work better like spider-verse. Or take how Legend of Korra or ATLA was animated.

Bellace said:

The 3D designs for me work but looking at how the original anime was directed and seeing how much it depended on 2D in scenes where characters are sweating and bruised and detailed 2D designs are required or insane 3D to capture that kind of detail. If all the characters in this anime had sweat on them it would seem ugly and off looking based on how overly bright the background and setting is. Slam Dunk benefits from realism and this feels overly plastic or generic with it's style. And it also benefits from impact like characters bruised up bleeding running down the court and the sound effects and intensity of someone making the ball go into the hoop. CGI could ruin this.
I hope they release a trailer soon about 3 min long so we could have more to look at.

Bellace said:

Yeah, and I feel if this film fails or is a success either way I think we will never get Vagabond since Inoe seems like someone who is very strict on their belief and standard and suddenly going back to the series would seem desperate or trying to make some money.
The only way he would prob come back is to finish off Volume 38 since chapters 323-327 aren't avaible in Volume format yet.
This film only damages Slam Dunk's reputation to newcomers like Berserk 2016 did to Berserk's image. Or how 4Kids One Piece made any OP fan in 2008 get kicked off a thread cause they like a dumb kids show with loli pops and a bad rap song

-Marce said:

Let's hope he will finish Vagabond and Real.

Salty-GB said:


It is a 2D 3D blend. Almost all CGI anime are. The faces are usually texture-mapped to get that good facial detailing.



I disagree, I think the blood and bruising would look fine in 3D. The sweat could look even better with the added benefit of shine. Like I said, if they fix the lighting we'll get that good shit. Its still too early to tell how this will go though.

neffst3r said:
I can't believe this shit, Inoue's art is just so beautiful and Toei has the audacity to do this. It looks even worse than that Dragon Ball Super new film.
So fucking disappointing.

OvergrownRover said:

Inoue himself is DIRECTING the movie lol