SummaryPoint guard Ryota Miyagi always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota 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, Ryota also became addicted to basketball. ... Read More
Directed By:Takehiko Inoue
Written By:Takehiko Inoue
The First Slam Dunk
Metascore
Generally Favorable
79
User score
Universal Acclaim
8.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
80% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Jul 27, 2023
100
The flashbacks are well-written and add off-the-court dramatic interest, but it’s the basketball action that is the movie’s claim to excellence. Expertly staged and beautifully rendered using a combination of computer-generated imagery and traditional hand-drawn animation, it’s often so spectacular that I am eager to watch again.
Jul 28, 2023
83
No movie has so literally reduced basketball to “just a game,” and no movie this side of “Hoop Dreams” has so ecstatically conveyed why it’s also so much more than that.
User score
Universal Acclaim
83% Positive
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
11% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
6% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Dec 5, 2023
10
Everything a fan can ask for in a Slam Dunk movie. Great for newcomers to the anime and/or managa series as well.
Jul 25, 2023
83
Inoue’s film is not just an effective youth melodrama––much as it is that––but a fully sensory action film that deeply understands the raw appeal of its subject beyond wide-angle shots from the bleachers.
Aug 30, 2023
80
The First Slam Dunk’s nimble storytelling and canny editing makes it work as both a sports movie, where you’re invested in the result, and a coming-of-age drama, where you care about the characters.
Jul 28, 2023
78
The First Slam Dunk, with familiar characters, an innovative art style, and a narrative that’s helped structure an entire subgenre of anime, plays both sides of the court as it finds a delicate balance between flash and fundamentals.
Sep 3, 2023
60
While it leans a little heavily on baffling basketball strategy and court-based machinations, it’s a dynamic and unexpectedly affecting animation.
Aug 22, 2023
60
Fleshed out in 3D animation, the action – feinting, pivoting and occasionally soaring high above the stands – feels resplendently immediate.
Aug 19, 2023
10
I didn't have a lot of faith but it definitely gave me a good surprise, very good with the timing, the music and the plot, very emotional and faithful to the manga but giving its characters more depth. The only thing "debatable" is the animation, but it depends on the taste of each viewer.
Aug 17, 2023
10
The film is beautiful. It is different from the 90's anime, the author chose a more serious tone. The comedy moments are still there but the focus is in the background story of one of the Shohoku team member. It is so emotional that I left the cinema in tears. Slam Dunk was part of my life in the past and still is.
Aug 8, 2023
10
Cannot imagine a better sports animation than this. It brought me back to 25 years ago when I first saw the TV animation of Slam Dunk, but this movie would also be a perfect stand-alone work for audiences who have no knowledge about the manga or TV animation.
Aug 3, 2023
10
Vi esta película dos veces el día de su estreno, las escena muy buena y fiel al manga, además de manejar un excelente tiempo con la narrativa, lo único malo que puedo agregar es que el maestro Inoue no ha alargado más slam dunk
Aug 4, 2023
0
película pasable, mas del 65% de la historia es inventada con respectó al manga, lo malo que casi no adapta nada del final del manga perdiendo muchos sucesos importante del manga, como adaptación del final del manga la película es mala
Production Company:
- Dandelion Animation Studio
- Toei Animation
- Toei Company
Release Date:Jul 28, 2023
Duration:2 h 4 m
Rating:PG-13
Awards
Crunchyroll Anime Awards
• 2 Nominations
Awards of the Japanese Academy
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
