Slam Dunk

This anime has been and will always be my favorite one out there...Growing up Hanamichi was my idol it was always my dream to become the crazy crackheaded talent of a basketball club but I gotta say basket wasn't a thing for me... The way Takehiko prescribes and gives life to these characters is just out of this world I've never seen any author do that.

Every character is amazingly written and is special unlike in other mangas/animes which is mostly the protagonists antagonists and deuteragonists...No takehiko is just that way he makes every character special and makes something great out of it... I gotta say the animation is that good(obv it was made back in 1993) and so is the pacing but I truly love it even tho it's this way... The story is good,characters are good and so is the plot and everything else in this anime.

I've seen alot of sport anime or even read manga about spor t and there are so many god damn things the other mangas/animes lack that slam dunk has.

As Takehiko once said : My work is based on real stories not Fictional ones.

Even tho the manga has ended back in 1950 Slam Dunk is a monthly top 10 highest selling mangas that just proves how much of a peak it is.

It absolutely deserves a 10/10.

Thank you Inoue.

The anime is good but a bit extra childish(immature) that's why I didn't like it much in the first few episodes but when Sakuragi Hanimichi(protagonist) was getting into basketball more and more, I started to like the show. At that time I thought it was best suited for teenagers and I still think that I was correct but in the later parts of the show it reaches its peak and I think everyone would love the latter parts of the show especially the matches they play against the top teams. Those matches are so detailed, they lasts for many episodes that's why I'm not fully satisfied with the show because they ended it in between(what i mean by that is the show is not complete) as the manga has much more to offer. I've heard that they aired this uncomplete version just to promote the manga and/or there was a problem that someone wanted to change the story but in the end the show is not complete and we never get to see Sakuragi Hanimichi at the peak of his abilities as at the end of the show he was still an amateur, more or less.

It has been 21 years the first time I watched this amazing story and I still watch it (I am 35 at the moment).

To be honest, if you compare to modern equivalents for this sort of story, you may think flashback concept is not enough to constitute the story. Yet, the concept it self works really well and comedy factor is ridiculously fantastic. There is only one sour thing makes me sad which is not to see Sannoh match as in Manga.

I am extremely grateful for mangaka Takehiko Inoue for this story as well as the animation team and voice actors.

Inoe's art comes to life with this amazing adaptation of Hanamichi's struggle to become the best basketball player. The character development, the plurality of emotions and the smooth, flowing storytelling will keep you at the edge of your seat. Watch this team climb from zero to zenith in the world of Japanese high school basketball.

I love basketball, and the fact that everyone is so passionate about this game in the series is just great. The character background and how they all come from different places and situations to finally play on the same team and beat everyone on the court with incredible plays and moves and UNDERSTANDING each other (except for hanamichi and rukawa) is, in one word (or two?), heart-lifting, and their personality and skill development throughout the entire series kept me watching every chapter solemnly.

You want to go out and play basketball after every chapter of this amazing series. 10/10