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The official website and accounts for the ongoing Blue Lock 2nd Season TV anime released a new key visual and promo videos for the upcoming Blue Lock Eleven versus U-20 Japan match, set to begin with Episode 30 on November 9. New voice cast members for the U-20 Japan team was also announced . Blue Lock 2nd Season Blue Lock Eleven Roster Video Blue Lock 2nd Season U-20 Japan Roster Video The new cast members for the U-20 Japan team announced include: Kento Chou voiced by Jun Kasama (Hisashi Mitsui in The First Slam Dunk ) Teru Kitsunezato voiced by Gakuto Kajiwara (Asta in Black Clover ) Itsuki Wakatsuki voiced by Taito Ban (Sung Jinwoo in Solo Leveling ) Haru Hayate voiced by Kensho Ono (Giorno Giovanna in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind ) Miroku Darai voiced by Yusuke Shirai (Shumei Sasaki in Sasaki and Miyano ) Kazuma Niou voiced by Takuya Sato (Toshiki Kai in Cardfight!! Vanguard...

"Miyagi. This is your stage." GKids Films has revealed a first look teaser for the US release of the Japanese anime comedy The First Slam Dunk, adapted from the manga by Takehiko Inoue. After opening in Japan late last year, it's set for US release this summer in theaters. The First Slam Dunk is an update based on the iconic comics and previous series, including Slam Dunk from the 90s and Slam Dunk: The Movie in 1994. Takehiko Inoue's basketball series had a huge impact when it was first published in the 90s, so much so that it created a huge surge in interest in the sport in Japan. The movie shifts the focus from Hanamichi to his teammate Ryota Miyagi, the point guard for the Shohoku high school basketball team, and his story and personal challenges. Hanamachi is also in the film, as are teammates Takenori Akagi, Hisashi Mitsui and Kaede Rukawa,...

With the hit manga making a comeback, Slam Dunk is now the subject of new fan art that uses a classic Japanese style to reinvent the acclaimed sports series. The lead members of Shohoku high's basketball team have never looked more epic than they dod here.

On Twitter, user @Justin96636 - known also as Chien Chih Kang - shared his ukiyo-e redesign of Slam Dunk's team. It features, from left to right, Takenori Akagi, Hisashi Mitsui, Hanamichi Sakuragi, Kaede Rukawa, and Ryota Miyagi. Above each in the art are fearsome animals, some of which match their nicknames while others don't. Sakuragi's nicknames aren't ideal, as he is responsible for Akagi being referred to as "Gori" (Gorilla), though his own, "red monkey" is missing. Instead, he has been paired with a tiger.

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