Anime Profile: Slam Dunk
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Japanese Info |
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Title |
Slam Dunk | Slam Dunk |  |
Released |
101 TV episodes | 101 TV episodes | |
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Creator |
Inoue Takehiko | ||
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Genre |
Sports | Sports | |
Characters |
Akira Sendoh | Akira Sendoh | |
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Hanamichi Sakuragi | Hanamichi Sakuragi | |
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Akagi Takenori(+) | Akagi Takenori(+) | |
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Anzai-sensei(+) | Anzai-sensei(+) | |
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Ayako(+) | Ayako(+) | |
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Haruko Takenori(+) | Haruko Takenori(+) | |
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Last I checked, this anime seemed to be unavailable, but you could check again at the online stores to be sure.
Anime Characters: Slam Dunk
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Japanese Name |
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| Akira Sendoh | Akira Sendoh | Haruko Takenori(+) | Haruko Takenori(+) | |
| Hanamichi Sakuragi | Hanamichi Sakuragi | Mitsui Hisashi(+) | Mitsui Hisashi(+) | |
| Akagi Takenori(+) | Akagi Takenori(+) | Rukawa Kaede(+) | Rukawa Kaede(+) | |
| Anzai-sensei(+) | Anzai-sensei(+) | Ryota Miyagi(+) | Ryota Miyagi(+) | |
| Ayako(+) | Ayako(+) |
Anime Description: Slam Dunk
Slam Dunk is not just about basketball (as its title obviously implies). It is also a funny and inspiring look into the development of a character, as he learns and matures through adolescence. This is the story of Hanamichi Sakuragi, a freshman high school student in Shohoku High, who has the dubious honor of having been rejected by fifty (that's 50!) girls he courted in his junior high years. Hanamichi, being a proud one, hated having such a dismal "batting average" with girls. His last rejection was from a girl who chose a basketball player over him. So, any mention (or even hint) of the word "basketball" from his classmates gets them a lump on the head courtesy of a Hanamichi head-butt!
Thus Hanamichi wallows in despair... until he bumps into Haruko, who notices Hanamichi's height and athletic build and innocently asks, "Do you like basketball?" Hanamichi is instantly smitten by Haruko's beauty and confidently answers, "Of course I do!" when the reality of it is he has never even held a basketball in his entire life!
So like any other lovestruck boy, Hanamichi goes about proving his love for basketball in order to impress Haruko. But it is easier said than done, as he encounters many obstacles, primarily another freshman named Rukawa Kaede. Rukawa was a basketball MVP player in his junior high years and a strong contender for Rookie of the Year in their district, and he is the one who Haruko admires! Likewise, things don't go easy in the basketball club when he decides to join and show off after inadvertently butting horns with the club leader and Shohoku High basketball team captain Akagi, who just happens to be Haruko's older brother!
But for Haruko's love Hanamichi will endure anything, and thus begins his trials of learning basketball from the ground up and getting along with his teammates in the basketball club, and eventually the Shohoku High team, which include both Rukawa and Akagi!
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Flag[admin]#4 - Posted by lady on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 6:46pm:
i always have the urge to watch such thing... i have loved basketball because of slamdunk!!!!! bring back rukawa!!!
Flag[admin]#3 - Posted by 3 on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 4:57pm:
they should bring back slam dunk like they brought back hajime no ippo dont you guys agree, they should finish it up and continue with it aswell.
Flag[admin]#2 - Posted by pauline on Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 11:43pm:
i always watch slamdunk and i really love it!!!!!
Flag[admin]#1 - Posted by robie on Monday, May 25th, 2009 at 11:20pm:
slamdunk is great super.......