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Fields	USA Info	Japanese Info	Image
Title	Slam Dunk	Slam Dunk
Released	101 TV episodes	101 TV episodes
Dates
Company
Creator		Inoue Takehiko
Director
Genre	Sports	Sports
Characters	Akira Sendoh	Akira Sendoh
· · ·	Hanamichi Sakuragi	Hanamichi Sakuragi
· · ·	Kaede Rukawa	Kaede Rukawa
· · ·	Anzai-sensei	Anzai-sensei
· · ·	Ayako	Ayako
· · ·	Haruko Akagi	Haruko Akagi
· · ·	-- more listed below --	-- more listed below --

Last I checked, this anime seemed to be unavailable, but you could check again at the online stores to be sure.

The above info came from Spazzter, and was edited by yours truly (contact me). The image came from Always Slam Dunk.

English Name	Japanese Name		English Name	Japanese Name
Akira Sendoh	Akira Sendoh		Haruko Akagi	Haruko Akagi
Hanamichi Sakuragi	Hanamichi Sakuragi		Mitsui Hisashi	Mitsui Hisashi
Kaede Rukawa	Kaede Rukawa		Ryota Miyagi	Ryota Miyagi
Anzai-sensei	Anzai-sensei		Takenori Akagi	Takenori Akagi
Ayako	Ayako

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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 Kaede Rukawa. 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!

The above description came from Spazzter, and was edited by yours truly (contact me).