Slam Dunk (manga)
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Slam Dunk (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1990 to June 1996, with the chapters collected into 31 tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of a basketball team from Shōhoku High School in the Shōnan area of Japan.
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Manga | |
Written by | Takehiko Inoue |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
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Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | October 1, 1990 – June 17, 1996 |
Volumes | 31 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Nobutaka Nishizawa |
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Studio | Toei Animation |
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Original network | TV Asahi |
English network | |
Original run | October 16, 1993 – March 23, 1996 |
Episodes | 101 (List of episodes) |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Nobutaka Nishizawa |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | March 12, 1994 (1994-03-12) |
Runtime | 30 minutes |
Anime film | |
Conquer the Nation, Hanamichi Sakuragi! | |
Directed by | Toshihiko Arisako |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | July 9, 1994 (1994-07-09) |
Runtime | 45 minutes |
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Shohoku's Greatest Challenge! | |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Kakudō |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | March 12, 1995 (1995-03-12) |
Runtime | 40 minutes |
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Howling Basketman Spirit!! | |
Directed by | Masayuki Akihi |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | July 15, 1995 (1995-07-15) |
Runtime | 40 minutes |
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The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation which aired from October 1993 to March 1996 and has been broadcast worldwide, enjoying much popularity particularly in Japan, several other Asian countries and Europe. An anime feature film, titled The First Slam Dunk, was released in Japan in December 2022.
Slam Dunk has 170 million copies in circulation, making it the seventh best-selling manga series in history. In 1994, it received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. Slam Dunk is considered a widely influential manga series in Japan. It has been regarded as one of the greatest sports manga series of all time and its success has been cited as a cause for the increased popularity of basketball among the Japanese youth during the 1990s. In 2010, Inoue received special commendations from the Japan Basketball Association for helping popularize basketball in Japan.