Slam Dunk is getting closer and closer to its big anime revival with its next movie, and The First Slam Dunk has shown fans a great new look at what to expect with a new TV spot! You may have noticed how many classic action franchises have been returning in recent years with brand new works, and now original series creator Takehiko Inoue is returning to one of the greatest basketball stories of all time with a new film project brought to you by Shohoku. The high school team alive! Each new look at the film shows how different it will be from before!
The first Slam Dunk is now making its way through theaters in Japan and fans were able to see the boys of the Shohoku High School basketball team in action in a whole new way than fans have ever been able to see them before. To give fans another idea of what this original line up looks like in motion and to celebrate the film’s full release overseas, The first Slam Dunk released a cool new TV spot that you can watch in full below:
What to expect for the new Slam Dunk movie
The first Slam Dunk is now in theaters in Japan as of December 3rd, but plans for a potential international release have yet to be confirmed as of this writing. Prototype Slam Dunk Creator Takehiko Inoue wrote and directed the film himself for Toei Animation and DandeLion Animation Studio. Joining him on staff are Yasuyuki Ebara as character designer and animation director, Daiki Nakazawa as CG director, Yuta Ogura as CG producer, Kazuo Ogura as art director, and Yota Tsuruoka and Koji Kasamatsu as sound directors.
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The main cast for The first Slam Dunk features Shugo Nakamura as Ryota Miyagi, Jun Kasama as Hisashi Mitsui, Shinichiro Kamio as Kaede Rukawa, Subaru Kimura as Hanamichi Sakuragi, and Kenta Miyake as Takenori Akagi. If you wanted to see the original anime series from the 1990s for yourself, now you can Slam Dunk stream with Crunchyroll.
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