Rent The First Slam Dunk (2022)
3.9 of 5 from 56 ratings
2h 4min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Shohoku's 'speedster' and point guard, Ryota Miyagi (voices of Shugo Nakamura / Miyuri Shimabukuro), always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local player from a young age, Ryota also became addicted to basketball. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi (voice of Subaru Kimura), Rukawa (voice of Shinichiro Kamio), Akagi (voice of Kenta Miyake), and Mitsui (voice of Jun Kasama) as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. Now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School. - Directors:
- Takehiko Inoue
- Producers:
- Toshiyuki Matsui, Kazuhiro Nishikawa
- Voiced By:
- Shugo Nakamura, Jun Kasama, Shinichiro Kamio, Subaru Kimura, Kenta Miyake, Tôru Nara, Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Satoshi Tsuruoka, Mitsuaki Kanuka, Gakuto Kajiwara, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Misaki Kuno, Mie Sonozaki, Ryota Iwasaki, Yôhei Azakami, Tooru Sakurai, Endo Daichi, Taishi Murata, Chad Horii
- Writers:
- Takehiko Inoue
- Aka:
- Eiga Slam Dunk
- Studio:
- Anime Ltd
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 10/03/2025
- Run Time:
- 124 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Trailers and Teasers
- Interview with the Director
- Behind the Starting Line-up: English Dub Featurette
- Color Commentary with the English Dub Team
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Reviews (1) of The First Slam Dunk
It's a Ball Going Through a Hoop - The First Slam Dunk review by griggs
Probably helps if you care about basketball. I can name three players from the ’92 Dream Team and that’s about where my investment runs out, which left me watching The First Slam Dunk from a distance I never quite closed. The animation is undeniably impressive — fluid, kinetic, and giving the sport real weight — but admiration isn’t always the same thing as being pulled in.
That’s where Hustle worked for me. It was my gateway drug to basketball films because the game wasn’t the whole point. What landed was the bruised pride, the second chances, the need to prove you’ve still got something left. Here, the match stays front and centre, and if you’re still sat there thinking “it’s a ball going through a hoop”, the emotional side has to do a lot more lifting.
For me, it never quite gets there. All the intensity in the world can’t make up for a lack of tenderness. Cricket, football, even baseball and I’d probably be there. Basketball, apparently not. Someone should make an anime about cricket, mind. Now that I’d watch...
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