Written and directed by the original creator behind the Slam Dunk manga, Takehiko Inoue, for Toei Animation and DandeLion Animation, GKIDS begins to tease The First Slam Dunk as such, “Shohoku’s ...

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Takehiko Inoue’s “The First Slam Dunk” isn’t exactly the first movie ever made about a scrappy high school basketball team struggling to overcome their shared differences and personal demons in time ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook GKIDS has released a new synopsis for The First Slam Dunk, and they begin to tease the upcoming ...

The legendary manga creator told IndieWire about reframing the narrative and animating the championship game with a new emphasis on pain and struggle. “There were two main challenges,” Inoue told ...

The movie continues a trend of Japanese anime performing powerfully in China, while U.S. films have been on the decline. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief The First Slam Dunk, which is produced by ...

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GKIDS has acquired the North American rights to “The First Slam Dunk,” an anime sports film that took the Japanese and Korean box office by storm this past winter, the indie animation distributor ...

GKIDS Films has released The First Slam Dunk trailer for the upcoming North American theatrical debut of Toei Animation’s sports anime movie. Based on on the classic series and manga of the same name, ...

This blockbuster adaptation of the classic "Slam Dunk" manga is as satisfying a crowd-pleaser as anything else in theaters this summer. Takehiko Inoue’s “The First Slam Dunk” isn’t exactly the first ...