The animated film marks the directorial debut of Takehiko Inoue, the creator of the manga on which it's based. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Based on Takehiko Inoue’s best-selling manga Slam Dunk, ...
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 ...
Premiering at Anime Expo, this was a movie that had some big sneakers to fill. There’s hardly much buildup to the big game in The First Slam Dunk—Takehiko Inoue’s movie adaptation of his classic ...