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The First Slam Dunk

Eiga Slam Dunk

2022

Takehiko Inoue

Animation

7.6

625

Animation. Comedy. Drama Follows Ryota Miyagi, a 17 years boy who after to lose his elder brother Sota when he was a kid struggles to accomplish Sota's dream to be a basketball star.

	Media	Author	Review
		Rafael Motamayor IGN	"Takehiko Inoue remixes his own manga to deliver a fresh new experience for longtime fans, as well as the best introduction to this '90s classic for newcomers."
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"One of the most thrilling and unusual basketball movies ever made"
		Calum Marsh The New York Times	"A popular sports manga about a Japanese high school basketball team vaults to the big screen in an exhilarating, gorgeous anime."
		Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"It wants to show how satisfyingly a sport can be animated, and how spectacularly it can evoke the sensations of seeing—or, even better, playing—a moment you’ll forever log in your memory’s highlight reel"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Takehiko Inoue’s affecting account of a high school match between an elite team and the underdogs breathes new life into the sports movie genre (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ross McIndoe Slant	"Inoue Takehiko’s exhilarating anime leaves it all on the court (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Eli Friedberg The Film Stage	"Inoue's film is not just an effective youth melodrama but a fully sensory action film that deeply understands the raw appeal of its subject beyond wide-angle shots from the bleachers"
		Phil Hoad The Guardian	"The CGI-led courtside portions are miraculously kinetic, with beautifully shaded character models. Inoue orchestrates it all into a rousing, garage rock-powered finale (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Anime at its most kinetic, this supercharged teen basketball drama is beat poetry in motion (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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