The film and television works that can get a high score of 9.7 on the Douban website, in addition to the Hollywood movie "The Shawshank Redemption", should be the Japanese animated series "Slam Dunk".
The animated series "Slam Dunk" produced by Japan's Toei Animation was broadcast in Japan in 1993 and was introduced to mainland China in 1995. This animated series is highly sought after by the two generations of viewers born in the 1980s and 1990s, both in Japan and China. I remember that when I was chasing this animation, many Japanese comic fans once said, "You can skip the food, but you absolutely can't skip watching "Slam Dunk"."
The Japanese animation "Slam Dunk" is based on the Japanese animation "Slam Dunk". It is adapted from the comic work of the same name created by cartoonist Inoue Takehiko . In Japan, the animation premiered on October 15, 1993 and ended on March 23, 1996, with a total of 101 episodes broadcast.
The first episode of "Slam Dunk" is "The Birth of a Genius Basketball Player!" ", in this episode, a girl named Akagi Haruko said to Sakuragi Hanamichi: "Do you like playing basketball?" It was this sentence that officially started the plot of "Slam Dunk".
The last episode of the animation is "Glorious SLAM DUNK". This episode tells the story of the Shohoku basketball team where Sakuragi Hanamichi belongs, defeating the United Basketball Team composed of Lingnan and Xiangyang, and finally heading towards the "National Competition", but This development has made animation fans wait for more than 20 years. The two generations of loyal viewers born in the 80s and 90s have grown from children to parents.
In the original comic created by manga artist Takehiko Inoue, the "National Competition" has ended. Many comic fans have already read the plot of the "National Competition" chapter through the original comic. However, compared with animation, comics still lack some passion. Animation can bring different feelings to the audience.
The reason why Japan's Toei Animation Company stopped updating the "Slam Dunk" animated series before the "National Competition" is said to be because the progress of the animation has caught up with the progress of the comics, and many comic fans have already read the comics. works, as well as the fact that Toei Animation had to produce other animation works at that time, which led to Toei temporarily abandoning the animation project of "Slam Dunk".
As early as January 7 this year, Takehiko Inoue, the original author of the "Slam Dunk" comic, published a tweet "Slam Dunk Movie". This tweet caused quite a stir in both Japan and China. It seems to mean that the movie version of "Slam Dunk" is coming, and the "national competition" that the audience has been waiting for more than 20 years is about to be staged.
Finally on August 13th, Beijing time, the movie version of "Slam Dunk" was announced to be released in Japan in the fall of 2022. This has already passed since the last episode of the "Slam Dunk" animated series was broadcast. 26 years.
