The popular Japanese anime "Slam Dunk" has finally announced that it will start shooting a new animated movie, which is expected to be released in Japan in the fall of 2022. When the news was announced before, some netizens once suspected that it might be made into a live-action movie, but in the end the original author Takehiko Inoue confirmed that "Slam Dunk" will still be an animated movie.
For the majority of domestic audiences, the TV animated version of "Slam Dunk" released in 1993 can definitely be regarded as a real childhood memory. Although this long-form animation work launched by the veteran animation production company Toei Animation It seems that the technology is very backward now, but when the opening song plays, it will still bring tears to the eyes of many comic fans.
At that time, Takehiko Inoue, the original author of the manga, was very dissatisfied with the unsmooth split shot design and blunt and protracted plot of Toei . After many unsuccessful communications, Inoue Takehiko had serious differences with the production company Toei.
So when the animated version of "Slam Dunk" was about to enter its climax, and after Shohoku High School entered the national competition, Inoue Takehiko couldn't bear the slow treatment of his work, so he resolutely withdrew the copyright of the animation and refused Toei to film any more national competition chapters. The follow-up content, which is why the original animated version did not include the content of the national competition.
For an artist, he would rather his work be left with some regrets and incomplete than "Slam Dunk" come to the audience with flaws. However, as an audience, the expectations have not changed for more than 20 years. Everyone still hopes to see Xiangbei's touching performance in the national competition.
After many years, Toei Animation and Takehiko Inoue finally put aside their bad feelings and sat together again. As we all know, Toei Animation has recently released many high-quality theatrical works, such as "One Piece: Operation Frenzy", "Dragon Ball: Bro" "Lee" and others have clearly felt that their production level has made great progress.
I believe this is the key reason why Takehiko Inoue felt confident handing over "Slam Dunk" to Toei this time. Only then did the two parties decide to join forces to create a new "Slam Dunk" theatrical version. Toei also put down its pretensions and made corresponding sacrifices this time. Takehiko Inoue was fully involved in the design and production of the entire animation. It was Takehiko Inoue who finally announced the final release of the theatrical version, which shows that both in terms of progress and quality On the film, Takehiko Inoue affirmed Toei’s work.
Regarding the preparation process and content outline of the movie, Toei and Takehiko Inoue are completely consistent, that is, it is highly confidential. Until now, it is still unknown whether the content of Shohoku's confrontation with Sanno and the final regrettable elimination will appear in the movie.
However, the movie, which has been preparing in secret, still released a series of information that is fascinating. In the Japan Professional Basketball League held on Okinawa on the 15th, during the match between the Okinawa Golden Kings and Kyoto Soei, on the court Suddenly a movie poster of "Slam Dunk" was hung up. It was white with a hand-painted fist collision between two people. One of them was wearing a red wristband with the slogan "I just don't want to lose."
After this poster appeared, Japanese netizens began various speculations: "Maybe the story takes place in Okinawa" and "It seems that the two people in the poster are Rukawa and Sakuragi ." Judging from the slogan, it must be the determination to face the most powerful opponent Sanno Industry since the formation of the army in northern Hunan. Therefore, there is a high probability that Sanno will appear in the movie.
The Japanese media "ORICON" also confirmed that the poster released in this game was hand-drawn by the original author Takehiko Inoue. Prior to this, Toei's official Twitter released a 30-second promotional video for the first time in August. At that time, it only showed the appearance of the five main members of Shohoku bending over their shoulders and forming a circle when they appeared, plus the male protagonist Sakuragi Hanamichi. The crew cut shape of seems to have vaguely indicated that this is a team meeting before the battle against Sanwang.
The helpless official strict defense has opened up the minds of fans. Some people speculate that the content of the movie is after the national competition. The film will revolve around Akagi Takenori, Mitsui Hisashi, and Kureki Kimibu as the core to develop a new story, and there are more It is even believed that the timeline of the story is 20 years later. The theatrical version tells the story of Sakuragi as a retired player who took over the responsibilities of coach Anzai and continues to dream.
