reporter Chen Qianxiu/comprehensive report
The movie version of the popular Japanese anime " Slam Dunk " is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 3. Major movie theaters have already put up the movie posters of the Shohoku Basketball Team, and special announcements about the movie are The announcement will be made on July 7 at 7pm. In the past, the movie was temporarily titled "SLAM DUNK". With the release of the poster, the new title of the movie was set to "THE FIRST SLAM DUNK", which quickly triggered speculation on the Japanese Internet!
The new title of the "Slam Dunk" movie is "THE FIRST SLAM DUNK". (Picture/reproduced from IG/slamdunk_movie)
The movie version of "Slam Dunk" initially emphasized that "the title has not yet been decided" until the new title "THE FIRST SLAM DUNK" was announced on July 2. The addition of "THE FIRST" is particularly Get attention. Some netizens are curious about "THE FIRST? Does this mean we can expect a sequel?" Since Takehiko Inoue is the director and screenwriter of the movie, and it is a brand-new animated movie, anime fans are highly concerned about the content. "It should be the Battle of the Mountain King," "I think Maybe it will be a sequel or a trilogy." "I always feel that the title is related to the battle of the Mountain King. It can't be finished in one movie." "(The comic) makes me cry many times after reading it. The meaning of THE FIRST is that we can still look forward to the next one. Of course there can also be Being.”
Netizens speculated that the movie version of "Slam Dunk" might have a sequel. (Picture/reproduced from Twitter)
Why do netizens frequently call "Battle of the Mountain King" when it comes to the movie version of "Slam Dunk"? Cartoonist Takehiko Inoue began serializing "Slam Dunk" in " Weekly Shōnen Jump" in 1990. From 1993 to 1996, a TV animation version was launched, and 4 movie versions (also known as theatrical versions) were released. The comic story describes Sakuragi Hanamichi who doesn't understand basketball at all. Because he fell in love with Haruko Akagi at first sight and learned that the other person likes basketball, he decided to join the Shohoku High School basketball team and embarked on the road of basketball. The original version of Shohoku reached the national level. The competition, the showdown between Sanno Industry High School, can be called the climax, but the animated version was only produced to 101 episodes, which ended until the Shohoku team set off to participate in the national competition. It is still a big suspense for anime fans 26 years after it was aired, so the latest movie version It is wildly speculated that it describes the duel between Shohoku and Sanno.
The TV animation version of "Slam Dunk" ends when the Shohoku team is about to leave for the national competition. (Picture/reproduced from YouTube)
In addition to the large amount of information about the movie title, Japanese netizens are also concerned about the voice actor lineup of the new animated movie. According to the dubbing lineup of the animated version, "Sakuragi Hanamichi" dubs Kusao Takeshi who is 56 years old, "Rukawa Kaede" Midorikawa Hikaru is 54 years old, "Akagi Takenori" Ryoda Kiyuki is 57 years old, and "Mitsui Hisashi" sets Ayutaro is now 52 years old, "Ryota Miyagi" Tsubasa Shioya is now 64 years old, "Kimugure Konobu" Hideyuki Tanaka is 71 years old, and "Coach Anzai" Nishimura is 74 years old. Most of them are still active in the dubbing industry, but acting Team manager "Ayako" Eiriko Hara is reported to have retired. Whether there will be any changes to the voice actor lineup of the movie version will also be a big topic.
"Slam Dunk" will have its premiere movie special report at 7pm on July 7th. (Picture/reproduced from Twitter)
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