Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.
Direction
Inoue's first film ever and it's THIS? Criminal.
Cinematography
3D anime that actually moves like basketball.
Score
The needle drops will rearrange your soul.
Director
Takehiko Inoue
Shugo Nakamura
Ryota Miyagi (voice)
Jun Kasama
Hisashi Mitsui (voice)
Kenta Miyake
Takenori Akagi (voice)
Shinichiro Kamio
Kaede Rukawa (voice)
Subaru Kimura
Hanamichi Sakuragi (voice)
Katsuhisa Houki
Mitsuyoshi Anzai (voice)
Asami Seto
Ayako (voice)
Ryota Iwasaki
Kiminobu Kogure (voice)
Chado Horii
Kentaro Ishii (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Haruko Akagi (voice)
Chikahiro Kobayashi
Yohei Mito (voice)
Masafumi Kobatake
Nozomi Takamiya (voice)
Kenichirou Matsuda
Chuichirou Noma (voice)
Kanoko Kuroshima
Woman A / Neighborhood Child / Other Children / Additional Voices (voice)
Haruka Sakurai
Additional Voices (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Takehiko Inoue refused multiple adaptation offers for decades until he could direct himself.
The real-time final quarter consumes 40 minutes of screentime—Inoue wanted viewers to live every second of the championship pressure.
JP
