List of Slam Dunk episodes explained

Slam Dunk is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title by Takehiko Inoue. The story follows Hanamichi Sakuragi, who falls in love with a girl named Haruko Akagi, and decides to enter the Shohoku High School Basketball Team in order to attract her, as she is already in love with another Shohoku player, Kaede Rukawa. As Sakuragi starts learning how to play basketball, he begins to take a liking to the sport.

Produced by Toei Animation and directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa, the series aired on TV Asahi from October 16, 1993, to March 23, 1996. Toei compiled the episodes into a series of seventeen DVDs which were released in Japan from December 10, 2004, to May 21, 2005.[1] [2] Toei once again collected the series in three DVD boxes during 2008. All three boxes have a total of seventeen discs.[3] [4] [5]

Toei and Geneon briefly chose to release the anime on DVD after the manga was discontinued, though the anime was also discontinued after only a few volumes.[6] [7] The first DVD was released on March 15, 2005, and volume 4 was the last one released on June 14 of the same year, before they were cancelled. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its broadcast, the anime was released on Blu-ray in 2014.[8] Episodes 1-85 are the only episodes dubbed into English currently available. Episodes 86-101 were dubbed but currently only remain available subtitled.[9] [10] Various episodes from the series were also downloadable from IGN's Direct2Drive service.[11] In May 2009, Joost started streaming all 101 episodes on their website.[12] Each episode is in Japanese, with English subtitles.[13]

Six musical themes are used through all the series: two opening themes and the four ending themes. by Baad is used as the opening theme for the first 61 episodes. by Zyyg replaces it as the opening theme for episodes 62-101. by Maki Ohguro is used as the ending theme for the first 24 episodes. by Wands follows it as the ending for episodes 25-49. by Manish is used for episodes 50-81 and by Zard is used for episodes 82-101.[14] The remaining music was composed by Takanobu Masuda. Three CD soundtracks were released during the airing of the series in Japan.[15] [16]

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air date[17]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SLAM DUNK VOL.1 DVD. May 13, 2009. ja.
  2. Web site: SLAM DUNK VOL.17 DVD. May 21, 2005. May 13, 2009. ja.
  3. Web site: SLAM DUNK DVDコレクション VOL.1. May 13, 2009. ja.
  4. Web site: SLAM DUNK DVD-Collection Vol.3. May 13, 2009. ja.
  5. Web site: SLAM DUNK DVD-Collection Vol.2. May 15, 2009. ja.
  6. Web site: Macdonald. Christopher. Toei Announces First Releases. Anime News Network. November 23, 2004. May 13, 2009.
  7. Web site: Macdonald. Christopher. Toei DVDs Cancelled. Anime News Network. September 18, 2006. May 13, 2009.
  8. Web site: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/112541. ja:アニメ「SLAM DUNK」がBlu-rayに！スペシャル版も収録. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. March 20, 2014. December 16, 2020. ja.
  9. Web site: Slam Dunk, Vol. 1. Amazon. May 13, 2009.
  10. Web site: Slam Dunk, Vol. 4. Amazon. May 13, 2009.
  11. Web site: Loo. Egan. First Slam Dunk Episode Streamed with English Subs. Anime News Network. June 4, 2008. May 13, 2009.
  12. Web site: Loo. Egan. Toei Animation Adds Anime to Crunchyroll Website Today. Anime News Network. October 27, 2008. May 12, 2009.
  13. Web site: Loo. Egan. Joost Streams All 101 Episodes of Slam Dunk. Anime News Network. May 1, 2009. May 12, 2009.
  14. Web site: Slam Dunk - Property info. Toei Animation. May 12, 2009. May 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090512203119/http://www.toei-anim.com/slamdunk.html. dead.
  15. Web site: ja:スラム・ダンク. Slam Dunk. Amazon. May 13, 2009. ja.
  16. Web site: ja:スラムダンク ― オリジナル·サウンドトラック 3 '95サマー. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005F5J7/. Amazon. May 13, 2009. ja.
  17. Web site: SLAM DUNK. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. November 4, 2022. ja. September 5, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220905163035/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C8319. live.

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