Movie Cosmos - The First Slam Dunk

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Shugo Nakamura

As Ryota Miyagi (voice)

Jun Kasama

As Hisashi Mitsui (voice)

Kenta Miyake

As Takenori Akagi (voice)

Shinichiro Kamio

As Kaede Rukawa (voice)

Subaru Kimura

As Hanamichi Sakuragi (voice)

Katsuhisa Houki

As Mitsuyoshi Anzai (voice)

Asami Seto

As Ayako (voice)

Ryota Iwasaki

As Kiminobu Kogure (voice)

Chado Horii

As Kentaro Ishii (voice)

Maaya Sakamoto

As Haruko Akagi (voice)

Chikahiro Kobayashi

As Yohei Mito (voice)

Masafumi Kobatake

As Nozomi Takamiya (voice)

Kenichirou Matsuda

As Chuichirou Noma (voice)

Kanoko Kuroshima

As Woman A / Neighborhood Child / Other Children / Additional Voices (voice)

Haruka Sakurai

As Additional Voices (voice)

Top Crew >

Takehiko Inoue

Director, Screenplay, Comic Book

Yasuyuki Ebara

Character Designer

Yota Tsuruoka

Sound Director

Haruka Kamatani

Second Unit Director

Toshio Ohashi

Second Unit Director

Katsuhiko Kitada

Second Unit Director, Key Animation

Ryuichi Takita

Editor

Jun Watanabe

Editor

Shunsuke Nakamura

Director of Photography

Shiori Furusho

Color Designer

Daiki Nakazawa

CGI Director

Kazuo Ogura

Art Direction

Nobuhito Sue

Art Designer

Ryuta Koike

Music Producer

Fumihiko Suganuma

Second Unit Director

Toshiyuki Inoue

Key Animation

Arifumi Imai

Key Animation

Kiyotaka Oshiyama

Key Animation

Naomi Nakano

Color Designer

Toshiyuki Matsui

Producer

Hiromi Ishigami

Key Animation

Kazumasa Orii

Key Animation

Naoya Wada

Key Animation

Yukiko Ban

Animation Director

Hideki Takahashi

Key Animation

Haruma Edo

Key Animation

Shosuke Ishibashi

Key Animation

Takatoshi Honda

Animation Director

Ken Arto

Key Animation

TAKUMA

Theme Song Performance

NAOKI

Theme Song Performance

KOUICHI

Theme Song Performance

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

Though the animation and pace of this film are really good, it's essentially a rather disappointing melodrama that wallows just a little too much in family angst! "Miyagi" is a young basketball player who lives very much in the shadow of his now deceased elder brother. His school team are always the underdogs but can they galvanise each other in order to raise their game and buck the trend, finally, of their fairly regular defeats. The characterisations themselves are quite well developed here, and the interaction between the players in their team presents us with quite a plausible dynamic of teenage stresses and strains - but unfortunately, for me at any rate, I found the underlying storyline just a little disappointing. Way too much sibling longing; the cave with their things in - all resonated for a while then started me wanting to shout "get over it"! If there is to be a "Second Slam Dunk", then I hope Miyagi doesn't get all loved up! It's scored to within an inch of it's life, which is also a bit irritating, but it does feature great action animation, though, from producers who clearly understand this fast-moving and dynamic sport.

2023-10-22