The First Slam Dunk Reviews (original) (raw)

Summary Point guard Ryota Miyagi always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local player from a young age, Ryota also became addicted to bas...

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The flashbacks are well-written and add off-the-court dramatic interest, but it’s the basketball action that is the movie’s claim to excellence. Expertly staged and beautifully rendered using a combination of computer-generated imagery and traditional hand-drawn animation, it’s often so spectacular that I am eager to watch again.

No movie has so literally reduced basketball to “just a game,” and no movie this side of “Hoop Dreams” has so ecstatically conveyed why it’s also so much more than that.

Everything a fan can ask for in a Slam Dunk movie. Great for newcomers to the anime and/or managa series as well.

I didn't have a lot of faith but it definitely gave me a good surprise, very good with the timing, the music and the plot, very emotional and faithful to the manga but giving its characters more depth. The only thing "debatable" is the animation, but it depends on the taste of each viewer.

Inoue’s film is not just an effective youth melodrama––much as it is that––but a fully sensory action film that deeply understands the raw appeal of its subject beyond wide-angle shots from the bleachers.

The First Slam Dunk’s nimble storytelling and canny editing makes it work as both a sports movie, where you’re invested in the result, and a coming-of-age drama, where you care about the characters.

The First Slam Dunk, with familiar characters, an innovative art style, and a narrative that’s helped structure an entire subgenre of anime, plays both sides of the court as it finds a delicate balance between flash and fundamentals.

While it leans a little heavily on baffling basketball strategy and court-based machinations, it’s a dynamic and unexpectedly affecting animation.

Fleshed out in 3D animation, the action – feinting, pivoting and occasionally soaring high above the stands – feels resplendently immediate.

The film is beautiful. It is different from the 90's anime, the author chose a more serious tone. The comedy moments are still there but the focus is in the background story of one of the Shohoku team member. It is so emotional that I left the cinema in tears. Slam Dunk was part of my life in the past and still is.

Cannot imagine a better sports animation than this. It brought me back to 25 years ago when I first saw the TV animation of Slam Dunk, but this movie would also be a perfect stand-alone work for audiences who have no knowledge about the manga or TV animation.

Vi esta película dos veces el día de su estreno, las escena muy buena y fiel al manga, además de manejar un excelente tiempo con la narrativa, lo único malo que puedo agregar es que el maestro Inoue no ha alargado más slam dunk

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

película pasable, mas del 65% de la historia es inventada con respectó al manga, lo malo que casi no adapta nada del final del manga perdiendo muchos sucesos importante del manga, como adaptación del final del manga la película es mala

Production Company Dandelion Animation Studio, Toei Animation, Toei Company

Release Date Jul 28, 2023

Duration 2 h 4 m

Rating PG-13

Awards of the Japanese Academy

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

London Critics Circle Film Awards