Slam Dunk
SLAM DUNK
Hanamichi Sakuragi, an entering Shohoku high school freshman holds a record for being rejected by 50 girls during middle school. His nearly 2 meters height and bright red hair causes most students to write him off as a delinquent. One day, a girl named Haruko Akagi approaches Hanamichi without any fear. When she asks Hanamichi: "do you like basketball?" Hanamichi falls head over heels for the girl of his dreams. Without missing a beat, Hanamichi tells her he loves basketball, and the two head to the gymnasium where Hanamichi learns about the slam dunk. He also learns of Rukawa, one of the country’s top basketball prospects, also a freshman at Shohoku. (Source: Funimation)
Slam Dunk is a tv with 101 episodes, from Fall 1993, produced by Toei Animation, rated 8.3/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Hanamichi Sakuragi, an entering Shohoku high school freshman holds a record for being rejected by 50 girls during middle school. His nearly 2 meters height and bright red hair causes most students to write him off as a delinquent. One day, a girl named Haruko Akagi approaches Hanamichi without any fear. When she asks Hanamichi: "do you like basketball?" Hanamichi falls head over heels for the girl of his dreams. Without missing a beat, Hanamichi tells her he loves basketball, and the two head to the gymnasium where Hanamichi learns about the slam dunk. He also learns of Rukawa, one of the country’s top basketball prospects, also a freshman at Shohoku. (Source: Funimation)
Main Characters
Tags
- Basketball — Centers around the sport of basketball.
- Shounen — Target demographic is teenage and young adult males.
- School — Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.
- Primarily Teen Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of teen characters.
- School Club — Partly or completely set in a school club scene.
- Primarily Male Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of male characters.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Educational — Primary aim is to educate the audience.
- Ensemble Cast — Features a large cast of characters with (almost) equal screen time and importance to the plot.
- Delinquents — Features characters with a notorious image and attitude, sometimes referred to as "yankees".
- Unrequited Love — One or more characters are experiencing an unrequited love that may or may not be reciprocated.
- Coastal — Story prominently takes place near the beach or around a coastal area/town. Setting is near the ocean.