The First Slam Dunk Anime Movie To Premiere At Anime Expo North America

On Monday, GKIDS announced that The First Slam Dunk movie’s North American premiere will be held at the Anime Expo event on July 3.

The screening will take place at the Main Events Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Also, the first 2,500 guests will receive a souvenir booklet for the film.

The film was released on December 3 in Japan and was ranked at #1 in its opening weekend with 847,000 tickets sold, earning around 9.5 million USD.

The film’s producer, Toshiyuki Matsui, received this year’s general award for Eiga Engeki Bunka Kyokai’s 42nd annual Fujimoto Awards.

The staff of the film includes:

• Screenplay: Takehiko Inoue
• Designer and animation director: Yasuke Ebara
• Technical Directors: Katsuhiko Kitada, Naoki Miyahara, and Yu Kamatani
• CG Director: Daiki Nakazawa
• CG Producer: Yuta Ogura
• Art Director: Kazuo Ogura
• Sound Directors: Yota Tsuruoka and Koji Kasamatsu

Cast Includes:

• Subaru Kimura as Hanamichi Sakuragi
• Shinichiro Kamio as Kaede Nagarekawa
• Sogo Nakamura as Ryota Miyagi
• Jun Kasama as Hisashi Mitsui
• Kenta Miake as Goken Aakagi

This summer, the film will be released in the United States and Canada by GKIDS with English subtitles.

GKIDS describes the film as:

Shohoku’s “speedster” and 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 basketball.

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.

Now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.

Source: ANN