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.
Ryota Miyagi (voice)
Hisashi Mitsui (voice)
Takenori Akagi (voice)
Kaede Rukawa (voice)
Hanamichi Sakuragi (voice)
Mitsuyoshi Anzai (voice)
Ayako (voice)
Kiminobu Kogure (voice)
Kentaro Ishii (voice)
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 ...
Status Released
Original LanguageJapanese
Budget-
Revenue $258,000,000.00