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The First Slam Dunk Will Have U.K. Premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival
posted on by Andrew Osmond
The First Slam Dunk, the new film of Takehiko Inoue's Slam Dunk basketball manga, will have its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The two screenings are both at the Vue Cinema Omni Centre, on Tuesday August 22 at 5.45 p.m. and on Wednesday August 23 at 11 a.m.
The film's national UK release will follow from August 30, and the details will be given at https://slamdunkfilm.co.uk/.
The group The Birthday performed the film's opening theme, and 10-FEET performed the ending theme song "Dai Zero Kan."
The film opened in Japan on December 3 2022.
Inoue personally directed the film at Toei Animation and wrote the script. Among the listed staff members are character designer/animation director Yasuyuki Ebara (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) and technical directors Katsuhiko Kitada (Attack on Titan episodes, Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot), Naoki Miyahara (Digimon Adventure, Popin Q), Toshio Ōhashi (LayereD Stories 0), and Yū Kamatani (Looking for Magical DoReMi, Precure Super Stars!).
Daiki Nakazawa directed the CG, and Yūta Ogura produced the CG. Kazuo Ogura directed the art. Yota Tsuruoka directed the sound with Koji Kasamatsu.
Inoue published his iconic sports manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1990 to 1996 for a total of 31 volumes. The manga inspired a television anime in 1993, and it received four anime film sequels. Crunchyroll is streaming the series, and it describes the story:
Hanamichi Sakuragi is a delinquent with a long history of getting dumped by girls. After enrolling in Shohoku High School, Hanamichi becomes interested in a girl named Haruko who loves the game of basketball.
Viz Media released all 31 volumes of the manga in English.
