Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
boyoungsi
The best sport shounen anime. The first time i find anime without ECCHI STUFF, OPPAI, YAOI, AND MORE SEX OR DIRTY STORYLINE,. THE BEST ANIME EVER. The comedy is not hard to make us laughing. The story is simple, but we find many twist. Each episode show how a hero born from zero. The art stile is old and mature.
The background song while Sakuragi do rebound will always ringing in your head.
The character have go through great development in every episodes. I do believe this anime will be popularize basketball much more all over asia. The only way to enjoy this anime is believing that "the best thing from falling is there will be only one choice: getting up.
Read at the sourceZedlin
For a anime to be called Slam Dunk one of the most flashy, epic, move that blows away anyone watching, to then be so tedious and incomplete that I would have dropped it from the start.
Slam Dunk is jammed pack full of flat characters that make the same boring jokes and overall just annoy you the longer you watch. Making it all seem nothing is changing. If that weren’t enough recap and flashbacks are a constant occurrence too. Man what does this anime got going for it?
Not only is the general story a snooze to live with but so is the protagonist Sakuragi. He is the character that really can grind your gears, whether its when he get angry fast, using his loud mouth to get in trouble, being dense, embarrassing himself, or having a inferiority complex, he is a nuisance at best. Whenever he…
Read at the sourceBerriePepper
I have watch this anime since forever, I started watching it when I was a kid, forgot what age I was, I started obsessed with it. I try to join the basketball team in my school but I didn't get chosen. Then, after years, I started watching it again when I'm in high school, and obsessed with it again. I felt like watching it for the first time, and it was exciting because I couldn't remember much. But after that, I started download the anime and it has been my source of enjoyment. That is how I am obsessed with this anime.
But, still there are things that bothered me. Especially with the art, I mean its outdated. I sometime can't stand it because I want more visual graphics because now it's 2016. My eyes gets sore when I see that kind of quality. But the manga is good art though.
The BGM…
Read at the sourceishraq21
I'm a little biased, this is my favorite anime/manga of all time. And as it turns out, not just mine. Slam Dunk has been voted as being Japan's favorite manga of all time. Takehiko Inoue is also one of the most revered and acknowledged mangaka ever. Following Slam Dunk, he has created several other masterpieces, namely Vagabond which I haven't read yet. But apparently it has received some very distinguished awards. But regarding Slam Dunk, it's not like Kuroko where the characters are dramatized by the color of their hair, by special abilities only relevant in sci fi. It's a lot more realistic, and the emphasis is a lot more on the story and the blending of characters. It is one of my life's saddest truths that the anime does not finish the story of the manga. And the ending of the manga i…
Read at the sourcepurebending
This anime is straight 10 in every aspects for me. I had watched first time when I was 6 six years old with its limited episodes on TV. Slam Dunk is the reason why I started playing basketball and loved that sport so much. It increases popularity of basket not only in Japan but in other countries.
The story is evolved around our tensai basketball player Hanamichi Sakuragi. At the beginning he is person who hates basketball a lot (I do not want to give its reason because of spoilers, you will figure it out at the very beginning of the serie). But that attitude was changed when he met with Haruko. Through the whole serie it is amazing to see how he develops from a punk to a decent basketball player. Anime gives that feeling splendidly. It is like something inside you is developing with eve…
Read at the sourceAnimeLoverAAA
******this review contain minor spoilers ******
-This is REAL basketball
-This is NO magic basketball
-This is how REAL shounen anime should be
-I've not read the manga but am going to read
I was debating with myself whether i should watch this. BUT luckily i did. This anime is really classic and really enjoyable unlike some other basketball anime.This anime is about real skills and not about magic,fantasy or super power.
Story (7)
A novice basketballer, Sakuragi Hanamichi, from Shohoku High School who knows nothing about basketball and even hate it and looked down on it at first. But the girl that he likes recommended him to play and so that was how his basketball life begun. He joined the basketball team shortly after that. In the anime you will see how much he had improved from a…
Read at the sourceToksic
*Apologies for my english*
Slam Dunk is one of the best thing out there and for me is the best sport series. The intensity and heart pumping action it gives is unparallel to any other series. And when I say this, I meant the manga version of this series and not the anime version.(I watched the anime first btw)
Slam Dunk anime does not do the manga justice. Not even close. The reason this anime has high rating is mostly because of the nostalgic feel and "the past anime is better anime" thought process. Don't get me wrong tho, It's not totally bad. There are some shining moments but that's it. The main focus, the basketball matches is very boring 'compared' to the manga. Some of the characters looks goofy, the main female character haruko looks ugly. Everything the anime tries to do doesn'…
Read at the sourceNpk005
Slam dunk is one of the anime which is pretty well known. In my opinion this anime is over hyped with no content to support it. First the story, the story in itself feels a little dull. I said dull because in over hundered episode the story could have been amazing. I will not spoil the story, but trust me this anime have a little content for a 101 episode anime. The matches are long ( episode wise), smallest match I ever seen in this anime was 5 episode long. You feel bored in half way through the anime. The character development feels well paced and character are good. The characters helps put the comedy element to the story.
In the end, the story feels stretched, but it feels a little good because of the character in the story. I would refer this anime if you have nothing to do and want…
Read at the sourcepoormeate
Slam Dunk is considered a pioneer of sports anime. All from its witty jokes to its inspiring speeches, it’s a masterpiece from the 90s. It teaches many valuable morals of life such as establishing strong bonds with each other, and to never give up. It’s an anime that’s been a part of my childhood, and I knew from its first episode that it would be hilarious.
[Story]
The plot was centered on our self-centered protagonist Sakuragi Hanamichi, a 189cm tall, 16 year old, delinquent who hates basketball. And in order to impress a girl, he attempts to play the sport, fails miserably at it, and even managed to pants the opponent who was the captain of the basketball team as well as the girl’s older brother. But even after all that, he still somehow managed to get on the basketball team.
The ani…
Read at the sourcelvl2pidgey
One of my favourite animes since I was around 7 years old. It's hilarious, has the perfect amount of drama, comedy, suspense and action (in it's own rights). Always love re-watching and re-re-watching episodes whenever I'm bored.
The main character, Sakuragi Hanamichi always seems to bring my spirits up as a basketball player and also makes me laugh with his comedic features.
His attitude and his drive to become better and overcome his weaknesses is also rather inspiring.
Overall a brilliant anime, one of my favourite. Though what I hated was that Inoue-sensei didn't continue and left us hanging right before the Inter-high... really frustrated. I hope they continue and come up with something soon with better animation quality.
Read at the sourcejmoriarty84
This anime has almost everything. Action, comedy, tragedy, romantic tensions, manly moments, etc. The cast is pretty huge and when possible, each character or group gets their chance to shine. A great percentage of the characters each contribute something to the advancement of the story and/or get their moment in the sun so. It doesn’t have to be Sakuragi, or the rest of the Shohoku team. Even Sakuragi’s gang gets their chance to do something every now and then.
But what really touches me about this story is how strong the relationships develop. Especially the loyalty of Sakuragi’s gang and how far they go in their support that he gets to be part of the basketball team. Even though Sakuragi and his friends may not have the best brains, they make up for it with their hearts and this anime…
Read at the sourcemercury1980
To me, Slam Dunk was one of the anime I used to watch as a kid on AXN. It is about the national Shohoku basketball team developing their relationships as well as their fitness levels. This anime says that basketball really comes in all sorts of tricks and I like the way how they dribble the ball and throw the ball into the net. The net gives the score.
I loved the ending theme song "I have my eyes for you" by Maki Ohguro, one of the famous rock singers. The art was well done even though it was made in 1992.
They say that being a basketball player, you need to be muscular, physically fit and tall, not only that you also need to be more accurate in throwing the ball. These things come in hand to hand. The basketball players battled their way to being the best basketball team in every sch…
Read at the sourceZhouThien
Enjoyment?! wow~! i dont like sports let alone Anime sport series! and this is the only exception for me to watch sport anime or sport in general!! This anime leaves me a memory i cannot forget..it made me smile, laugh, cry, sad, etc. This anime makes me love Basketball and Japan even more!! and it also influence a positive mind set in my life. i watched it more than 5 times...the only Bad thing about this anime is that it stopped at 101 episode :( wish it could continue like the manga did. And i don't read manga..
Read at the sourcekkornelia
Slam Dunk is probably one of the most beautiful sports anime I have ever come acrossed. It is one of those animes that will be forever be memorable once you have watched it.
For those looking to understand basketball, this is the anime for you.
For those who are just looking for a good laugh, this is it.
And for those who just want to be moved, I greatly recommend this anime and it's a thriller.
Though, it may seem like just another typical sports anime at first, it is not. Slam Dunk is one of the few animes out there that can actually make the viewers cry, laugh, and fall in love with not one but all of its characters-- not because of their extremely good looks or their perfectly good charm(though that wouldn't hurt) but though their individuality, friendship, teamwork, passion, and…
Read at the sourceenzo2123
Instead of writing a paragraph of review, I will basically list all the good things I thought abou tthis show:
STORY:
The story is very well presented. Instead of focusing solely on basketball, it also shows the lives of the characters; character development will develop during major story arcs and not through filler episodes. Speaking of fillers, unlike other animes wher fillers are usually unwanted, in Slam Dunk fillers are very fun to watch.
SOUND/MUSIC:
The soundtrack is great, the music somehow makes the show come alive. From comedic situations to high tense action, the music delivers. CHARACTERS:
The characters are especially unique in this anime why? Because they continue to develop throughout he story.
OVERALL:
This anime is the perfect casual anime for anyone who wants to…
Read at the source_killua_
Slam dunk is, in my opinion, the best anime i've seen.
Story
The story is a typical anime sports plot, a central character (hanamichi) who starts hating basketball but due to his love interest get's into the school's team and starst loving it. The difference from other anime is that it gives you a better point of view in what respects effort will make you the best. In most anime the central character makes a great effort and ends up being the greatest player in the world in no time, instead slam dunk shows you that you are not the only one practising, everyone else does so too. (I would have liked to explain more but it would turn into a spoiler).
Art
typical 90's anime art. I liked it and the characters express a lot.
Sound
Good I think, I don't know much about sound. the first opening…
Read at the sourceCruzle
Slam Dunk! Is a sports comedy anime telling a story of a school basketball team and a newcomer Sakuragi Hanamichi, who basicly joins the club just to get the attention of a girl after being dumped by girls way too many times in the past. And as you might guess, Sakuragi then truly gets interested in basketball after hard training and finding himself - what a surprise - a rival in both basketball and girl attention aspects. The story itself is pretty decent, maybe a bit too predictable though. The animation and sounds (music, voice actors etc.) in this anime is average, considering the fact that this anime has seen plenty of years already. The characters are pretty much ok too but I found them a bit dull and simple in the long run. There should have been more depth to characters fit in 101…
Read at the sourceKeyira
Slam Dunk, the first thing it'd tell me is Basketball! :) i've been playing bball for sometime now, and this anime was out just before i was born:)
Story - Very good story even though there are some parts i dislike :) especially when some people are soo dumb and couldn't figure things out!
Art and Sound - ofcause this anime is very old, the only thing i'd say is, compare to the anime's being made nowadays, this anime's art level isn't at the top, but however, some fighting scenes used in this are still ''classic'' :)
Character - i must say, the characters from this anime is very good, especially hanamichi (sry if i spelt him wrong :)), he's a very funny character, i'll give you that :)
Enjoyment - i pretty much enjoyed 99% of this anime, :) i watched this ZELION TIMES :) cuz it was so…
Read at the sourcelowell
Slam Dunk is one of those classics of sports anime. You always hear about it and wonder if it actually is the best thing since sliced bread. Well, it isn't. But it is funny and entertaining and worthwhile if you have the patience for it.
Imagine GTO in high school and determined to learn how to play basketball to get closer to the girl he has a crush on -- tah-dah, Slam Dunk! The story has the expected sort of "learn a skill, show a skill" repetitive story line common to a lot of sports and shounen animes, but it's punched up by a little delinquency, a little reformation, and a tiny bit of one-sided romance. The one real downside to the story is the occasional trips into a DBZ/Naruto-esque timefreeze: sometimes one basketball game takes, like, 3 episodes and you wonder how it's possible t…
Read at the sourceChrisVarick
You know that feeling when you don't really want to watch something but when you start doing it, amazingly, you have lots of fun? Well I do because that is what Slam Dunk is doing to me. It is about this basketball team in Shohoku highschool and its main character, Sakuragi, who tries to complete himself as a basketball player and gain the love of a girl, named Haruko. Sounds cheesy but, believe me, it is nothing you have experienced before.
Now, from the first few episodes, you can obviously see that this anime, which received huge acclaim at its time, has a clear goal to spread the popularity of basketball in a country where basketball was almost non existent. For true fans of this game, who are hoping to see some great moves in this series, a disappointment awaits. The problem is that…
Read at the source