Slam Dunk is one of the legendary anime that was made in the 90s. This anime is very extraordinary and was widely discussed in Indonesia. Slam Dunk is still considered one of the best sports anime of all time among fans. Despite bringing a sport that is less popular in Japan, Slam Dunk still does not lose its spurs.

So far, there are some of the most interesting Slam Dunk anime facts for us to discuss together. Moreover, this anime is going to be made into a reboot version where the first teaser of this reboot has been launched to the public. So what are the most interesting Slam Dunk anime facts? This is the full review.

Written and Illustrated by Takehiku Inoue

Slam Dunk is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It tells the story of the basketball team from Shōhoku High School in the Shōnan area of Japan. It was serialized in Shueisha's shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump from October 1990 to June 1996, with the chapters collected into 31 tankōbon volumes.

The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation which aired from October 1993 to March 1996 and was broadcast worldwide until it finally enjoyed a lot of popularity especially in Japan, several other Asian countries and Europe.

Slam Dunk sold 170 million copies, making it the seventh best-selling manga series in history. In 1994, it received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category. In 2010, Inoue received special praise from the Japan Basketball Association for helping popularize basketball in Japan.

Behind the Inspiration of Slam Dunk

Inoue became inspired to make Slam Dunk because he loved basketball since high school. After Inoue started the manga, he was surprised when he started receiving letters from readers saying that they started playing basketball because of this manga.

His editor even told him "basketball is a taboo in this world". Because of these letters, Inoue decided he wanted to draw a better basketball game in the series. With the series, Inoue wanted to show the feelings of some athletes such as their thoughts when they win or lose.

According to Inoue, Slam Dunk has a simple perspective to work on because it only focuses on the victories and successes of the characters.

Slam Dunk Made with a Great Purpose

With this series, Inoue wants his readers to feel both achievement and love for sports. Thinking that his success as a manga artist was largely due to basketball, Inoue organized a Slam Dunk Scholarship for Japanese students because he wanted to increase the sport's popularity in Japan.

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This was later successful because in Japan, Slam Dunk immediately rose to fame followed by the rising popularity of the sport of basketball. Inoue's goal is extraordinary and shows that he is not only working with manga but also has other goals behind it.

What Makes Slam Dunk Loved and Its Legacy in the Field of Science

The success of Slam Dunk is cited as the cause of the increasing popularity of basketball among Japanese youth during the 1990s. Azusa Takahashi of Real Sound writes that the appeal of Slam Dunk and its impact on the sport's popularity is rooted in how realistic it is. It not only has striking game scenes, but also includes steady practice scenes.

Even a PhD student, Dexter Thomas from Cornell University, writing a dissertation on how race factors into hip hop in Japan, states "The first wave of basketball in Japan was driven by 'Slam Dunk'"

There is even a Slam Dunk Scholarship program created in 2006 by Inoue and Shueisha. Winners aged 17 to 18 receive a fully paid academic and athletic scholarship to a university prep school in America if they pass the school's admissions interview.

A Legendary Manga

In 1994, Slam Dunk received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category. In a poll involving nearly 79,000 Japanese people for the 10th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006, Slam Dunk was voted the #1 manga of all time.

In the Japanese government's 2009 Media Arts 100 Poll of the public's all-time favorite artwork, Slam Dunk took first place in the manga division. In a 2009 Oricon survey, the manga ranked first as the manga fans want to turn into a live-action movie.

In November 2014, readers of Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine voted Slam Dunk to enter number four as the greatest Weekly Shonen Jump manga of all time. In TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, where 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Slam Dunk came in third, behind One Piece and Demon Slayer.

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This article was written by Robani, Twitter: @DadMetals