Slam Dunk (manga)

Slam Dunk
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Hanamichi Sakuragi
Genre	Comedy[1] Coming-of-age[2] Sports[3]
Manga
Written by	Takehiko Inoue
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Viz Media Gutsoon! Entertainment (former) SG: Chuang Yi
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	NA: Raijin Comics (former) Shonen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 1, 1990 – June 17, 1996
Volumes	31 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Nobutaka Nishizawa
Written by	Nobuaki Kishima Yoshiyuki Suga
Music by	Takanobu Masuda (#1–61) B.M.F (#62–101)
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensed by	NA: Toei Animation Inc.
Original network	ANN (TV Asahi)
English network	AU: Network Ten SEA: AXN, Animax Asia
Original run	October 16, 1993 – March 23, 1996
Episodes	101 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Directed by	Nobutaka Nishizawa
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	March 12, 1994 (1994-03-12)
Runtime	30 minutes
Anime film
Conquer the Nation, Hanamichi Sakuragi!
Directed by	Toshihiko Arisako
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	July 9, 1994 (1994-07-09)
Runtime	45 minutes
Anime film
Shohoku's Greatest Challenge!
Directed by	Hiroyuki Kakudō
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	March 12, 1995 (1995-03-12)
Runtime	40 minutes
Anime film
Howling Basketman Spirit!!
Directed by	Masayuki Akihi
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	July 15, 1995 (1995-07-15)
Runtime	40 minutes
Anime film
The First Slam Dunk (2022)
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Slam Dunk (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1990 to June 1996, with the chapters collected into 31 tankōbon volumes. The story follows a basketball team from Shōhoku High School, located in the Shōnan area of Japan.

The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation which aired from October 1993 to March 1996. The series has been broadcast worldwide, gaining popularity especially in Japan, Europe, and several other Asian countries. In December 2022, an anime feature film titled The First Slam Dunk was released in Japan.

Slam Dunk has 170 million copies in circulation, making it the seventh best-selling manga series in history. In 1994, it received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. In Japan, Slam Dunk has been regarded as one of the greatest sports manga series of all time and has been cited as a contributor in popularizing basketball among Japanese youth during the 1990s. In 2010, Inoue received special commendations from the Japan Basketball Association for helping popularize basketball in Japan.