Slam Dunk
SportsAthletic competition and the world around it.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 7/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Eriko HaraAkiko HiramatsuTakeshi KusaoHikaru MidorikawaHideyuki TanakaHisao Egawa
Starring
Eriko HaraAkiko HiramatsuTakeshi KusaoHikaru MidorikawaHideyuki TanakaHisao Egawa
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About
"A brawler's unlikely, hilarious road to basketball obsession"
Slam Dunk follows Hanamichi Sakuragi, a delinquent with a long string of romantic rejections, who joins his high school basketball team purely to impress a girl. He knows nothing about the sport, but a fierce competitive streak and a growing love of the game slowly turn him into a real player. The show mixes broad slapstick comedy with surprisingly tense, well-choreographed game sequences. Early episodes lean goofy and episodic, but once the tournament arc kicks in it becomes genuinely gripping sports drama, carried by a scrappy underdog energy and a cast of oddball teammates and rivals.
Watch it for
the electric, hard-fought tournament games once the comedy settles into real sports drama.
Maybe skip if
you find slow-burn setup and broad slapstick comedy tedious before the games heat up.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Season 11993
8.426K10138h 33m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Gifted Basketball Player Is Born!? | 7.9 | 389 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Hanamichi vs. Rukawa | 7.7 | 326 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Gorilla vs. Hanamichi! Big Showdown!! | 8.3 | 369 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Basketball Player Hanamichi Joins the Team | 7.6 | 261 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | A Fruitless Afternoon | 7.3 | 248 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Rukawa vs. Akagi: The Real Showdown | 7.5 | 237 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Hanamichi Debut! Dunk Explosion | 7.7 | 241 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Hanamichi's Crisis! The Judo-man's Trap | 7.3 | 268 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | I'm Going to Play Basketball | 7.6 | 242 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | The Commoner's Shoot Is Difficult | 7.6 | 213 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Our Love's Special Secret Training | 7.4 | 203 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Defeat Ryonan! The Fierce Training the Night Before the Match | 7.6 | 218 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Shohoku vs Ryonan. Burning Captain! | 7.7 | 193 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Super Basketball Match with Ryonan | 8.0 | 219 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Hanamichi Nervously Steps Into the Spotlight | 8.1 | 219 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Who Is This Guy? Taoka's Miscalculation | 8.2 | 196 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | The Rebound King Sakuragi Hanamichi's Distress | 8.1 | 193 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | Last 2 Minutes! I'll Be the One to Defeat Sendoh | 8.0 | 231 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Time's Up! The Decisive Battle with Ryonan | 8.9 | 786 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | Basketball Shoes | 7.4 | 184 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | Enormous Trouble Makers! Hanamichi vs Miyagi | 7.7 | 167 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | History's Biggest Idiot Combination is Born | 8.0 | 180 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Shohoku Basketball Club's Last Day | 8.1 | 198 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | The Battle for Justice! Sakuragi's Goon Squad Joins! | 8.4 | 299 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | The Man Who Aimed at National Championship | 8.0 | 272 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | Mitsui, the Problems of the Past | 7.9 | 248 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 27 | I Want to Play Basketball! | 8.3 | 269 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 28 | The Beginning of Interhigh Preliminaries | 7.3 | 151 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 29 | Hanamichi! Debut at an Official Game | 7.5 | 150 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 30 | The Introspective Army's Big Counterattack | 7.6 | 153 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 31 | Formidable Enemy Miuradai's Secret Weapon | 7.5 | 151 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 32 | Genius Hanamichi! Certain Death Dunk | 7.8 | 177 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 33 | Walkout King!? Hanamichi Sakuragi | 7.7 | 200 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 34 | Gorilla's Secret, Kill with Your Eyes! | 7.5 | 147 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 35 | Hot Blooded Guys | 8.0 | 245 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 36 | A Well Seeded School, Enter Shoyo | 8.0 | 253 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 37 | Hanamichi: First-time as Starter! | 7.8 | 137 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 38 | Rukawa's Counterattack! | 8.0 | 148 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 39 | Lightning Flash Ryota! | 7.9 | 154 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 40 | Rebound King Hanamichi Sakuragi! | 8.3 | 196 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 41 | Shoyo's Ace Fujima Enters the Court | 7.8 | 168 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 42 | Shoyo Ace Fujima's Real Ability | 7.8 | 139 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 43 | Has Mitsui Reached His Limit!? | 8.3 | 199 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 44 | Mitsui! Stormy 3 Points | 8.6 | 238 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 45 | Imminent Walkout!? Hanamichi's Pinch | 8.8 | 287 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 46 | Hanamichi, Hot Dunk | 9.4 | 945 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 47 | Challenge from a Rival | 7.6 | 169 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 48 | The Guy Who Pledged to Defeat Kainan | 7.7 | 180 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 49 | Takezono, Last Fight | 7.6 | 177 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 50 | Challenge to the King | 8.0 | 138 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 51 | Outside Calculation!? Hanamichi at His Best! | 8.4 | 189 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 52 | Secret Weapon Against Sakuragi! | 8.0 | 139 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 53 | The Gorilla's Injury! Desperate Situation!? | 8.6 | 223 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 54 | King Kong's Younger Brother | 9.1 | 710 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 55 | The Guy Who Dominates the Game | 9.2 | 725 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 56 | Ace Maki, Full Throttle | 8.1 | 190 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 57 | Anzai, Bet on Victory! | 8.8 | 278 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 58 | Stubborn Guys! | 9.2 | 704 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 59 | Last 10 Seconds! A Perfect Conclusion | 9.7 | 2K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 60 | Shohoku on the Edge | 8.1 | 246 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 61 | Baldy Strikes Back! | 8.0 | 182 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 62 | Three-Day Super Training | 7.8 | 135 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 63 | Battle of the Aces! Kainan vs Ryonan | 7.9 | 133 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 64 | King Kainan Shows its Abilities! | 7.8 | 121 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 65 | The Strongest Match! Sendoh vs Maki | 8.0 | 125 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 66 | Sendoh's Bet | 8.1 | 156 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 67 | The Final Battle! Shohoku vs Ryonan | 8.0 | 198 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 68 | Savior!? Hanamichi Sakuragi | 8.4 | 212 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 69 | Gorilla Goes Astray | 8.1 | 155 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 70 | Gorilla Dunk II | 8.3 | 209 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 71 | Gorilla, Shout of Revival! | 8.1 | 201 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 72 | The Greatest Shame of One's Life | 8.0 | 130 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 73 | Rukawa Kaede, Gambling on the 2nd Half | 7.8 | 133 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 74 | The Most Dangerous Challenger! | 8.1 | 182 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 75 | Fine Play | 8.5 | 225 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 76 | The Feeling of Victory | 8.3 | 235 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 77 | You Guys Are Strong! | 8.2 | 134 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 78 | Uozumi Jun Revives | 7.9 | 161 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 79 | Blue Waves - Ryonan Fights Back! | 7.9 | 131 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 80 | Shohoku's Problems | 8.2 | 208 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 81 | Sendoh on Fire! Shohoku Loses | 8.1 | 164 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 82 | Amateur Sakuragi Hanamichi the Man | 8.8 | 243 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 83 | Vice-Captain Kogure's Determination | 8.8 | 222 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 84 | Win or Lose | 9.5 | 938 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 85 | New Challenge: The National Championship! | 7.5 | 145 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 86 | Rukawa's Ambition | 7.5 | 124 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 87 | Japan's Number One High School Player | 8.1 | 127 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 88 | The Basketball Kingdom - America | 8.6 | 233 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 89 | Rukawa Kaede's Spirit | 7.7 | 134 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 90 | Shohoku's Real Ace | 7.8 | 160 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 91 | The Nationals are Dangerous! | 8.1 | 196 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 92 | Guys' Friendship? Sakuragi Gang | 7.9 | 189 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 93 | Going Toward 20000 Shoots | 8.0 | 192 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 94 | Shizuoka's Fierce Fight! Shohoku vs. Jousei | 8.1 | 199 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 95 | Hanamichi's Hottest Day | 8.1 | 199 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 96 | Basketball Shoes Part II | 7.9 | 183 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 97 | Mixed Feelings, Uozumi Returns | 8.1 | 187 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 98 | Fierce Battle Begins! Shohoku vs. Shoyo/Ryonan | 8.3 | 233 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 99 | Facing the Strongest Team, Shohoku in Danger! | 8.1 | 214 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 100 | The Man of Miracles, Hanamichi Sakuragi! | 8.4 | 262 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 101 | The Glorious Slam Dunk! | 9.4 | 888 | 23 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Eriko Hara Ayako
Akiko Hiramatsu Haruko Akagi, Akagi Haruko
Takeshi Kusao Hanamichi Sakuragi
Hikaru Midorikawa Kaede Rukawa
Hideyuki Tanaka Kiminobu Kogure, Kogure Kiminobu
Hisao Egawa Shinichi Maki
Yukimasa Kishino Jun Uozumi
Toshiyuki Morikawa Kiyota Nobunaga
Tomomichi Nishimura Anzai
Ryotaro Okiayu Hisashi Mitsui
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