The highfive of Sakuragi and Rukawa always makes me smile. From the start they don't even pass to each other, then seeing them working together really puts a big smile on my face :)
Yes that pass by Rukawa and Last Second Shot of Sakuragi is the Best Way to End the Match. Sakuragi gave his best even he is injured by his Spinal he's sacrifice it to win the Game AMAZING!!!🔥🔥🔥
I seriously hope Slam Dunk comes back to make the world fall in love with basket ball again. As a girl with no interest in sports I can confirm that Slam Dunk does more for basketball than what Yuri on Ice does for ice/figure skating. Highly recommend it to literally anyone. Thanks for the video, I can listen to people talk about Slam Dunk all day xD
Something I really love about this series was how Inoue's art evolved over time. It was never bad, but some of the spreads in that final match were some of the best I've seen in manga history, and this art carried over to Vagabond.
@@nevergonnagiveupuntilibeco5690 you are misremembering things. It was not just simple, Inoue-sensei's art was pretty bad. But that's what makes it special. he was improving just like Sakuragi. By the end of the whole thing, SlamDunk was basically a living manga
@@nhojleahcim47 it was never bad idk wtf you are talking about. And I just restarted the manga a few days ago so I ain't misremembering either. The art was never bad.
Dude Slam Dunk was huge in Mexico (and also other countries in Latin America, Chile and Argentina come to mind) it was so big that it also inspired a whole generation of basketball players.
This is such a great video Fiji, glad someone is spreading the word about one of the best manga ever. Im especially glad you talked about the mangaka himself. He's uber-talented and diverse in his creation. Great work!
There are so many things unanswered up until now on why Slamdunk Manga ended abruptly. Regardless, we can thank Slamdunk and Inoue for reinventing Sports Manga, introducing new ideas and inspiring others to introduce other sports into the manga/anime genre. Also, for indirectly giving us Haikyuu. Like the first three seasons of Haikyuu has some similar resemblances in story progressions to Slamdunk's whole story. Even some of the rivalries and winnings of teams in Haikyuu have some similar story setups from Slamdunk.
One of the thing I appreciate the most about Slam Dunk is that it stopped the cliches in sports manga, where most of the time in an important game the team would win with a very tight score and on the buzzer. On Slam Dunk it only happen in the very last game.
I can remember buying my first Manga which is Slam Dunk and never putting the book down and started to collect all the volumes. and lot of my friends were surprises that i was into Slam dunk because i was a girl.
Slam Dunk means so much to me, it literally ignited in me a passion for basketball that has carried to this day. It is obviously about basketball, but only on the surface. At its core, SD is ultimately about friendship, self-improvement, and redemption. That's why I love Haykyuu as well-and I agree-SD and Haykyuu are head and shoulders above any other sports manga.
Great video as always, really loved the comparison between haikyuu and slam dunk. Though it would've helped if you didn't include the obnoxious sound effect when transitioninig
The films coming out to UK cinemas end of this month so i decided to read it a week ago and BROOOO IT WAS SOOOOO GOOOD especially the lasy match. Just finished it today and so ready for the film
Man, you know how impactful SLAM DUNK is? It influenced players like Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe who are now NBA players. And right now there is a college phenom name Kesei Tominaga who was also influenced by the manga/anime. And Japan right now ranks number 26 as of this post. For the first time they rank number 1 in Asia (cuz I don't consider Australia and New Zealand part of Asia). If ite weren't for Inoue's manga, I don't know if we'd ever have these great players from Japan. They may have ended up playing baseball or football instead if ite weren't for this amazing Manga Series.
Well actually the most impactful sports manga has been Ashita no Joe, Slam Dunk was really impactful but because many people started practicing Basketball thanks to it, however Ashita no Joe impacted politics and large student protests, it has been a symbol for Japanse people in the 70's. Other than that really good video!
You're missing the part of how Slam Dunk single handedly created both the standard and new genre of sports manga. The so called "realistic sport manga". Prior to Slam Dunk pretty much all the sports manga had super powers as integral part of it. Dodge Danpei, Kyojin no Hoshi, Captain Tsubasa, Captain and Dokaben just to name influential ones. 70s were wild even without Ashita no Joe. Coming out of student riots of 60s and having peak activity of domestic terrorism. Like blowing up shopping centers. So if anything I'd say Ashita no Joe was born because 70s were what they were.
Ik it's last year's vid and you prob already grown much now. As someone who watched the anime in 90s and re-reading the manga now, I just have few criticism for this vid. First of all, this is a good video and I highly appreciate your effort. I see you really wanted to hype up this thing that this generation has no idea about. Yet you're trapped in using generic words such as "invokes strong emotion" and "not goodie two-shoes". So I want to add a bit to what makes slam dunk is unique, even compared to modern masterpieces like haikyuu and kuroko. This series made you wanna dedicate time doing real life basketball. That's the thing. I know you said you don't care about basketball like you don't care about volleyball. Like, I get it, haikyuu makes you curious about volleyball, yuri prob makes you research about figure skating, and so on. But unless you have done it yourself before, they don't make you want to try the sport beyond 'looks fun, i wanna try' and stops when you don't find yourself to be talented immediately. Sure, every sports protag shows deep passion and talent to the game, but what made Sakuragi uniquely effective was how outspoken yet restricted he was. People without prior knowledge of the series would probably be shocked on how long it took until he actually played proper basketball and even then his understanding was very gradual progress. In retrospect, it's amazing how long inuoe kept people interested with how very gradual Sakuragi's contribution to his team actually is. While yes, in comic-time Sakuragi's progress is in months, there's this sense that makes the readers feel "even if I don't make quick progress with my basketball, that's ok" because how long real-reading-time it took and focus on how frustrated Sakuragi was all the time--feelings that you no doubt will find when you join a sport regardless how good/bad you are. There's a huge sense of living in the present too, sure "we'll go to interhigh" is present as well as in any sports manga but the most prominent feeling is all the effort would be worth it even for "just this one game" "just this one score". There's a lot that I won't fit in youtube comment but one last thing I want to add is about the in-comic commentary. One of annoying trope of sports manga is too much technical stuff being commented by other characters watching from audience seat but while slam dunk has that too, it's not overly technical when coming from them. Most technical commentary is done from characters from the bench--coaches and the team's vice president and manager. So there's a lot of weight to most of them. That being said, all those enthusiastinc non-teams characters are fun too.
i my self am a fan of sports anime, so eventually i would read slam dunk, and when i started it the movie was announced. i prefer anime then manga, so i hope that the movie does it justice
Just as well as Slam Dunk made people fall in love with basketball, it did the inverse for me. As a massive basketball fan, I've got into reading manga because of Slam Dunk
The only thing I have an issue with is how you said only Haikyu is the only sports series to live up to Haikyu. It's a good argument that ES21 had both better art and considering it was about American football and lasted for over 300 chapters, it's a strong contender for the true successor for the flagship jump sports series until Haikyu launched after it ended.
I didn't watched slam dunk yet but Ik it's the goat of sports mangas I love sports Manga in geral but my favorite all time are Top tier :Haikyuu, Eyeshield, Hajime no Ippo, captain tsubasa Mid tier : kuroko, inazuma eleven, Even if my favorite is Eyeshield for the nostalgia I think the best is haikyuu followed by Ippo and tsubasa
Great video! For March Madness we did a Slam Dunk 1v1 Tournament on our channel. Please check it out if you miss Sakuragi and the gang and want to catch them playing ball one more time.
Great video the only thing I have to say is that Haikyuu being the second most popular sports manga after slam dunk is insanely debatable there's Ippo, Joe and Touch a baseball manga that sold 100 million copies the only other sports manga aside from slam dunk that was able to achieve such a feat
Sadly sports genre animes are getting worse and worse lately..leaning into fantasy and magic shits which most of the time doesn't work unless you're a normie or a beginner anime watcher that thinks Kuruko no Basket or Haikyuu!! is the best sports anime ever lmfao.
Not a big fan of haikyu! it's too overrated doesn't really feel close to a slam dunk vibe at all. I mean every sports genre has a tiny bit of inspiration on Slam dunk but those still sucks ass.
Slam Dunk and Ashita no Joe are the two greatest sports manga I read. I like Inoue had major respect and have a realistic view on the sport. As seen as how it's a big deal to play in America. Meanwhile, Hajime no ippo turned into dragged out complete shit. Written and used by an old racist troll who had a huge distaste towards African american fighters.
i read this a few years ago when i was still in primary. the fact that we are going to get a new movie got me hyped like the release of no way home. let's just say things aren't going well rn and this brings back happy memories 🥹🥹🥹
The highfive of Sakuragi and Rukawa always makes me smile. From the start they don't even pass to each other, then seeing them working together really puts a big smile on my face :)
Yeah but after that they were showing like nothing happened 🤣🤣🤣
Yes that pass by Rukawa and Last Second Shot of Sakuragi is the Best Way to End the Match. Sakuragi gave his best even he is injured by his Spinal he's sacrifice it to win the Game AMAZING!!!🔥🔥🔥
I seriously hope Slam Dunk comes back to make the world fall in love with basket ball again. As a girl with no interest in sports I can confirm that Slam Dunk does more for basketball than what Yuri on Ice does for ice/figure skating. Highly recommend it to literally anyone. Thanks for the video, I can listen to people talk about Slam Dunk all day xD
Something I really love about this series was how Inoue's art evolved over time. It was never bad, but some of the spreads in that final match were some of the best I've seen in manga history, and this art carried over to Vagabond.
it was bad at the start. don't be too nice. reminds me of the evolution seen in Hajime no Ippo's artwork as well
@@nhojleahcim47 I love the art from the very beginning though stfu.... simple art doesn't make the art bad...
@@nevergonnagiveupuntilibeco5690 you are misremembering things. It was not just simple, Inoue-sensei's art was pretty bad. But that's what makes it special. he was improving just like Sakuragi. By the end of the whole thing, SlamDunk was basically a living manga
@@nhojleahcim47 I still fkin love it compared to others mangas art its good
@@nhojleahcim47 it was never bad idk wtf you are talking about. And I just restarted the manga a few days ago so I ain't misremembering either. The art was never bad.
Dude Slam Dunk was huge in Mexico (and also other countries in Latin America, Chile and Argentina come to mind) it was so big that it also inspired a whole generation of basketball players.
Same here in the Philippines 💗
Quality over quantity is what this channel is
Definitely my favorite sports manga and just wish we got more of Team Shohoku
Yeah totally get you bruh
King’s Back!
Do a video on zoros gorilla power up
@@kingdavidthegreatprick5410 what?
Slam Dunk content, i love it here
This is such a great video Fiji, glad someone is spreading the word about one of the best manga ever. Im especially glad you talked about the mangaka himself. He's uber-talented and diverse in his creation.
Great work!
Slam Dunk's ending is the most satisfying and beautiful ending ive ever read. Genuis.
PEAK FICTION LOVE YA FIJI
slam dunk is one of the greatest manga ever and by extension the greatest sports manga.
This is one of my favourite manga of all time and takehiko inoue is one of my favourite mangaka of all time
Watching reviews while waiting for the new movie...thank you for making this video!
Inoue is such an amazing Mangaka
Aofiji spittin, I'm a big Kuroko fan but I'll see what Slam Dunk has to offer
Slam dunk is much better than kuroko
@@henryabney7880 The story, drama, character development is better than KnB. I still like KnB though, the animation is just so satisfying to watch.
There are so many things unanswered up until now on why Slamdunk Manga ended abruptly.
Regardless, we can thank Slamdunk and Inoue for reinventing Sports Manga, introducing new ideas and inspiring others to introduce other sports into the manga/anime genre.
Also, for indirectly giving us Haikyuu.
Like the first three seasons of Haikyuu has some similar resemblances in story progressions to Slamdunk's whole story.
Even some of the rivalries and winnings of teams in Haikyuu have some similar story setups from Slamdunk.
love winning like this
The goat himself 🐐
One of the thing I appreciate the most about Slam Dunk is that it stopped the cliches in sports manga, where most of the time in an important game the team would win with a very tight score and on the buzzer. On Slam Dunk it only happen in the very last game.
Great Video. Hope to see more Takehiko Inoue content!
One of the greatest UA-cam videos I ever watched
I can remember buying my first Manga which is Slam Dunk and never putting the book down and started to collect all the volumes. and lot of my friends were surprises that i was into Slam dunk because i was a girl.
Was?
This video is fantastic. You've convinced me to start reading Slam Dunk.
Started this. I found it really inspiring and funny but sometimes I do feel like some comedy are misplaced. Other than that so far brilliant
Slam dunk comedy is on point mah friend.
i mean comedy is subjective
Slam Dunk means so much to me, it literally ignited in me a passion for basketball that has carried to this day. It is obviously about basketball, but only on the surface. At its core, SD is ultimately about friendship, self-improvement, and redemption. That's why I love Haykyuu as well-and I agree-SD and Haykyuu are head and shoulders above any other sports manga.
Just finished it yesterday..just really great manga even if ur not a fan of basketball or sports overall. GOAT manga :))
Gold Standard of sporte manga. There's a reason why Slam Dunk is the only sports manga in the top 10 of best selling manga of all time.
I am a simple man I see slamdunk I hit the sub button
The parallel to haikyu is something I didn’t notice, now I want to go back and finish that series now
Indeed slam dunk is just the best one.
Love to see that you are preferring quality over quantity. Ur last two videos has been so good. Hoping to see a Vagabond Video anytime in the future
Absolute masterpiece.
I learnt how to play basketball mostly through slam dunk alone
Top 1 sports manga. Idc what y’all say lol
That's fine but I hope u know that Fiji has hajime no ippo over slam dunk
@@kingbayo123 that’s fine Ippo #2 for me so I’m cool with it
Ashita no Joe: Am I a joke to you?
I think Hajime no ippo and especially Ashita no Joe are better, Slam dunk still really good tho.
Also REAL is good as Slam Dunk at least for me.
The editing man your crazy
Amazing Video! Great Job!
this is a really high quality video!
Great video as always, really loved the comparison between haikyuu and slam dunk. Though it would've helped if you didn't include the obnoxious sound effect when transitioninig
LMFAO the video game punching sfx is something I've thankfully moved on from.
After I finish haikyu I’m def gonna hop on slam dunk now this vid convinced me it’s a must read
Great video m8
The films coming out to UK cinemas end of this month so i decided to read it a week ago and BROOOO IT WAS SOOOOO GOOOD especially the lasy match. Just finished it today and so ready for the film
Finally. Also, I want a REAL Video Next. ❤️
periodt. slam dunk on top 🔝🔝
I just felt like mentioning Diamond no Ace. It might not be as good as slam dunk. But for me, the spirit of slam dunk lives on diamond no ace too. :)
Man, you know how impactful SLAM DUNK is? It influenced players like Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe who are now NBA players. And right now there is a college phenom name Kesei Tominaga who was also influenced by the manga/anime. And Japan right now ranks number 26 as of this post. For the first time they rank number 1 in Asia (cuz I don't consider Australia and New Zealand part of Asia). If ite weren't for Inoue's manga, I don't know if we'd ever have these great players from Japan. They may have ended up playing baseball or football instead if ite weren't for this amazing Manga Series.
Well actually the most impactful sports manga has been Ashita no Joe, Slam Dunk was really impactful but because many people started practicing Basketball thanks to it, however Ashita no Joe impacted politics and large student protests, it has been a symbol for Japanse people in the 70's.
Other than that really good video!
You're missing the part of how Slam Dunk single handedly created both the standard and new genre of sports manga. The so called "realistic sport manga".
Prior to Slam Dunk pretty much all the sports manga had super powers as integral part of it. Dodge Danpei, Kyojin no Hoshi, Captain Tsubasa, Captain and Dokaben just to name influential ones.
70s were wild even without Ashita no Joe. Coming out of student riots of 60s and having peak activity of domestic terrorism. Like blowing up shopping centers. So if anything I'd say Ashita no Joe was born because 70s were what they were.
Ik it's last year's vid and you prob already grown much now. As someone who watched the anime in 90s and re-reading the manga now, I just have few criticism for this vid.
First of all, this is a good video and I highly appreciate your effort. I see you really wanted to hype up this thing that this generation has no idea about. Yet you're trapped in using generic words such as "invokes strong emotion" and "not goodie two-shoes". So I want to add a bit to what makes slam dunk is unique, even compared to modern masterpieces like haikyuu and kuroko.
This series made you wanna dedicate time doing real life basketball. That's the thing. I know you said you don't care about basketball like you don't care about volleyball.
Like, I get it, haikyuu makes you curious about volleyball, yuri prob makes you research about figure skating, and so on. But unless you have done it yourself before, they don't make you want to try the sport beyond 'looks fun, i wanna try' and stops when you don't find yourself to be talented immediately.
Sure, every sports protag shows deep passion and talent to the game, but what made Sakuragi uniquely effective was how outspoken yet restricted he was. People without prior knowledge of the series would probably be shocked on how long it took until he actually played proper basketball and even then his understanding was very gradual progress. In retrospect, it's amazing how long inuoe kept people interested with how very gradual Sakuragi's contribution to his team actually is. While yes, in comic-time Sakuragi's progress is in months, there's this sense that makes the readers feel "even if I don't make quick progress with my basketball, that's ok" because how long real-reading-time it took and focus on how frustrated Sakuragi was all the time--feelings that you no doubt will find when you join a sport regardless how good/bad you are. There's a huge sense of living in the present too, sure "we'll go to interhigh" is present as well as in any sports manga but the most prominent feeling is all the effort would be worth it even for "just this one game" "just this one score". There's a lot that I won't fit in youtube comment but one last thing I want to add is about the in-comic commentary. One of annoying trope of sports manga is too much technical stuff being commented by other characters watching from audience seat but while slam dunk has that too, it's not overly technical when coming from them. Most technical commentary is done from characters from the bench--coaches and the team's vice president and manager. So there's a lot of weight to most of them. That being said, all those enthusiastinc non-teams characters are fun too.
i my self am a fan of sports anime, so eventually i would read slam dunk, and when i started it the movie was announced. i prefer anime then manga, so i hope that the movie does it justice
Slam Dunk and Haiyukku are too good
I got too many anime/manga on the plan to watch at this point.
Ya. It's hard
Sakuragi build always make rukawa jealous which is why he ask about him to coach anzai
Just as well as Slam Dunk made people fall in love with basketball, it did the inverse for me. As a massive basketball fan, I've got into reading manga because of Slam Dunk
Awesome video. Just started reading kuroko no basket on mangaplus since i heard so much good about it. aint the same but prolly still good
GASSSSSSSS 🔥🔥🔥
Any plans to make an Ippo video in the future?
Yeah yeah I see what you saying but Haikyuu out 😂😂😭😭💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fire
Gonna be top 1 potential anime movie
I would some what say Real is the forgotten child of takehiko inoue so is Pluto from naoki urasawa
This manga is really great first sports manga I read fucking love it wanted to see more of sakuragi journey but well it is also better
I wish they did a proper dub and new restoration and rerelease the anime in bluray
I love Slam Dunk and I hate Captain Tsubasa but it is undeniable that Captain Tsubasa had a much bigger impact in the sports world.
The only thing I have an issue with is how you said only Haikyu is the only sports series to live up to Haikyu. It's a good argument that ES21 had both better art and considering it was about American football and lasted for over 300 chapters, it's a strong contender for the true successor for the flagship jump sports series until Haikyu launched after it ended.
I didn't watched slam dunk yet but Ik it's the goat of sports mangas
I love sports Manga in geral but my favorite all time are Top tier :Haikyuu,
Eyeshield, Hajime no Ippo, captain tsubasa
Mid tier : kuroko, inazuma eleven,
Even if my favorite is Eyeshield for the nostalgia I think the best is haikyuu followed by Ippo and tsubasa
Great video! For March Madness we did a Slam Dunk 1v1 Tournament on our channel. Please check it out if you miss Sakuragi and the gang and want to catch them playing ball one more time.
Love slam dunk but Eyeshield 21 needs way more love
Haikyuu out but slam dunk pretty good
I've never seen that animation at the beginnin before, where did ya find it?
Great video the only thing I have to say is that Haikyuu being the second most popular sports manga after slam dunk is insanely debatable there's Ippo, Joe and Touch a baseball manga that sold 100 million copies the only other sports manga aside from slam dunk that was able to achieve such a feat
Yes but all those sports were popular in Japan
Slam dunk literally introduced a sport to a country and made it into a cultural phenomenon
When did it come out?
Sadly sports genre animes are getting worse and worse lately..leaning into fantasy and magic shits which most of the time doesn't work unless you're a normie or a beginner anime watcher that thinks Kuruko no Basket or Haikyuu!! is the best sports anime ever lmfao.
Not a big fan of haikyu! it's too overrated doesn't really feel close to a slam dunk vibe at all. I mean every sports genre has a tiny bit of inspiration on Slam dunk but those still sucks ass.
Where did you get the clip in the I beginning of video
Prince of tennis is god tier tho wtf.
I think he was talking about popularity tho not about the actual manga.
Well it’s made by the same author as vagabond🤷🏾♂️
Have you watched haikyuu I recommand it
Haikyuu is my shit but Slam Dunk was my first sport manga.
Toe animation is not humble enough
Get views m'dude!
Kurono no Basket????
Poor content, as expected from you.
What makes you say that? What do you think needs improving?
????? did you even watch the video lmao
@@R7dman shit was fire brah fuk em
@@R7dman Nothing, I thrive of negativity.
No one who likes slam dunk can ever be bad on my 💓 slam dunk fan till I die.
While I think Slam dunk is better but I think Captain Tsubasa might be the most impactful sports manga
Slam Dunk and Ashita no Joe are the two greatest sports manga I read. I like Inoue had major respect and have a realistic view on the sport. As seen as how it's a big deal to play in America.
Meanwhile, Hajime no ippo turned into dragged out complete shit. Written and used by an old racist troll who had a huge distaste towards African american fighters.
People sold me dreams with this manga, I was underwhelmed. Especially with the ending..
Kuroko better than haikyuu tho
i read this a few years ago when i was still in primary. the fact that we are going to get a new movie got me hyped like the release of no way home. let's just say things aren't going well rn and this brings back happy memories 🥹🥹🥹