The facts
Created by
Takehiko Inoue
Publisher
Shueisha
English publisher
Viz Media
Serialised in
Weekly Shōnen Jump
Run
1990–1996
Volumes
31 (complete; as of 2026)
Demographic
Shōnen
Genres
Comedy, coming-of-age, sports
Anime adaptation
Toei Animation anime TV series (1993–1996); The First Slam Dunk film (2022)
About Slam Dunk
Slam Dunk follows Hanamichi Sakuragi, a brash high school student who joins the basketball team at Shohoku High School in the Shōnan area.
Takehiko Inoue wrote and drew it for Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1990 to June 1996. It is complete in 31 volumes, and Viz Media publishes the English edition. It has 185 million copies in circulation and won the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award (shōnen) in 1994.
Toei Animation's anime aired from 1993 to 1996, and the anime film The First Slam Dunk opened in Japan in December 2022.
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