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Slam Dunk Movie Confirmed for December 2022 Release


Slam Dunk is getting a new anime movie this year! It has just been confirmed that the beloved manga's latest film The First Slam Dunk will premiere in theaters this December!

The announcement was made by the official Slam Dunk movie Twitter account which shared the film's official title and release date. Check out the title card below.

Since the announcement, several Japanese theater outlets have been sharing posters for The First Slam Dunk. So far, the official Twitter account has only shared two character posters which are for the "Troublemaker" and the "Former MVP." Hopefully, we'll get more details during a special online event this Thursday, July 7, 2022.

Back in January 2021, Slam Dunk mangaka Takehiko Inoue announced on his official Twitter account that a new movie is in development. However, there haven't been a lot of updates about the project for some time. Luckily, fans can now look forward to enjoying The First Slam Dunk later this year.

Takehiko Inoue is personally directing the film at Toei Animation and writing the script while Daiki Nakazawa is directing the CG, and Yūta Ogura is producing the CG. Kazuo Ogura will serve as Art Director while Yota Tsuruoka is directing the sound with Koji Kasamatsu.

The manga was created by Inoue and was published in Weekly Shonen Jump from October 1990 to June 1996. Slam Dunk followed the delinquent Hanamichi Sakuragi who has a long history of getting dumped by girls. After enrolling in Shohoku High School, he becomes interested in a girl named Haruko who loves the game of basketball. something that Sakuragi eventually shared with her.

The First Slam Dunk is currently scheduled to premiere in Japanese theaters on December 3, 2022. The film has not yet been given an international release date.

Related: Do Sakuragi and Haruko End Up Together in Slam Dunk?

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