Kodoani.com – Main Twitter account of The First Slam Dunkthe new theatrical anime based on Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk basketball manga, announced on Monday that the film has sold more than 10 million tickets, grossing 14.43 billion yen (about 103.5 million US dollars). ) in Japan after only about half a year in theaters.
The film is currently the 15th highest-grossing film of all time in Japan and the ninth highest-grossing animated film in Japan.
The film surpassed the lifetime domestic gross of Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You film. The film is currently closely following Shinkai’s Suzume, which ended in theaters May 27 after selling 11.15 million tickets and grossing 14.79 billion yen (about 105.4 million US dollars).
The film opened in Japan on December 3, peaking at No. 1 in its opening weekend. The film sold 847,000 tickets and grossed 1,295,808,780 yen (about 9.50 million US dollars) in its opening weekend. The film won the Animation of the Year award at the 46th annual Japan Academy Film Awards. Toshiyuki Matsui, the film’s producer, received this year’s overall award for the Fujimoto Awards. 42nd annual of the Eiga Engeki Bunka Kyōkai (Cinema Theater Culture Association).
Shohoku’s “speed man” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with his brain and lightning speed, running around his opponent while pretending to be calm. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota has an older brother who is three years older. Following in the footsteps of his brother, a famous local player from an early age, Ryota also became addicted to basketball.
In his sophomore year of high school, Ryota played with the Shohoku High School basketball team alongside Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui when they competed in the National Inter-High School Championship. And now, they are in danger of challenging the defending champion, Sannoh Kogyo High School.
Inoue personally directed the film at Toei Animation and wrote the script. Among the employees listed are character designer/animation director Yasuyuki Ebara (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) and technical directors Katsuhiko Kitada, Naoki Miyahara, Toshio Ōhashi and Yū Kamatani. Daiki Nakazawa is directing the CG, and Yūta Ogura is producing the CG. Kazuo Ogura art direction. Yota Tsuruoka is directing the sound with Koji Kasamatsu.
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