First Slam Dunk's highly anticipated Blu-ray release date has been revealed in a new trailer, with the film's Blu-ray shipping to North America next June from licensor GKIDS and distributor coordinate Shout! Studio.
Through a press release, GKIDS has set The First Slam Dunk Blu-ray release date for June 25, 2024. The film took Japan by storm after its release in 2022, marking the debut directed by Takehiko Inoue, creator of Slam Dunk and winner of the 2023 Japan Academy Award for Best Animated Feature of the Year. The Blu-ray will be released in two editions, the first edition includes a limited edition sticker sheet featuring Shohoku team uniforms and bonus features, an interview with director Takehiko Inoue, the film English dub story “Behind the Starting Lineup,” color commentary with English dub team, and trailer. Readers can pre-order here and watch the new The First Slam Dunk trailer below.
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In addition to winning the 2023 Japan Academy Award, the film was also nominated alongside Suzume for Best Animated Feature at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Both were the sole representatives of Japan, with The Siren ultimately winning. In addition to this Blu-ray version of The First Slam Dunk, which has a runtime of 124 minutes, English and Japanese audio, English subtitles, English and French SDH, a Collector's Edition has also been announced and dated upcoming release. sometime this year.
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First Slam Dunk will be released on Blu-ray on June 26, 2024. GKIDS describes it: “Shohoku's 'speed guard' and point guard Ryota Miyagi always plays with his mind and Extremely fast speed, running circles around opponents while pretending to be calm. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota has an older brother who is three years older than him. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, a famous local player since childhood, Ryota is also addicted to basketball. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays on the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi and Mitsui when they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on track to challenge the defending champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.”
Source: Press release
