Uozumi’s retirement in Slam Dunk feels half-baked as viewers are robbed of the continuation of his rivalry with Akagi. Anime characters retiring also works best in series with comedic elements.

Western comic heroes have ever-changing continuities, unlike manga which often end definitively. Manga endings can be ...

In 2004, Takehiko Inoue, the creator of the series, released a short sequel to the Slam Dunk manga, set immediately after the inter-high tournament. During Sakuragi’s recovery in the hospital, he ...

Slam Dunk puts the spotlight on Sakuragi Hanamichi, a delinquent high school freshman who is unpopular with girls. After getting constantly rejected by would-be crushes and girlfriends, he meets ...

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It was, as Sielski writes, “an early version of the slam dunk.” This is the kind of hoops history you didn’t know you craved, and which Sielski’s fast break of a dunk study delivers in ...

The NBA is making a fairly significant change to the Slam Dunk Contest for the upcoming All-Star Weekend. The league announced Friday that fan voting will return to the Dunk Contest this year ...