Art of Slam Dunk
/Slam Dunk is an animation series produced by Toei Animation and directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa in 1993. The anime was based on the homonym sports-themed manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for this series.
THE STORY
Hanamichi Sakuragi is a delinquent and the leader of a gang. Sakuragi is very unpopular with girls, having been rejected an astonishing fifty times. In his first year at Shohoku High School, he meets Haruko Akagi, the girl of his dreams, and is overjoyed when she is not repulsed or scared of him like all the other girls he has asked out. Haruko, recognizing Sakuragi's athleticism, introduces him to the Shohoku basketball team. Sakuragi is reluctant to join the team at first, as he has no prior experience in sports and thinks that basketball is a game for losers. Sakuragi, despite his extreme immaturity and fiery temper, proves to be a natural athlete and joins the team, mainly in the hopes of impressing and getting closer to Haruko..
