Japan Synopsis
THE FIRST SLAM DUNK
Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.
Audience Engagement
190 audience reviews — more than 85% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The First Slam Dunk. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
5 sharedSlam Dunk: The Movie
★ 5.7 · Japan
5 sharedSlam Dunk 2: National Tournament
★ 5.2 · Japan
4 sharedNasu: Summer in Andalusia
★ 7.1 · Japan
4 sharedBeyblade the Movie: Fierce Battle
★ 5.0 · Japan
3 sharedJujutsu Kaisen 0
★ 8.2 · Japan
3 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
Other Titles From Toei Animation
Animation + Comedy in Japan
973 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The First Slam Dunk itself).
The 2021–2023 Japan Window
The First Slam Dunk holds position #121 of 389 Japan films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The First Slam Dunk premiered alongside 131 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 131 other Japan films in 2022.
The 4485th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The First Slam Dunk, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- high school sports · 3
- dunk · 1
- competition · 22
- tournament · 8
- basketball · 7
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
- romance · 94
- shounen · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #906 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (80th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #739 of 2,532 (top 29%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Animation, Toei Company, DandeLion Animation Studio |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | December 3, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt15242330 |
| Official Site | gkids.com |