Fiery Red Hair Hanamichi Sakuragi Returns in New “The First Slam Dunk” Trailer

The first official trailer for Toei Animation‘s upcoming feature film “The First Slam Dunk,” which will premiere in Japan on December 3, 2022, has been posted to the studio’s official YouTube channel. Based on the manga and anime hit television series by Takehiko Inoue, The First Slam Dunk is making its big screen debut again after 28 years, after the release of Slam Dunk Movie: Howling Basketman Spirit!! on July 15, 1995.

The First Slam Dunk Cast:

• Subaru Kimura as Hanamichi Sakuragi
• Shin’ichirō Kamio as Kaede Rukawa
• Kenta Miyake as Takenori Akagi
• Shugo Nakamura as Ryota Miyagi
• Jun Kasama as Hisashi Mitsui

The First Slam Dunk Production Team (as translated into English from their YouTube Channel)

• Original story/screenplay/director: Takehiko Inoue
• Director: Naoki Miyahara, Katsuhiko Kitada, Akio Ohashi, Yasuhiro Motoda, Fumihiko Suganuma, Yu Kamatani
• Character design: Takehiko Inoue, Yasuyuki Ehara, CG director: Daiki Nakazawa, Animation director: Yasuyuki Ehara
• Art Director: Kazuo Ogura Color Design: Shiori Kosei Director of Photography: Shunsuke Nakamura Editing: Ryuichi Takita Sound Director: Koji Kasamatsu
• Animation Producer: Kazuhiro Nishikawa Producer: Toshiyuki Matsui

• Opening theme song: The Birthday (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)　
• Ending theme song: 10-FEET (EMI Records)　
• Music: Satoshi Takebe, TAKUMA (10-FEET)

• Production: 2022 THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Film Partners
• Animation Production: Toei Animation / Dandelion Animation Studio

Unlike the original, the upcoming Slam Dunk movie will be made entirely in CGI. Anime News Network reports that more than 40 IMAX and 34 Dolby Atmos theaters across Japan will be showing The First Slam Dunk movie. On December 10, 2022, the Dolby Cinema will also screen The First Slam Dunk film.

Source: Anime News Network

Video: Toei Animation YouTube Channel