Another one
of the more popular animé created by Takehiko Inoue that
was shown in the country, and based on the manga
serialized in the Weekly Shohen Jump and released by TOEI
with 101 episodes, it was first aired in Manila by ABC ch.5,
then by GMA ch.7. This anime is refreshingly different
from most hero-saves-the world, beatdown-action anime
being shown today and even gives some minor details about
basketball via Dr. T, who by the way represents the
creator himself, Takehiko Inoue.
Hanamichi Sakuragi, who was turned down by fifty girls in
junior high, joined the Shohoku Basketball Club to get
the attention of pretty Haruko Akagi. The 
problem is
Hanamichi doesnt know anything about baksetball, and in
fact he hates basketball, since the last girl he courted
dumped him for a basketball player but upon the
insistence of Haruko and the challenge of Haruko's older
brother, Takenori, who was surpsingly beaten by him with
Sakuragi's only shot, the slam dunk, Sakuragi joined the
team. He also met this year's most promising rookie, and
his nemesis on and off the court, the popular Kaede
Rukawa, the former gangsters Miyagi Riyota and Hishashi
Mitsui, who incidentally was the former junior high MVP
and together they change the lowly-ranked Shohoku High
basketball team into a powerhouse squad and a title
contender in the Japan Inter-High games.
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| Sakuragi Hanamichi | Akagi Takenori | Mitsui Hisashi | Rukawa Kaede | Miyagi Riyota |
| 189.2 cm 83 kg |
190 cm 90 kg |
184 cm 70 kg |
187 cm 75 kg |
168 cm 59 kg |
| #10, Power Forward | #4, Center(Team Captain) | #14, Shooting Guard | #11, Forward | #7, Point Guard |
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