First of all... Slam Dunk franchise is a life changer for me..
My love of Basketball, and My key illustration artsyles came from Inoue Sensei's Slam Dunk..
Wow! The first slam dunk is a 30 years of payoff, since this franchise hiatus from televison and theaters.
On top of it, we've been delivered a very epic and beautiful feature film in every aspect, the right portion of storytelling, and basketball animation that feel so lively.
The CGI and 2D Animation is combined beautifully, and very eye pleasing.
If i remember the original anime, the voice acting is 85 percent sound exatcly the same, only sakuragi that feels different, but it doesn't matter, their performances is top notch 👌.
The soundtrack, the music, SO EPIC,
i feel the adrenaline rush. On the other hand, i start listening to other 10-Feet albums 😅.
The main character change from Sakuragi to Ryota is part of Inoue Sensei perfect exploration to build a storytelling that can be accepted by both sides (Old time fans, and Newbies).
Ryota is the only character who didn't have much background stories in manga and anime.
And i really don't have problem with it, in fact that i'm Sakuragi big fan.
The other characters also get a very right portion of stories and it sustain throughout the movie, and somehow, Sakuragi still feels like he's the main character.
Nostlagia let it be the nostalgia, we already know the whole story anyway..
I can't imagine if this movie is 100% the same as the manga's, the newbies will confused by it.
If theres any panel from the manga that didn't make it to the movie, that shows some reaction and moment from a character, all we got to do is just accept with an open heart... i believe Inoue sensei sorted it wisely..
Its an artwork, we can't please everyone..
I also think that this is part of the film business, thats why inoue packed it that way, so that the movie feels like new to both the newcomers and the old fans, in hope that the newcomers will love slam dunk franchise after it.
My words, to the old fans, if you can't move on, from the old anime graphics, we'll be like stucked in the past, which is not relevant to the market these days.
And that old anime, Inoue Sensei have some problems too back then.
Let the manga and anime became the greatest masterpiece legacy, and we embrace this movie as a new standalone masterpiece in the box office.
If theres any problem with the cut to flashback scenes, i feel like theres nothing wasted here, because those flashback stories never been in manga before.
And that kind of storytelling is also told in the manga, one of the japanese filmmaking style also, and to build a deep emotional story.
I can say that this is type of maturity of art vision that Inoue Sensei does in this movie masterpiece, i hope the fans understand this much as we also grew with Slam Dunk history.
Don't do much complain, if this movie doesn't match with the manga 100%, "the scene should exist" bla bla, we should be grateful..
remember, this movie never been in Inoue Sensei's mind, He's been proposed many times but he rejected it..
Overall, its 9/10, please watch it on theaters, the vibe will rushing through your souls, i guaranteed, still the best sports anime of all time 👌
much love from Indonesia 🇮🇩
