Kuroko's Basketball

The anime's story is fabulous. The story's composition is really amazing. The story goes like The Teiko Junior High basketball team rose to distinction by demolishing basketball teams within Japan, winning the junior high Nationals for three consecutive years. The all-star players of the team became known as the Generation of Miracles. After graduating from middle school, the five star players went to different high schools with top basketball teams. However, a fact known to few is that there was another player in the "Generation of Miracles": a phantom sixth man. This mysterious player is now a freshman at Seirin High, a new school with a powerful, if little-known, team. Taiga Kagami - a naturally talented player who spent most of middle school in the US, aim to bring Seirin to the top of Japan and begin taking on Kuroko's former teammates one by one with the help of kuroko. I recommend every anime lover.

Strong(er) opponents are necessary for growth.

Winning isn't everything.

How you play the game (life) is more important than the outcome (desire).

It doesn't matter you love sports or not. This anime will surely entertain you. It is similar to haikyuu.

"Kuroko's Basketball" is an anime that can easily disappoint you if you approach it with the wrong expectation.

So here you have to be aware that this is not a normal sports anime, but much more a basketball anime where certain players have superhuman abilities.

They try to involve the whole team here, but actually they mainly focus on a group of players from different teams. That's why these are written much more profoundly and the others only so far that they fulfill their purpose.

Unfortunately, I didn't like the drawing style that much, but the animation is often impressive.

When it comes to a player learning a new ability, most of the time it only shows the result and not how they learned it, so viewers often don't understand how a move works either.

Also, there is a lot of chatter. It is often the situation that two players face each other or even both are in the air and then talk to each other in the middle of the game.

But the anime is actually quite good if you're looking for an action-packed but unrealistic sports anime.

I'm a die-hard basketball fan. I've watched a lot of basketball movies (Hoosiers, Glory Road, etc.) and the one thing they all have in common that absolutely bugs me is lack of defense in games. I lost hope and thought all basketball movies/TV shows were like that.

But, Kuroko's Basketball surprised me! Every character and team in the show displays tenacious, realistic defense in games! The characters and teams demonstrate strategic thinking, analytical observation, emotion, and heart within their games. I loved that! Basketball is mostly a mental game, like chess, and this show does that so beautifully! Every player, every team, every game has its own style and unique challenges! Every game is different, unique, and more entertaining than the last! Any game-winning play is never predictable--you're always in suspense and never know what'll happen until the game clock runs out! I loved the humor! Character interactions and awkward situations are hilarious! This show taps into a lot of your emotions. You'll laugh, you'll get angry, you'll be heart broken, and you'll be on the edge of your seat! When I say "super-powered basketball", I'm referring to how unique basketball skills and abilities are dramatized to look like superpowers. And it's awesome! Plus, characters get better and better throughout the series, and it's awesome to see them develop new exciting moves or new dominating abilities.

The music gets better and better every season! It sets the appropriate mood with precise timing.

You'll love this show!