Takehiko Inoue

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.

This game was a practice match with Ryonan, and the debut match of amazing amateur Hanamichi Sakuragi. But adversity ignited the fighting spirit of the two men. Captain Akagi and rookie Rukawa, who have strong feelings for this year. The match turns into a dead end seesaw game due to the success of the two. And just before the end, the ball passed to Ryonan's genius, Sendo. Follow the trajectory of rapid growth of Hanamichi. Haruko meets Hikoichi by chance and talks about each other's teams.

Filmed in Japan, this program looks beyond the stereotypes to objectively examine the history of manga, how manga are drawn, and manga's influence on Japanese life as illustrated by cosplay bars, where people dress up as their favorite characters; manga kissa, 24/7 manga cafes; and Comicket, the twice-annual comics market that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors. The program also introduces viewers to a cross-section of mangaka icons: Vagabond creator Takehiko Inoue; Naoki Urasawa, author of The Pushman and Other Stories; Jiro Taniguchi; Yoshihiro Tatsumi; and Kan Takahama.

Inoue Takehiko of renowned “Slam Dunk” fame takes his manga art to the next dizzying level with “井上雄彦　最後のマンガ展” (Inoue Takehiko : The LAST Manga Exhibition), a collaborative project with Ueno Royal Museum that took 6 months of preparation and production work. The theme of the exhibition is centered on legendary sword master Miyamoto Musashi, the main protagonist of his “Vagabond” manga series, which in turned was based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Inoue-san produced over 140 unique pieces of Sumi-e ( ink and washing ) paintings for the sole purpose of this exhibition.

A documentary about SLAM DUNK's author, Takehiko Inoue, who, in honour of SLAM DUNK selling 100 million copies, went to an abandoned school and drew the epilogue comic 10 DAYS AFTER on a bunch of chalkboards.

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle. tragic, life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. these three very different personalities have only one thing in common. their passion for basketball.

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.

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.

This game was a practice match with Ryonan, and the debut match of amazing amateur Hanamichi Sakuragi. But adversity ignited the fighting spirit of the two men. Captain Akagi and rookie Rukawa, who have strong feelings for this year. The match turns into a dead end seesaw game due to the success of the two. And just before the end, the ball passed to Ryonan's genius, Sendo. Follow the trajectory of rapid growth of Hanamichi. Haruko meets Hikoichi by chance and talks about each other's teams.

Inoue Takehiko of renowned “Slam Dunk” fame takes his manga art to the next dizzying level with “井上雄彦　最後のマンガ展” (Inoue Takehiko : The LAST Manga Exhibition), a collaborative project with Ueno Royal Museum that took 6 months of preparation and production work. The theme of the exhibition is centered on legendary sword master Miyamoto Musashi, the main protagonist of his “Vagabond” manga series, which in turned was based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Inoue-san produced over 140 unique pieces of Sumi-e ( ink and washing ) paintings for the sole purpose of this exhibition.

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle. tragic, life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. these three very different personalities have only one thing in common. their passion for basketball.

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle. tragic, life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. these three very different personalities have only one thing in common. their passion for basketball.