Slam Dunk

Slam Dunk (1993 – 1996)

1993 • 1 season • Animation, Comedy • TV-PG

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Episode 27 — I Want to Play Basketball!

Season 1 • Slam Dunk

Released: 1994-05-21 • Animation/Comedy

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After suffering through his horrible injury, Mitsui quit on basketball. Though two years later, in his attempt to sabotage Shohoku from participating in the tournament, his feelings for the sport are growing stronger once again.

Episodes

Episode 1
The Birth of a Genius Basketman?!?
1993-10-16

Episode 2
Die Basketball! Hanamichi vs. Rukawa
1993-10-30

Episode 3
Gorilla vs. Hanamichi! Big Showdown!
1993-11-06

Episode 4
Basketball Man Hanamichi Joins the Team
1993-11-13

Episode 5
A Gutless Afternoon
1993-11-20

Episode 6
Rukawa vs. Akagi. The Real Showdown!
1993-12-04

Episode 7
Hanamichi's Debut! Dunk Attack
1993-12-11

Episode 8
Hanamichi's Crisis! The Judo Man's Snare
1993-12-18

Episode 9
I Will Play Basketball!
1993-12-25

Episode 10
The 'Beginner's Shot' ....Is Hard!
1994-01-08

Episode 11
Special Secret Love Training for Two!?
1994-01-15

Episode 12
Beat Ryonan! Hard Training Before the Decisive Game
1994-01-22

Episode 13
Shohoku vs Ryonan the Fired Up Captain!
1994-01-29

Episode 14
Super Basketball Match! Ryonan's Attack of Angry Waves
1994-02-05

Episode 15
Hanamichi's Nervous Big Start
1994-02-12

Episode 16
Who Is This Guy?! Taoka's Miscalculation
1994-02-19

Episode 17
Rebound King. Hanamichi Sakuragi's Agony
1994-02-26

Episode 18
The Last Two Minutes! I'm Taking Sendo Down!
1994-03-05

Episode 19
Time Up! The Ryonan Game Is Over
1994-03-12

Episode 20
Basketball Shoes
1994-03-19

Episode 21
Super Problems! Hanamichi vs. Miyagi
1994-03-26

Episode 22
The Fool with the Worst Record, A Combination is Born
1994-04-16

Episode 23
Shohoku Basketball Team's Last Day
1994-04-23

Episode 24
The Allies of Justice, Sakuragi's Army Visits
1994-04-30

Episode 25
The Guy Who Wanted to Conquer the World
1994-05-07

Episode 26
Mitsui's Peak, Trouble at 15
1994-05-14

Episode 27
I Want to Play Basketball!
1994-05-21

Episode 28
The Beginning of Interhigh Preliminaries
1994-05-28

Episode 29
Hanamichi! Pennant Race Debut
1994-06-18

Episode 30
The Introspective Army's Big Counterattack
1994-06-25

Episode 31
Formidable Enemy Miuradai's Secret Weapon
1994-07-02

Episode 32
Genius Hanamichi! Certain Death Dunk
1994-07-16

Episode 33
Walkout King!? Sakuragi's Righteousness
1994-08-06

Episode 34
Gorilla's Initiation, Kill with Your Eyes!
1994-08-20

Episode 35
Hot Blooded Guys
1994-08-27

Episode 36
A Well Seeded School, Enter Shoyo
1994-09-03

Episode 37
Hanamichi's First Start
1994-09-10

Episode 38
Rukawa's Counterattack!
1994-09-17

Episode 39
Lightning Flash Ryota!
1994-09-24

Episode 40
Hanamichi the Genius shows off!
1994-10-01

Episode 41
Shoyo Coach Enters the Court
1994-10-14

Episode 42
Shoyo Ace Fujima's Real Ability
1994-10-15

Episode 43
Has Mitsui Reached His Limit!?
1994-10-22

Episode 44
Mitsui! Stormy 3 Points
1994-11-03

Episode 45
Imminent Walkout!? Hanamichi's Pinch
1994-11-26

Episode 46
Hanamichi, Hot Dunk
1994-12-03

Episode 47
Challenge from a Rival
1994-12-10

Episode 48
The Guy Who Pledged to Defeat Kainan
1994-12-17

Episode 49
Takezono, Last Fight
1994-12-24

Episode 50
Challenge to the King
1995-01-07

Episode 51
Outside Accounts!? Hanamichi at His Best!
1995-01-14

Episode 52
Sakuragi's Confinement's Secret Weapon
1995-01-21

Episode 53
The Gorilla's Injury! Desperate Situation!?
1995-01-28

Episode 54
King Kong, Younger Brother
1995-02-04

Episode 55
The One that Dominates the Game
1995-02-11

Episode 56
Ace Shepherd, Full Throttle
1995-02-18

Episode 57
Anzai, Bet on Victory!
1995-02-25

Episode 58
Stubborn Guys!
1995-03-04

Episode 59
Last 10 Seconds! A Perfect Conclusion
1995-03-11

Episode 60
To relieve guilt: Shave Head ?!
1995-03-18

Episode 61
Baldy attacks back!
1995-03-25

Episode 62
Three-day super training
1995-04-08

Episode 63
Ryonan's genius plan
1995-04-08

Episode 64
Kainan rebounds!
1995-04-15

Episode 65
The strongest rival
1995-04-29

Episode 66
Sendoh's scheme
1995-05-13

Episode 67
The final battle!
1995-05-20

Episode 68
Sakuragi Hanamichi comes to rescue!
1995-05-27

Episode 69
Gorilla goes astray
1995-06-03

Episode 70
King Kong number two!
1995-06-10

Episode 71
Gorilla revives!
1995-06-17

Episode 72
The greatest shame of one's life
1995-07-01

Episode 73
Rukawa Kaede, gambling on the 2nd half
1995-07-08

Episode 74
The most dangerous challenger!
1995-07-15

Episode 75
Peak performance
1995-07-22

Episode 76
The feeling of victory
1995-08-05

Episode 77
You guys are strong!
1995-08-12

Episode 78
Uozumi Revives
1995-08-19

Episode 79
Blue waves - Ryonan attacks back!
1995-08-26

Episode 80
Shohoku's problems
1995-09-02

Episode 81
Sendoh attacks! Shohoku loses
1995-09-23

Episode 82
Amateur Sakuragi Hanamichi shows off!
1995-10-21

Episode 83
Kogure's determination
1995-10-28

Episode 84
Win or Lose
1995-11-04

Episode 85
New Challenge: the national championship!
1995-11-11

Episode 86
Rukawa Kaede's Ambition
1995-11-18

Episode 87
Japan's number basketball player
1995-11-25

Episode 88
The basketball kingdom - United States of America
1995-12-02

Episode 89
Rukawa Kaede's spirit
1995-12-09

Episode 90
Shohoku's real ace
1995-12-16

Episode 91
The sudden barrier to the nationals
1995-12-23

Episode 92
Guys - Sakuragi Gang
1996-01-13

Episode 93
Going toward 20000 shoots
1996-01-20

Episode 94
Shohoku vs. Jousei
1996-01-27

Episode 95
The day when Sakuragi's fired up!
1996-02-03

Episode 96
Basketball Shoes Part II
1996-02-10

Episode 97
Mixed Feelings, Uozumi returns
1996-02-17

Episode 98
Shohoku vs. Shoyo/Ryonan
1996-02-24

Episode 99
Facing the strongest team, Shohoku in danger!
1996-03-02

Episode 100
The one who brought forth a miracle - Sakuragi!
1996-03-09

Episode 101
SLAM DUNK!
1996-03-23

Information

Episode air date	21.05.1994
Episode runtime	23 min
Episode rating	7.43
Genres	Animation / Comedy
TMDB series rating	8.6
IMDb series rating	8.7
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	JP

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Cast

Takeshi Kusao
Hanamichi Sakuragi (voice)

Hikaru Midorikawa

Hikaru Midorikawa
Kaede Rukawa (voice)

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Kiyoyuki Yanada
Takenori Akagi (voice)

Yoku Shioya
Ryota Miyagi (voice)

Ryotaro Okiayu
Hisashi Mitsui (voice)

Akiko Hiramatsu

Akiko Hiramatsu
Haruko Akagi (voice)

Eriko Hara
Ayako (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka
Kiminobu Kogure (voice)

Hisao Egawa
Shin'ichi Maki (voice)

Hochu Otsuka
Akira Sendo (voice)

Tomomichi Nishimura

Tomomichi Nishimura
Anzai (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa
Yohei Mito (voice) / Kiyota Nobunaga (voice)

Yukimasa Kishino

Yukimasa Kishino
Jun Uozumi (voice)

Kozo Shioya
Nozomi Takamiya (voice)

Yûji Mikimoto
Chuichirou Noma (voice)

Nobutoshi Canna

Nobutoshi Canna
Yuuji Ookusu (voice)

Hiromi Nishikawa

Hiromi Nishikawa
Matsui (voice)

Machiko Toyoshima

Machiko Toyoshima
Fujii (voice)

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