Slam Dunk — Season 1
Sakuragi Hanamichi is a junior high punk used to getting into fights and being rejected by girls but upon entering high school he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko Akagi. He will do anything in order to win her heart including joining the school basketball team that is aiming to conquer the nation lead by Haruko's brother. The problem is that Sakuragi has never played basketball before and a freshman sensation is stealing the spotlight and Haruko's affection from him.
Episodes
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Episode 1
The Birth of a Genius Basketman?!?
After being dumped by Yoko, a girl he really liked in Junior High, Sakuragi Hanamichi was devastated. On the first day of school, he was approached by a girl w…
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Episode 2
Die Basketball! Hanamichi vs. Rukawa
After Rukawa beats up those thugs, Hanamichi is shocked and asks him for his name. When he discovers that he is the one that Haruko has a crush on, he becaomes…
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Episode 3
Gorilla vs. Hanamichi! Big Showdown!
When Hanamichi calls basketball a 'dumb game', the captain of the basketball team challenges him because Hanamichi had made fun of his favorite game of all!
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Episode 4
Basketball Man Hanamichi Joins the Team
Sakuragi mananges to dunk over/through Akagi. Akagi is intrigued by Sakuragi's raw power, but doesn't think he's got the drive to make it on the team. Still,…
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Episode 5
A Gutless Afternoon
Sakuragi Hanamichi has been training in the basics for two weeks under Ayako and he wants to play with the other. Akagi refused to let him play. Out of frustra…
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Episode 6
Rukawa vs. Akagi. The Real Showdown!
Akagi decides to test Rukawa's skills against his own to see if Rukawa really has the talent everyone says he does.
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Episode 7
Hanamichi's Debut! Dunk Attack
After successfully persuading Anzai to let him join the game, Sakuragi shows how much he has improved in basic skills such as dribbling. But in the game, he re…
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Episode 8
Hanamichi's Crisis! The Judo Man's Snare
Impressed by Sakuragi's raw power and general brute force, the captain of the judo club tries to recruit him away from the Basketball team.
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Episode 9
I Will Play Basketball!
Sakuragi declines Aota's offer of joining the Judo club. Kogure and Ayako were overjoyed at Sakuragi's refusal and Akagi was very much impressed by Sakuragi's…
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Episode 10
The 'Beginner's Shot' ....Is Hard!
After getting the permission to allow Sakuragi to learn the basics of shooting, Akagi asked Rukawa to demonstrate how to do lay-up shot. But Sakuragi got into…
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Episode 11
Special Secret Love Training for Two!?
Having mastered dribbling and passing, Sakuragi moves on to shooting, which is a lot harder than he had anticipated. Frustrated by his lack of skil, Sakuragi…
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Episode 12
Beat Ryonan! Hard Training Before the Decisive Game
The night before their game with Ryounan, Akagi decides to try and teach Sakuragi basic defense, starting with rebounding. Learning quickly, Sakuragi impresse…
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Episode 13
Shohoku vs Ryonan the Fired Up Captain!
Sakuragi is eager to play too, thinking of what Akagi has told him the previuos night. At Ryonan High, Anzai is greeted by Ryonan coach, Moichi Taoka. In the l…
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Episode 14
Super Basketball Match! Ryonan's Attack of Angry Waves
Sakuragi keeps begging Anzai to let him join the game. At 14 mins, Ryonan has a 0-15 lead, with everyone cheering for Sendoh. Sendoh and Uozumi, both play bril…
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Episode 15
Hanamichi's Nervous Big Start
Finally, Sakuragi got a chance to play when Akagi was hurt while playing. Now, there is only about 9 minutes left on the clock.
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Episode 16
Who Is This Guy?! Taoka's Miscalculation
With just 8 minutes left in the second half, Ryonan is still leading. Taoka tells the Ryonan to continue to attack. Sakuragi plays whole-heartily and this impr…
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Episode 17
Rebound King. Hanamichi Sakuragi's Agony
Ryonan is leading with 3 points ahead of Shohoku, Taoka said that the game will depends on how Sakuragi plays. Meanwhile, Sakuragi begins to realize how impor…
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Episode 18
The Last Two Minutes! I'm Taking Sendo Down!
Sendoh is amazed at how good Shohoku has become, thus begins to take the game seriously. Anzai then, calls both Rukawa and Sakuragi to approach, to tell them…
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Episode 19
Time Up! The Ryonan Game Is Over
Although Shohoku has lost the game, Sakuragi played very well for his first game. Sakuragi and Rukawa vowed that in their next game with Ryonan, they will beat…
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Episode 20
Basketball Shoes
The next day, Haruko has to accompany Sakuragi to the sports shop to buy a new pair of shoes because his old shoes are in a bad shape after the practice game w…
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Episode 21
Super Problems! Hanamichi vs. Miyagi
Ryota Miyagi returns to basketball after beening injured in a fight. Ayako heard rumors that Miyagi was back in school, so she decided to investigate. She brin…
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Episode 22
The Fool with the Worst Record, A Combination is Born
It seemed like a disaster for two trouble makers in Miyagi and Sakuragi to collide with each other, but it seems things hae turned out much better than expecte…
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Episode 23
Shohoku Basketball Team's Last Day
A former member of the Shohoku team returns with a major axe to grind, which spells doom for the team.
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Episode 24
The Allies of Justice, Sakuragi's Army Visits
After Ayako was slapped by one of the invading students, Miyagi joined in the fight, as well as Rukawa. However, Tetsuo easily took both of them down. Sakura…
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Episode 25
The Guy Who Wanted to Conquer the World
Mitsui and Tetsuo were defeated, but Mitsui still continued to fight. Though when Akagi enters, the atmosphere becomes dense. Akagi slaps Mitsui around. Kog…
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Episode 26
Mitsui's Peak, Trouble at 15
It seems that Mitsui was once a great basketball player himself before High School. Though something happened during practice that changed his life forever.
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Episode 27
I Want to Play Basketball!
After suffering through his horrible injury, Mitsui quit on basketball. Though two years later, in his attempt to sabotage Shohoku from participating in the t…
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Episode 28
The Beginning of Interhigh Preliminaries
The tournament is finally making its approach. Sakuragi is anxious to play against Sendo again, but Shohoku will have to deal with Miuradai first.
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Episode 29
Hanamichi! Pennant Race Debut
The match starts, and Anzai refuses to put Sakuragi, Rukawa, Mitsui, and Miyagi, in the starting line-up. For what reason? As punishment for fighting. Will…
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Episode 30
The Introspective Army's Big Counterattack
With four of Shohoku's best players finally entering in the game, the tables turn quickly as they narrow the lead down to only 2. Sakuragi was hacked on a pla…
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Episode 31
Formidable Enemy Miuradai's Secret Weapon
Miuradai revealed a secret weapon of theirs that'll help them try and overcome Shohoku, and that's the ox Nato.
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Episode 32
Genius Hanamichi! Certain Death Dunk
Miuradai started gaining control of the game, until Nato started finally guarding Rukawa instead of Sakuragi. Rukawa exploited his weakness, and this caused a…
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Episode 33
Walkout King!? Sakuragi's Righteousness
Shohoku's next match is against Gohoku. While they have been exceeding almost everyone's expectations, Sakuragi continues to be laughed at for his nonsensical…
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Episode 34
Gorilla's Initiation, Kill with Your Eyes!
Sakuragi and his fouling troubles continue. He unconsciously went to Akagi's house for help, and in order to help Sakuragi a little bit, Akagi gives him one p…
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Episode 35
Hot Blooded Guys
Mitsui got himself caught up in a fight between Ryo and Tetsuo, and was eventually beaten himself. However, an unlikely Sakuragi pops out of nowhere, and come…
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Episode 36
A Well Seeded School, Enter Shoyo
Sakuragi is still upset at Akagi for telling him a false technique in defense, and tries harder the next game against Tsukubu. While he gets fouled out, he's…
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Episode 37
Hanamichi's First Start
Anzai-sensei decides to start Sakuragi, much to everyone's shock. He figures that with his height and drive he'll be the perfect weapon to use against Shoyo.
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Episode 38
Rukawa's Counterattack!
With the the Shohoku offense stalled by Shoyo's defense, Rukawa takes it upon himself to lead the offensive charge.
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Episode 39
Lightning Flash Ryota!
With Rukawa taking the heat off of the rest of the team, Miyagi gets a chance to show off his skills as a point guard and his speed on the court.
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Episode 40
Hanamichi the Genius shows off!
With Mitsui's 3 point shot, Shohoku finally caught up with Shoyo. It seemed like Fujima had enough, but Hanagata asked him to trust him for a little while lon…
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Episode 41
Shoyo Coach Enters the Court
Driven hard by by Rukawa's offense and Sakuragi's rebounding, Fujima comes off the bench to lead his team to victory.
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Episode 42
Shoyo Ace Fujima's Real Ability
Fujima is leading a strong charge for Shoyo against Shohoku, taking the lead once again. Though Shohoku has other problems besides Fujima; Mitsui is already v…
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Episode 43
Has Mitsui Reached His Limit!?
Shohoku's problems continue piling up. Mitsui can't get a 3 pointer to go in, forcing all the burden on Rukawa. Plus, Sakuragi is on the brink of fouling out…
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Episode 44
Mitsui! Stormy 3 Points
Mitsui, reminiscing upon the past, gets the energy to play and lead his team. In just a matter of time, he scored 9 consecutive points thanks to his impressiv…
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Episode 45
Imminent Walkout!? Hanamichi's Pinch
While Mitsui has increased his efficiency during the game, Sakuragi still faces the brink of being dismissed. After a few destructive words from Rukawa, Sakura…
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Episode 46
Hanamichi, Hot Dunk
Thanks to a basket from Rukawa, Shohoku has finally taken the lead in a critical time. Sakuragi, wanting to feel important, jumped up at the same time as two…
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Episode 47
Challenge from a Rival
Shohoku has defeated Shoyo, and Sakuragi is quick to spread the word, especially after his ferocious slam dunk on Hanagata. It seems like Oda, a person that w…
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Episode 48
The Guy Who Pledged to Defeat Kainan
Sakuragi skips practice in order to investigate on why Yohko was acting so strangely. When they get to Takezono, he is immediately met by hordes of girls who…
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Episode 49
Takezono, Last Fight
The match between Takezono and Kainan starts. Kainan only put in two starters the entire game, but it seemed like it was enough to take care of their opponent…
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Episode 50
Challenge to the King
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Episode 51
Outside Accounts!? Hanamichi at His Best!
The match between Shohoku and Kainan has been tight and intense all the way through, but it was Sakuragi who stood out the most with his cocky attitude and ama…
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Episode 52
Sakuragi's Confinement's Secret Weapon
Takato seemed to have devised the perfect plan to counter-attack against Sakuragi, which is sending in the extremely small and weak Miyamasu. In an unbelievab…
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Episode 53
The Gorilla's Injury! Desperate Situation!?
Shohoku isn't about to let their chances slip away against Kainan, however, things quickly changed when Akagi injured his ankle, forcing Sakuragi to take over…
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Episode 54
King Kong, Younger Brother
Sakuragi did a pretty good job of filling in for Akagi, though it was Rukawa who pushed Shohoku into a fierce comeback against Kainan. He single handedly brou…
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Episode 55
The One that Dominates the Game
Rukawa's strong performance made it seem like Shohoku has a chance of winning, but what got everyone's attention was when Akagi came back from the locker room.
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Episode 56
Ace Shepherd, Full Throttle
Akagi coming back in for Shohoku seemed like they would be in great position to win, but Maki displayed to everyone why he's the best player in the region, giv…
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Episode 57
Anzai, Bet on Victory!
Anzai formulated a plan to destroy Kainan's formidable backcourt combo of Jin and Maki by playing zone defense, and their offense started crumbling. Sakuragi,…
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Episode 58
Stubborn Guys!
Shohoku and Kainan refuse to give up on each other with the match going back and forth like a see saw.
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Episode 59
Last 10 Seconds! A Perfect Conclusion
The last ten seconds of the game are approaching, and Shohoku is only down by four. The one who'll decide this match will be Sakuragi.
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Episode 60
To relieve guilt: Shave Head ?!
Sakuragi is in an emotional hangover after the events of the previous match, so in order to come to himself, he decides to change his appearance.
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Episode 61
Baldy attacks back!
Sakuragi's new haircut was the news of the school the next day. During practice, he decided to work twice as hard in order to prevent another mistake like tha…
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Episode 62
Three-day super training
Akagi really wants Sakuragi to become part of their offense, so he trains him for three days straight on his shooting. To his surprise, Sakuragi was pretty en…
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Episode 63
Ryonan's genius plan
The anticipated match up between two of the best teams in the region commences. One of the biggest surprises was how Sendoh was handling point guard duties, a…
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Episode 64
Kainan rebounds!
Sendoh is the entire pillar that's pushing his team forward right now, but the tables turn when Uozumo decides to argue a call from the referee.
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Episode 65
The strongest rival
Due to Uozumi being fouled out, and Fukuda being a terrible defensive player, Sendoh was forced to carry Ryonan on his shoulders all by himself. Though for Sh…
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Episode 66
Sendoh's scheme
Shohoku's representatives rush to Anzai's aid, and are surprised at how efficiently Sakuragi acquired a doctor. Meanwhile, Kainan was too strong for Ryonan an…
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Episode 67
The final battle!
One of the more exciting matches in the tournament is about to start, as it's Ryonan vs. Shohoku. Though people have already been speculating Shohoku's chance…
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Episode 68
Sakuragi Hanamichi comes to rescue!
Due to Fukuda's terrible defense and Sakuragi's equally atrocious offense, Taoka thought it'd be a harmless idea to match Fukuda up with him. However, it seem…
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Episode 69
Gorilla goes astray
Something appears to be wrong with Akagi; after getting knocked down by Uozumi, he started playing horribly. Kogure was forced to call a timeout in order to s…
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Episode 70
King Kong number two!
In order to make Akagi come back to his senses, Sakuragi pulls off his cocky routine that more than motivates him back into playing normally.
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Episode 71
Gorilla revives!
It seems that things are back to normal psychologically for Shohoku as Sakuragi wasn't as raged as expected by his friends, and Akagi finally solved some inter…
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Episode 72
The greatest shame of one's life
Ryonan's offense was concentrated around Fukuda, who has been constantly defeating Sakuragi. He was forced to sit out, sulking to himself of being beaten fair…
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Episode 73
Rukawa Kaede, gambling on the 2nd half
Everyone was confused on Rukawa's performance so far, scoring only two points. Though it became apparent in the second half; he saved up his energy for the se…
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Episode 74
The most dangerous challenger!
With Rukawa and Sendoh at full strength against each other, they've both carried their teams, advancing point by point in hopes of defeating one another.
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Episode 75
Peak performance
Sendoh and Rukawa continue to push against each other in the second half, but the highlight of it so far is Uozumi being forced to sit out with four fouls.
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Episode 76
The feeling of victory
Uozumi gets a flashback of Coach Taoka's promise of bringing him to the national scene, but that promise is looking a little fuzzy with Shohoku dominating.
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Episode 77
You guys are strong!
Uozumi has to sit out due to his fouls, which causes Akagi to dominate the paint and score easy baskets.
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Episode 78
Uozumi Revives
Coach Taoka's patience ran dry as he subbed Uozumi back in to help shoulder some of Sendoh's responsibilities on the court.
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Episode 79
Blue waves - Ryonan attacks back!
The shift of momentum started turning into Ryonan's favour as soon as Uozumi came back with four fouls, making defensive stops and scoring points.
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Episode 80
Shohoku's problems
Coach Taoka exploited Shohoku's foul trouble problem, and made good use of it. Shohoku will continue to be in the hot seat if this continues.