Drama

Slam Dunk (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It was serialized in Shueisha’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1990 to June 1996, with the chapters collected into 31 tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of a basketball team from Shōhoku High School in the Shōnan area of Japan. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation which aired from October 1993 to March 1996 and has been broadcast worldwide, enjoying much popularity particularly in Japan, several other Asian countries and Europe. An anime feature film, titled The First Slam Dunk, was released in Japan in December 2022. Slam Dunk has 170 million copies in circulation, making it the seventh best-selling manga series in history. In 1994, it received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. In 2010, Inoue received special commendations from the Japan Basketball Association for helping popularize basketball in Japan.

Kengan Ashura (ケンガンアシュラ^?) est un shōnen manga scénarisé par Yabako Sandrovich et dessiné par Daromeon, prépublié dans le magazine Ura Sunday entre avril 2012 et août 2018 et publié par l’éditeur Shōgakukan en un total de 27 volumes reliés. La version française est publiée par Meian à partir de juin 2021.

Une suite intitulée Kengan Omega (ケンガンオメガ^?) est prépubliée dans le même magazine depuis janvier 2019. En France, elle est également publiée par Meian depuis le 26 juin 2023.

Le manga est adapté en une série d’animation ONA de 24 épisodes produite par Larx Entertainment et diffusée sur Netflix, la première partie mise en ligne le 31 juillet 2019 et la seconde le 31 octobre 2019.

In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams “AVERAGE,” from his lifeless expression to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn’t have your average problem… He’s actually a superhero that’s looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge!