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The official website for The First Slam Dunk, the new anime film adaptation of Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk basketball manga, announced on Tuesday that it will hold a special screening titled “Last Game” on the film. the film’s final seven days in cinemas in Japan from August 25 to 31.
During the screening of “Last Game”, a special video from the “COURT SIDE in THEATER FINAL” event held on August 15 will be shown after the movie. movie. In addition, starting from August 25, the film will have IMAX and Dolby Cinema revival screenings at 51 theaters nationwide. There will be cheering screenings, in which audiences are encouraged to cheer along with the film, at select theaters nationwide on August 30. The film will also feature a special sound screening and live commentary screening at some theaters.
The film opened in Japan on December 3 and debuted at number 1 in its opening weekend. The film sold 847,000 tickets and earned 1,295,808,780 yen (about $9.50 million) in its opening weekend. As of August 8, the film has grossed a cumulative total of 15,158,383,390 yen (approximately $106 million).
GKIDS released the film in the United States and Canada with both English dub, Japanese, and English subtitles on July 28. The film earned US$662,211 in its opening weekend in North America. The film has cumulative worldwide earnings of $152,355,179 as of Sunday.
The film won the Animation of the Year award at the 46th Annual Japan Academy Film Awards. Toshiyuki Matsui, the film’s producer, received this year’s joint award for the annual Fujimoto Awards. 42nd of the Eiga Engeki Bunka Kyōkai (Society of Theater and Cinema).
The film won the Axis Award: Satoshi Kon for Best Animated Feature for Best Feature Animated Feature and took third place for Best Animated Feature in the Film Festival Audience Award category. 27th Annual International Fantasia, held from July 20 to August 9 in Montreal, Canada.
Inoue personally directed the film at Toei Animation and wrote the script. Among the staff listed are character designer/animation director Yasuyuki Ebara (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) and technical director Katsuhiko Kitada (Attack on Titan episodes, Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot), Naoki Miyahara (Digimon Adventure, Popin Q), Toshio Ōhashi (LayereD Stories 0) and Yū Kamatani (Finding the magical DoReMi, Superstar Precure!). Daiki Nakazawa is directing the CG and Yūta Ogura is producing the CG. Kazuo Ogura art direction. Yota Tsuruoka is directing the sound with Koji Kasamatsu.
Source: website, Comic Natalie