List of Slam Dunk chapters
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The Japanese manga series Slam Dunk was written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue.[1] The story follows Hanamichi Sakuragi, who becomes a basketball player from the Shohoku High School basketball team in order to make Haruko Akagi, a girl he likes, fall in love with him. However, as he learns more about basketball and plays several games, he starts liking the sport.
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The series was originally published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump since the issue 40 from 1990 until the issue 27 from 1996.[1][2] The 276 individual chapters were originally collected in 31 tankōbon editions under Shueisha's Jump Comics imprint, with the first volume being published on February 8, 1991[3] and volume 31 on October 3, 1996.[4] It was later reassembled in 24 kanzenban volumes from March 19, 2001[5] to February 2, 2002.[6] A 20 volume shinsōban edition was published between June 1, 2018, and September 1, 2018.[7] In 2004, Inoue produced an epilogue titled Slam Dunk: 10 Days After, which was drawn on 23 chalkboards in the former campus of the now-defunct Misaki High School located in the Kanagawa Prefecture, which was held for public exhibition from December 3 to December 5. The epilogue, along with coverage of the event, was reprinted in the February 2005 issue of Switch magazine.[1] Toei Animation also adapted the manga into an anime series which premiered in Japan on October 23, 1993, and ended on March 23, 1996.[8][9]
In North America, an English version of Slam Dunk was published by the now-defunct Gutsoon! Entertainment, which serialized the title in their manga anthology Raijin Comics from 2002 to 2004.[10] Five collected volumes were published under Gutsoon's Raijin Graphic Novels imprint. They were released from July 2, 2003, until May 5, 2004.[11][12] After Gutsoon! went out of business, the license for the Slam Dunk was purchased by Viz Media, which published a preview of the series in the December 2007 issue of the North American edition of Shonen Jump.[13][14][15] Slam Dunk began serialization in the magazine, starting with the May 2008 issue, as well as in tankōbon format with the first being published on September 2, 2008.[16][17][18] As of December 3, 2013, Viz has released all thirty-one volumes of the series.[19]