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SLAM DUNK

Also known as Slam Dunk.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever...



Tags: Basketball , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Delinquents , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , Tragedy

NBA Story

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Serialized in Monthly Shonen Jump, the story consisted of three story arcs depicting real-life events from the American pro basketball league, the National Basketball Association. The Lakers arc featured Magic Johnson. The Bulls arc featured Michael Jordan. And the Suns arc featured Charles Barkley.

Tags: Basketball , Biographical , Shounen

Real

Also known as Real.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle--tragic life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. These three very different personalities have only one thing in common--their passion for basketball.



Note: Won an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2001 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Tags: Disability , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Rehabilitation , Basketball , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Athletics , Fitness , Delinquents , Philosophy , Meta , Wrestling , Bullying

Aoashi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

Ashito Aoi, a third year middle school student from Ehime, meets Fukuda Tatsuya, a J Youth League coach. Even though he's still rough around the edges, Ashito has such amazing potential that he gets invited by coach Fukuda to participate in his team's try-outs in Tokyo. The story of a boy who will revolutionize Japanese football begins to unfold.

Notes:
Nominated for the 2017 Manga Taishou Award.
Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.

Tags: Football , Male Protagonist , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Heterosexual , Bullying , School , Love Triangle

Aoba no Basket

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

Taiki Aoba, a 195cm tall junior high student, gets treated like a "mutant" when he plays basketball with other boys because of his physique. He was starting to doubt his "self" when he met Leo, the star of Japan's U16 national team. He told Taiki that his true weapon was not his height, but his "eyes," the talent to make the split-second decisions 1-on-1. Taiki was drawn to the freedom of basketball that Leo talked about, which does not judge a player by just his height. Now with a dream to surpass Leo, Taiki enters Aorei High School, a top basketball school in Tokyo!

Tags: Basketball , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Tsubame Tip Off!

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

A new highschool student with a complex about her height - Tsubame.

Being unathletic and clumsy she seeks to join a cultural club, and despite her height she gives off the persona of a small and shy girl. Enter her upperclassman, Ibis, a small girl with a big presence, who suddenly invites her to the basketball club?!

Note: Originally published as a one-shot.

Tags: Basketball , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , School , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast