Slam Dunk

Slam Dunk (スラムダンク Suramu Danku) is an anime series based on the manga by Takehiko Inoue, originally broadcasting from October 16, 1993 to March 23, 1996 with 101 episodes.

Synopsis

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.

Dubbing History[]

The series was dubbed in Toronto, Canada and released by Toei Animation through Geneon Entertainment on DVD from March 15 to June 14, 2005. The DVD releases were cancelled after 4 volumes, only going up to Episode 20. The first 14 episodes (Season 1) of this dub are often made available on streaming services.

Based on various sources, the episodes released do not represent all that were dubbed. Slam Dunk received a Canadian Content credit, indicating that the series was likely intended for broadcast from the beginning, possibly to completion in anticipation of a TV deal. Various Toronto-based actors have listed roles for Slam Dunk characters that appear after Episode 20. Actor Jay T. Schramek had previously listed having voiced Shoichi Takano on his resume, a character who appears after Episode 20. Actor Daveed Louza lists having voiced Aota on his resume (a role played by Robert Norman Smith in the released episodes, possibly being replacing later on due to his arrest) and Rob Kirkpatrick as the voice director (the released episodes were directed by Dan Hennessey).^[1] Toronto-based casting manager Joanne Boreham lists Slam Dunk on her resume for 60 episodes, making it extremely likely that this is where the series dub went up to.^[2] However, Jay T. Schramek claims that more than 100 episodes of the series were recorded.^[3]

An alternate dub was produced by Animax Asia for broadcast on their channel in Southeast Asia. This dub was also incomplete, going only slightly longer, up to Episode 83.

Cast[]

Kaleidoscope Dub (2005)[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Hanamichi Sakuragi	Takeshi Kusao	Robert Tinkler
	Kaede Rukawa	Hikaru Midorikawa	Scott McCord
	Takenori Akagi	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Martin Roach
	Ryota Miyagi	Yoku Shioya	Tim Hamaguchi
	Kiminobu Kogure	Hideyuki Tanaka	Christopher Ralph
	Haruko Akagi	Akiko Hiramatsu	Martha MacIsaac
	Ayako	Eriko Hara	Caitriona Murphy
	Mitsuyoshi Anzai	Tomomichi Nishimura	Carlos Diaz
	Dr. T	Yoku Shioya	Neil Crone
	Yuuji Ookusu	Nobutoshi Canna	Tim Hamaguchi
	Nozomi Takamiya	Kōzō Shioya	Bill Houston
	Yuichiro Noma	Yūji Mikimoto	Brad Austin
	Youhei Mito	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Travis Ferris
	Yasuharu Yasuda	Masaya Onosaka	Damon White
	Tetsushi Shiozaki	Nobutoshi Canna	Vincent Tong
	Satoru Kakuta	Shinobu Satouchi	Jay T. Schramek
	Shoichi Takano	Yūji Mikimoto	Jay T. Schramek
	Hisashi Mitsui	Ryōtarō Okiayu	Steven Bednarski
	Hikoichi Aida	Masaya Onosaka	Peter Oldring
Narrator		Hideyuki Tanaka	Christopher Earle
Minor Characters
	Norio Hotta	Hōchū Ōtsuka	Josh Holliday
	Fujii	Etsuko Nishimoto	Nadine Rabinovitch
	Matsui	Hiromi Nishikawa	Stacey DePass
	Tatsuhiko Aota	Hideyuki Umezu	Robert Norman Smith (1st voice)
	Tatsuhiko Aota	Hideyuki Umezu	Daveed Louza^[1] (2nd voice)
	Yoko Shimamura	Machiko Toyoshima	Kim Kuhteubl

Additional Voices[]

English (Geneon)[]

Neil Crone
Stacey DePass
Carlos Diaz
Christopher Earle
Josh Holliday
Kim Kuhteubl
Robert Norman Smith
Vincent Tong
Damon White

Animax Dub[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Hanamichi Sakuragi	Takeshi Kusao	Scott Evans
Kaede Rukawa	Hikaru Midorikawa	David Lee McKinney
Takenori Akagi	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Victor Lee
Ryota Miyagi	Yoku Shioya	David Bridges
Kiminobu Kogure	Hideyuki Tanaka	David Lee McKinney
Haruko Akagi	Akiko Hiramatsu	Emily Woo Zeller
Ayako	Eriko Hara	Andrea Kwan
Hisashi Mitsui	Ryōtarō Okiayu	Michael C. Pizzuto
Hikoichi Aida	Masaya Onosaka	David Bridges

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Contents	Region	Country
Geneon Entertainment	2005	Episodes 1-20	1 NTSC	United States
Geneon Entertainment	2005	4 Volumes
Cinedigm	2015	Episodes 1-14
Cinedigm	2015	1 Volume

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Daveed Louza Bio. Wildsound Filmmaking. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
↑ Joanne Boreham, CDC, Voice Casting Director. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
↑ Behind The Voice Actors - Slam Dunk. Retrieved June 11, 2020.

External Links[]

Slam Dunk (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Slam Dunk at the Internet Movie Database

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Daveed Louza Bio. Wildsound Filmmaking. Retrieved March 5, 2019.

[2] Joanne Boreham, CDC, Voice Casting Director. Retrieved January 8, 2020.

[3] Behind The Voice Actors - Slam Dunk. Retrieved June 11, 2020.

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