The First Slam Dunk

The First Slam Dunk
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	NYAV Post
Voice Director 1	Michael Sinterniklaas
Voice Director 2	Stephanie Sheh
Translation & Adaptation	Tom Hahn
Recorded	2023
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	2022

The First Slam Dunk is a 2022 anime film directed and written by Takehiko Inoue and based on the manga series.

It was released to Japanese theatres on December 3, 2022. The English dub was released to theatres on July 28, 2023.

Synopsis Shohoku’s “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local player from a young age, Ryota also became addicted to basketball. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Ryōta Miyagi	Shugo Nakamura	Paul Castro Jr.
		Miyuri Shimabukuro (young)	Mitchell Taylor (young)
	Hisashi Mitsui	Jun Kasama	Jonah Scott
	Kaede Rukawa	Shinichirō Kamio	Aleks Le
	Hanamichi Sakuragi	Subaru Kimura	Ben Balmaceda
	Takenori Akagi	Kenta Miyake	Aaron Goodson
	Kazunari Fukatsu	Tōru Nara	Johnny Yong Bosch
	Minoru Matsumoto	Yoshiaki Hasegawa	Cory Yee
	Eiji Sawakita	Shunsuke Takeuchi	Alan Lee
	Masahiro Nobe	Satoshi Tsuruoka	Jalen K. Cassell
	Masashi Kawata	Mitsuaki Kanuka	Daniel Walton
	Sota Miyagi	Gakuto Kajiwara	Adam McArthur
	Anna Miyagi	Misaki Kuno	Kinley Moody
	Kaoru Miyagi	Mie Sonozaki	Alicyn Packard
	Kiminobu Kogure	Ryōta Iwasaki	Zeno Robinson
	Yasuhara Yasuda	Yōhei Azakami	Griffin Puatu
	Tetsushi Shiozaki	Tōru Sakurai	Darrel Delfin
	Satoru Kakuta	Daichi Endō	Kieran Regan
	Toki Kuwata	Taishi Murata	David Cui Cui
	Kentaro Ishi	Chado Horii	Christopher Niosi
	Satoru Sasaoka	Yūsuke Hoshino	Harrison Xu
	Ayako	Asami Seto	Kelsey Jaffer
	Mitsuyoshi Anzai	Katsuhisa Hōki	Mike Pollock
	Satoshi Ichinokura	Yasushi Iwaki	Marc Swint
	Mikio Kawata	Mitsuaki Kanuka	Bill Butts
	Goro Domoto	Shun'ichi Maki	Marc Thompson
	Haruko Akagi	Maaya Sakamoto	Abby Espiritu
	Yohei Mito	Chikahiro Kobayashi	YongYea
	Nozomi Takamiya	Masafumi Kobatake	Brent Mukai
	Chuichiro Noma	Kenichirō Matsuda	River Kanoff
	Yuji Ohkusu	Masaya Fukunishi	Christopher Bevins
	Norio Hotta	Tetsu Inada	Patrick Seitz
	Takashima	Hayato Kaneko	Luis Bermudez
	Takenaka	¿?	Gary Mack
	Nakamura	Shogo Nakamura	Michael Sinterniklaas
	Mrs. Anzai	Tomoko Shiota	Anne Yatco
	Asachin	¿?	Harrison Xu
	Junpei	¿?	Huxley Westemeier

Additional Voices

Jon Allen Luis Bermudez Christopher Bevins Johnny Yong Bosch Bill Butts Jalen K. Cassell Paul Castro Jr. Jerome Cha Sienna Cha Sua Cha Yuna Cha Carol Cheng Cody Cheng Eugene Cheng Evan Cheng Kyle Cheng David Cui Cui Darrel Delfin Abby Espiritu Aaron Goodson Tom Hahn Uju Hahn Kelsey Jaffer Connor Jin River Kanoff Danny Kung Derek H. Kung Jocelyn M. Kung Mick Lauer Alan Lee Rhoda Lin Gary Mack

Adam McArthur Jihyun Min Brent Mukai Christopher Niosi Keisuke Oku Alicyn Packard Jim Palo Mike Pollock Griffin Puatu Kieran Regan Zeno Robinson Jonah Scott Patrick Seitz Moe Shafi Stephanie Sheh Michael Sinterniklaas Mixali Sorich Xiaowei Sun Marc Swint Marc Thompson Keri Tombazian Daniel Walton Angela Wang Huxley Westemeier Harrison Xu Anne Yatco YongYea Cory Yee Lorinda Zhou Wesley Zhou Winston Zhou

Notes

• This is Ben Balmaceda, Abby Espiritu and Alicyn Packard’s first and so-far only dub at NYAV Post.
  • This is Jalen K. Cassell and YongYea’s second dub at NYAV Post and their second dub not done at Bang Zoom! Entertainment.
  • This is Adam McArthur's second dub at NYAV Post.

See Also

• Slam Dunk

External Links

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