I am a OG Slam Dank Fan, coming from both Manga and Anime (both 10/10 forever in my heart) Since the early 90's Slam Dunk has been part of my soul and has helped me going through my youth. I watched and rewached dozens and dozens of times the all times all the 101 Anime episode since VHS format, and binged multiple times the whole manga. All the shouts and tears of the anime are engraved in my heart. Today I watched the movie that all of us fans have been wating for 26 years and it was not exactely what I expected PROS: Great 3D animation, better than I expected and better than any 3D anime out there CONS: 1) The voice actors (Seyuus) have changed ! WTF ! The original voice actors are what made Slam Dunk come to life. The new seyus are good, but they cannot replace the original ones in our OGs hearts 2) I really like Ryota, he is an underdog with a huge hearth, but the change of MC is not respectful to us OG fans, if Master Inouse wahted to switch MC he could have rewritten a new story, (something like Ryota Gaiden) with Ryota being the MC. Sakuragi is the original MC, you can't change it. Unfortunately lots of his commedic reliefs and his growth have been cut short :( 3) The Commedy is gone, they cancelled the commedy that brought so much laughters to us 4) The music is good, but not even allowing some "Sekai ga owaruma dewa" not even at the end of the film is a huge desrespectful move to OGs fans that have listened to it and cried sour tears for years They could have remixed all the original soundtrack and it would have been awesome. Unfortunately it didn't happen 5)The pace is too fast, and it doesn't give you enough time to enjoy and assimilate all the great achievement that Sakuragi and Rukawa accomplished in their Journeys 6) Not having the "Ore wa tensai dakara" by Sakuragi is another big let down, but Sakuragi and Rukawa's arks have been heavily cancelled out, which really didn't feel good Spoiler below: 7) Rukawa is supposed to be the antagonist of Sawakita, not Miyagi. Wtf is Miyagi doing in the USA instead of Rukawa !?!?!?!? C'mon !!!! Overall Slam Dunk the First is a good movie, newer generations who didn't watch the original anime and who didn't read the manga will surely enjoy it very much. While OG fans will feel like there is really SOMETHING MISSING I really wanted to rate it 10/10 but I can't, It's a good movie, but it does have flaws. My rating as an OG is 8/10
或許這些橋段不一定是被刪減,而是未來續集的延續與可能,這一集主角是宮城,或許下一集是三井、流川、赤木,然後用不同橋段或不同球賽去呈現湘北五將的過去;更何況電影版就是井上老師親自編劇執導的新作,揮別讓他極為不滿意、並非親自經手的動畫版陰影,經過20多年後的淬煉,造就了現在的電影版成就。真的希望如英文片名一樣,只是the first slam dunk,期待接下來的發展!