Kuroko's Basketball tells the story of a high school basketball team trying to make it to the national tournament. The manga has been adapted into an anime series by Production I.G which began airing on April 7, 2012. The first season ran for 25 episodes before the season finale on September 22, 2012. The anime was renewed for a second season which premiered on October 6, 2013.
Contents
Plot
Main article: List of Kuroko's Basketball characters
The basketball team of Teikō Middle School rose to distinction by
demolishing all competition. The regulars of the team became known as
the "Generation of Miracles". After graduating from middle school, these
five stars went to different high schools with top basketball teams.
However, a fact few know is that there was another player in the
"Generation of Miracles": a phantom sixth man. This mysterious player is
now a freshman at Seirin High, a new school with a powerful, if
little-known, team. Now, Kuroko Tetsuya, the sixth member of the
"Generation of Miracles", and Kagami Taiga, a naturally talented player
who spent most of middle school in the US, are aiming to bring Seirin to
the top of Japan, taking on Kuroko's former teammates one by one.Media
Manga
Main article: List of Kuroko's Basketball chapters
Written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, Kuroko's Basketball has been serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since December, 2008. The chapters have been published into tankōbon volumes by Shueisha since April 3, 2009.[1] As of December 4, 2013 25 tankōbon volumes have been released,[2] with the 26th tankōbon volume due to be released on March 4, 2014.[3]Anime
Main article: List of Kuroko's Basketball episodes
The anime adaptation based on the Kuroko's Basketball manga chapters is produced by Production I.G.[4] The series premiered on April 7, 2012 and ended on September 22, 2012. On April 5, 2012, Crunchyroll
announced that they would simulcast the anime as part of their spring
lineup of anime titles. As of September 22, 2012, the anime ended with a
total of 25 episodes. The first episode of the second season aired on
October 6, 1:58 AM, 2013.[5][6]Audio CDs
Main article: Kuroko's Basketball discography
The music for the Kuroko's Basketball anime series were directed by four different composers. Ryosuke Nakanishi, R・O・N, and Alpha Eastman[fn 1] were in charge of the first season[7] while Yoshihiro Ike was in charge of the second season.[8]Video games
Two video games based on Kuroko's Basketball have been released. The first game Kuroko's Basketball: Kiseki no Game (黒子のバスケ キセキの試合 Kuroko no Basuke Kiseki no Gāmu?, Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Game) was released on August 9, 2012 for PlayStation Portable.[9] A second game Kuroko's Basketball: Shōri e no Kiseki (黒子のバスケ -勝利へのキセキ-?, Kuroko's Basketball: The Path to Victory) was released on February 20, 2014 for the Nintendo 3DS.[10] Kuroko also appears as a support character in the Jump crossover fighting game J-Stars Victory Vs.Reception
The Kuroko no Basuke manga has sold nine million units in Japan as of September 2012.[11] Individual volumes frequently appeared on the lists of best-selling manga in Japan,[12][13] and many editions have been in the 2012 Top-Selling Manga.[14][15][16] DVD sales of the series have also been featured in the Japanese anime DVD ranking various times.[17][18][19] Kuroko's Basketball was the third highest selling manga series of 2013, with 8,761,081 copies sold in a year.[20]Threats
After the anime began airing in 2012, the series became popular with dōjinshi circles, particularly for yaoi dōjinshi, though there is no yaoi in the series itself. Several events at which doujinshi of the series were to be sold, as well as several other locations linked to the series, including a television station airing the anime, received threatening letters containing a powder or liquid substance.[21][22] Multiple doujinshi events, including Comiket, banned content related to the series, barring creators from selling Kuroko no Basuke-themed doujinshi at their events.[23]Notes
- Jump up ^ Eastman was credited from episodes 21-25.
References
- Jump up ^ "黒子のバスケ/1" [Kuroko's Basketball/1] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "黒子のバスケ/25" [Kuroko's Basketball/25] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- Jump up ^ "黒子のバスケ/26" [Kuroko's Basketball/26] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- Jump up ^ "Kuroko's Basketball Manga Gets TV Anime Produced by I.G". Anime News Network. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- Jump up ^ ""Kuroko's Basketball" Anime Return Dated". Crunchyroll. 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
- Jump up ^ "2nd Kuroko's Basketball Season Slated for October 5". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Kuroko's Basketball Staff" (in Japanese). Archived from the original
|archiveurl=requires|url=(help) on 2013 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014. - Jump up ^ "Kuroko's Basketball Staff" (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- Jump up ^ "黒子のバスケ キセキの試合" [Kuroko's Basketball Kiseki no Game] (in Japanese). Amazon. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- Jump up ^ "Kuroko's Basketball 3DS Game's 3rd Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- Jump up ^ "人気漫画「黒子のバスケ」作者脅迫 2ちゃんねるに犯行を示唆する書き込み" (in Japanese). MSN. November 2, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 4-10". Anime News Network. February 13, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 3-9". Anime News Network. September 12, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2012 (First Half)". Anime News Network. June 1, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "10 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2012". Anime News Network. December 2, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "50 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2012". Anime News Network. December 2, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 29-November 4". Anime News Network. November 7, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, November 19-25". Anime News Network. November 27, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 22-28". Anime News Network. October 31, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2013". Anime News Network. 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
- Jump up ^ "20+ Kuroko's Basketball-Linked Locations Receive Threats - News". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
- Jump up ^ "Japan's Manga-Hating Domestic Terrorist is Still at Large". Kotaku.com. 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
- Jump up ^ "Comiket Loses 10 Million+ Yen Over Kuroko's Basketball Threats - News". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-11-01.

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