Release orderRecommended
0 / 6 watchedTV series first, then the standalone films in release order, with the 2022 finale last.
TV series
- 1 Slam Dunk (TV series) 101 episodes, October 1993 to March 1996. Mostly manga-faithful; episodes 97 to 101 are an anime-original ending.
Standalone films
- 2 Slam Dunk: The Movie 30 minutes. Standalone practice-game story set after the Ryonan practice match.
- 3 Slam Dunk: Conquer the Nation, Hanamichi Sakuragi! 45 minutes. Standalone story set during the Shohoku vs Tsukubu qualifier.
- 4 Slam Dunk: Shohoku's Greatest Challenge! 40 minutes. Standalone story set after the loss to Kainan, during the Ryokufu practice match.
- 5 Slam Dunk: Howling Basketman Spirit!! 40 minutes. Standalone Rukawa side story.
Finale
- 6 The First Slam Dunk Adapts the Sannoh national-tournament finale the TV series never reached. Watch last.
About Slam Dunk
Shohoku High's Hanamichi Sakuragi joins the basketball team to impress a girl, then grows into the sport for real. Toei Animation's TV series ran 101 episodes from October 1993 to March 1996 and adapts Takehiko Inoue's manga up to the national tournament's opening round against Toyotama. Most of it is faithful, but scattered one-off fillers appear through the run and episodes 97 to 101 form an anime-original closing arc in which Shohoku faces a combined Shoyo and Ryonan team.
The four films from 1994 and 1995 are standalone side stories that fit between TV episodes and can be watched any time after the series. The First Slam Dunk (December 2022), written and directed by Inoue, adapts the Sannoh national-tournament finale the TV series never reached, so it goes last. To read the true ending instead, start the manga around chapter 198.
Good to know
Filler guides disagree on the exact one-off episode numbers, so the list flags the closing arc rather than each number; all agree episodes 97 to 101 are anime-original. Film runtimes in release order: 30, 45, 40 and 40 minutes.
