Kuroko no Basuke

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Kuroko no Basuke
Original title 黒 子 の バ ス ケ
genre Comedy , sports
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Tadatoshi Fujimaki
publishing company Shueisha
magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
First publication 2008-2014
expenditure 30th
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2012-2015
Studio Production IG
length 25 minutes
Episodes 75 in 3 seasons
Director Shunsuke Tada
music RON, Ryosuke Nakanishi
First broadcast April 7, 2012 on MBS

Kuroko no Basuke ( Japanese 黒 子 の バ ス ケ , alternatively Kuroko no Basket or in the USA also Kuroko's basketball ) is a successful manga series by Tadatoshi Fujimaki . It can be classified into the genres of comedy , drama and sports and was published from 2008 to 2014 in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine . The manga was adapted as an anime television series by Studio Production IG and was broadcast in three seasons from April 2012 to January 2015. From 2014 to 2016 a sequel to the manga was released with the title Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Gamewhich has now also appeared as a film in Japan.

The plot shows the development of the young basketball team from Seirin High School in Tokyo with the two 16-year-old main characters Tetsuya Kuroko and Taiga Kagami in the center.

action

The action takes place in contemporary Japan. The Teikō Middle School team had mastered school basketball for years. The last basketball team Teikōs in particular was made up of extraordinary players who towered above all others in such a way that they have been called the Generation of Miracles ( Kiseki no Sedai ). They are Ryota Kise (who can copy every move directly), Shintaro Midorima (a 3-point expert whose range is the entire field of play), Daiki Aomine (a gifted technician with great athleticism), Atsushi Murasakibara (a huge center and defensive expert with very quick reflexes) and the team captain Seijuro Akashi (who can foresee almost every move and throw the opponent off concept with his game). All five now play at different high schools.

However, there was still a sixth player who was respected by the Generation of Wonders and who was used repeatedly in games. It's Tetsuya Kuroko , who couldn't keep up with the other five players athletically and technically, but turned out to be an ingenious passer-by and specialized in himself. Due to his inconspicuous presence (not only) on the playing field and very fast, short passing games, he was able to act almost like a phantom and thus enabled unusual moves; he also specialized in steals. The disadvantage of his technique, however, was that this effect wore off over the course of the game and the opponents were finally able to adapt to it.

In contrast to the other five players of the Generation of Miracles , Kuroko made a conscious decision not to attend high school with a significant basketball team, which he particularly resented Midorima. However, last year at Teikō Middle School, Kuroko had to experience how the team broke up bit by bit as the talents of the other five blossomed more and more. In the end they no longer had an equal opponent, so that the mutual competition was the only motivation for the players, who also changed more and more in character and at the same time lost their love for the game. Team play was seen more and more as an obstacle and everyone wanted to outdo the other, which is why they also joined different high schools.

Kuroko, on the other hand, believes that this is the wrong way to play basketball, which is why he went to Seirin High School , whose team-play basketball team he watched at a game. There he meets Taiga Kagami, who is the same age and who previously lived in the USA for several years. Like Kuroko, Kagami is a passionate basketball player, also extremely athletic and technically gifted. Kagami wants to become the best basketball player in Japan and also beat the generation of miracles . Kuroko is impressed and decides to support Kagami. It turns out that the stronger Kuroko's teammate is, the more effectively he acts and increases the teammate's performance. Kuroko sees itself as a shadow that lets the light of the respective player shine more strongly.

The Seirin's young basketball team then plays during the Winter Cup against all five teams that have members of the Generation of Miracles in their ranks and can ultimately beat them with team play and the individual class of their own teammates, with Kagami a decisive one every time Role as a team ace. Over time, Kuroko also changed the attitude of his five old teammates, who gradually accept that they cannot act successfully in the long term on their own, respect their own team members and have to involve them in their game. Also in terms of character, the generation of miracles changes after the other five players regain their love for the game and accept each other again as they did at the beginning of their time at Teikō Middle School .

Book publications

The manga series was published from December 2008 to September 2014 in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump from the publisher Shueisha in Japan. The individual chapters were also published in 30 anthologies. The last of the volumes sold over 565,000 copies in the first three weeks. From March 2011 to May 2014 the same publisher published an adaptation as a light novel, written by Sawako Hirabayashi and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. The series entitled Kuroko no Basuke Replace reached five volumes and was adapted as a manga in 2015. This series, drawn by Ichirō Takahashi , appeared in Shonen Jump + magazine . A sequel, also written and drawn by Fujimaki, entitled Kuroko no Basuke Extra Game , was published from 2014 to 2016 in Jump Next magazine and then in the form of an anthology. This sold almost 600,000 times in the first four weeks.

The manga was published in English by Viz Media , in French by Kazé , in Spanish by Editorial Ivréa and in Polish by Waneko and has also been translated into Portuguese and Chinese.

Anime adaptations

At Studio Production IG , an adaptation of the manga was made as an anime television series in three seasons from 2012 to 2015 . Directed by Shunsuke Tada and for the overall concept was Noboru Takagi responsible. The character design is by Yoko Kikuchi and the artistic direction was Shinya Mita .

The series first aired on April 7, 2012 on MBS . A few days later it also began broadcasting on Animax , Tokyo MX and Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation . The last episode was shown by MBS on June 30, 2015.

Animoon Publishing announced in July 2020 that it had licensed the entire series for German-language publication on DVD and Blu-ray .

synchronization

role Voice actor ( seiyū )
Tetsuya Kuroko Kensho Ono
Taiga Kagami Yuuki Ono
Ryōta Kise Ryohei Kimura
Shintaro Midorima Daisuke Ono
Daiki Aomine Junichi Suwabe
Atsushi Murasakibara Ken'ichi Suzumura
Seijuro Akashi Hiroshi Kamiya

music

The music for the first season is by RON and Ryosuke Nakanishi , the music for the second and third by Yoshihiro Ike . The preludes are:

  • Can Do from Granrodeo
  • Rimfire from Granrodeo
  • The Other self by Granrodeo
  • Hengenjizai no Magical Star by Granrodeo
  • Punky Funky Love from Granrodeo
  • Zero by Kensho Ono
  • Memories from Granrodeo

The closing titles are:

  • Start it right away from Hyadain
  • Walk from Oldcodex
  • Fantastic Tune by Kensho Ono
  • Glitter Days from Fo'x Tails
  • Ambivalence from Screen mode
  • Lantana from Oldcodex

The music for the series was also released on CD.

Movies

Three films are planned for the end of 2016 that will summarize the plot of the three seasons of the television series.

Video games

To Kuroko no Basuke appeared three computer games. The first game Kuroko no Basuke: Kiseki no Game ( 黒 子 の バ ス ケ キ セ キ の 試 合 , Kuroko no Basuke Kiseki no Gēmu ) was released on August 9, 2012 for PlayStation Portable . The second game Kuroko no Basuke: Shōri e no Kiseki ( 黒 子 の バ ス ケ - 勝利 へ の キ セ キ - ) was released on February 20, 2014 for Nintendo 3DS , which sold over 45,000 times in the first four days. The storyline of the game is set before the winter tournament and has been redeveloped for the game. The player competes with his team against the teams from the manga series and, after successfully completing the game, can put together his own team from the figures and equip the figures with accessories such as glasses and bear ears. The third game Kuroko no Basuke: Mirai e no Kizuna ( 黒 子 の バ ス ケ 未来 へ の キ ズ ナ ) was released on March 20, 2015, also for Nintendo 3DS. The character Kuroko also appears as a supporting character in the game J-Stars Victory VS , which contains various heroes from the series from the Jump manga magazine.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, May 23-29. Anime News Network, June 1, 2016, accessed June 8, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Robin Hirsch: "Kuroko's Basketball" is published by AniMoon Publishing. Anime2you.de, July 22, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  4. ^ Dates, Titles Revealed for Kuroko's Basketball's 3 Compilation Films . April 10, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ 黒 子 の バ ス ケ キ セ キ の 試 合. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Kuroko's Basketball 3DS Game's 3rd Promo Streamed . Anime News Network . December 29, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ Matthew Handrahan: Knack beats Yakuza to Japanese number one . In: GamesIndustry.biz . Gamer Network. February 17, 2014. Accessed March 1.
  8. ↑ 黒 子 の バ ス ケ 未来 へ の キ ズ ナ. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .