‘Slam Dunk’ is more than just basketball: Chinese media

On the 10th, a Chinese news site, Sohu, posted an article titled “Slam Dunk’s music is all masterpieces”. (*This article contains spoilers)

On May 10, 2023, a sentence titled “The music of ‘Slam Dunk’ is all masterpieces’ was posted on the Chinese news site Sohu. (*This article contains spoilers)

The movie “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK” was released in China on April 20th. The article states, “When the background music plays, many people feel as if they have returned to their childhood, and can’t help but feel nostalgic. I feel like I can,” he said.

Regarding this movie, “The most important point by the original author, Takehiko Inoue, is that Ryota Miyagi played the leading role. It emphasizes that it is a new and independent work, and is about the same height as Miyagi and has mediocre talent, but in the past, it was aimed at middle-aged people who had dreams and moved forward. It’s a work that makes you look back and gives you hope for a new day.”

In addition, he pointed out, “The anime ‘Slam Dunk’ started in 1993. This year was also the year that Being Co., Ltd. (currently B ZONE Co., Ltd.) produced an explosive hit.” , Maki Ohguro and others have become million sellers.” “The band’s album sales skyrocketed, and rock became completely mainstream in Japanese music. Aside from the early disbandment of these bands that sang the opening songs, ZARD, WANDS, Maki Ohguro boasts a certain amount of sales and status in J-POP, and most of the ending songs were million-selling singles that year.In this way, Takehiko Inoue, who is at the peak of popularity, overlaps with the peak of the band boom, ‘Slam Dunk’ was created, and Akihito Tokunaga was also a talented musician who was in charge of composing the middle and late stages of ZARD, and provided many hit songs for Mai Kuraki.”

On the other hand, the article questioned, “I wonder why B’z wasn’t in charge of the music for ‘Slam Dunk,'” and added, “Maybe Being Co., Ltd. at the time was trying to promote the newcomers.” I guessed. Regarding the BGM in “Slam Dunk”, he praised it, saying, “It’s far superior to other anime, and the opening, ending, and insert songs are all masterpieces.” In addition, he also mentioned the movie version, saying, “If you don’t have the style and music of the anime version, and the story of the manga version, it’s a successful secondary creation movie. Especially the last twenty seconds of silence. The cut raised the tension to the limit.”

The text reads, “‘Slam Dunk’ isn’t just about basketball. Or you could say basketball is just a subject. Youth runs through the story. Youth is stupid, reckless, It’s something that you can’t accept losing, something that you regret, something that shines brightly.” On top of that, he said, “Looking at ‘Slam Dunk’ and feeling the passion is exactly in youth. People who shed tears when they see this work are those who have lost their youth and were once shining. closed. (Translation and editing / Akane Yanagi)

2023-05-13 03:35:30
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