Takehiko Inoue x Yuta Watanabe Special Talk 02

◆Takehiko Inoue x Yuta Watanabe・01＞＞“I felt like I finally became an NBA player.”

In 2016, the B League, a professional basketball league, was born in Japan, and in 2019, it will participate in the World Cup for the first time since 2006. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the women’s team won a silver medal, and at the Tokyo Paralympics, wheelchair basketball won a silver medal. And the men’s World Cup is about to begin…

In this series of movements, we must not forget the existence of the manga “SLAM DUNK” by Takehiko Inoue. The movie “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK” was released in December 2022, 26 years after the serialization ended, and is still recording an unprecedented blockbuster.

Yuta Watanabe was also greatly inspired and influenced by SLAM DUNK.

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Yuta Watanabe (left) and Takehiko Inoue (right) talking about “SLAM DUNK” See photos related to this article

[I will definitely screen it until Yuta Watanabe returns to Japan]

The movie “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK” released on December 3, 2022 was a huge hit, becoming a social phenomenon not only in Japan, but all over the world.

Watanabe, who is a fan of “SLAM DUNK”, also tweeted, “Isn’t the Slam Dunk movie shown in the United States… I’m jealous of the people who go to see it, Mr. Anzai, I’d like to see a movie” (original mom). After returning to Japan, Mr. Watanabe, who was able to watch the movie safely, sent a wave of moving words to Mr. Inoue.

WatanabeI thought I was going to talk about “SLAM DUNK” this time, so I came with my shoulders turned (in high spirits).

Inoue(laughs)

WatanabeFinally. I can finally tell this story.

Inoue(smile).

WatanabeThe movie was so funny!

Inouethank you.

WatanabeWhen the screening started, I always thought that I wouldn’t be able to see it when I returned to Japan next time. That’s why I was pretty vague on Twitter.