Inoue Takehiko Illustrations (Japanese)

Inoue Takehiko Illustrations (Japanese)

In addition to the illustrations of “Slam Dunk” carefully selected by the author, Takehiko Inoue, there are over 30 pages of newly drawn illustrations!

Also included in this artbook – Inoue Takehiko Illustrations (Japanese) – are unreleased setting materials for commercials featuring the characters! 

Slam Dunk is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It was serialized in Shueisha’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1990 to June 1996, with the chapters collected into 31 tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of a basketball team from Shōhoku High School in the Shōnan area of Japan.

The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation which aired from October 1993 to March 1996 and has been broadcast worldwide, enjoying much popularity particularly in Japan, several other Asian countries and Europe.

Slam Dunk has 170 million copies in circulation, making it the seventh best-selling manga series in history.

Biographical Notes:

Takehiko Inoue is a Japanese manga artist, best known for the basketball series, Slam Dunk and the jidaigeki manga, “Vagabond”, which are two of the best-selling manga series in history.

Many of his works are about basketball, Inoue himself being a huge fan of the sport.

Other works by Takehiko Inoue include Piercing, Real, and Adidas Manga Fever.

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