Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game (Japanese: 劇場版 黒子のバスケ LAST GAME, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Kuroko no Basuke Rasuto Gēmu) is a 2017 Japanese animated sports film produced by Production I.G and distributed by Shochiku. This is the first film in the Kuroko's Basketball franchise, created by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was released in Japanese cinemas on March 18, 2017.[2] ODEX later screened the film in Singapore and Malaysia on May 4, 2017,[3] Philippines on May 17, 2017,[4] Indonesia on May 17, 2017, and Vietnam on July 18, 2017.[5] The film began streaming on Netflix on November 14, 2021, with an English dub.[6]
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| Kanji | 劇場版 黒子のバスケ LAST GAME | ||||
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| Directed by | Shunsuke Tada | ||||
| Written by | Noboru Takagi Tadatoshi Fujimaki | ||||
| Based on | Kuroko’s Basketball by Tadatoshi Fujimaki | ||||
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| Cinematography | Eiji Arai | ||||
| Edited by | Junichi Uematsu | ||||
| Music by | Yoshihiro Ike | ||||
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| Distributed by | Shochiku | ||||
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Running time | 90 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| Box office | ¥1 billion[1] | ||||
Synopsis
editThe U.S. street basketball team named Jabberwock (ジャバウォック, Jabauokku) came to Japan and played a friendly match with the Japanese team (Strky (スターキー, Sutākī)), but after the Japanese team suffered a crushing defeat, Jabberwock team members began to mock the Japanese basketball. Their comments infuriated Riko's father, so he assembled a team of five Generation of Miracles members plus Tetsuya Kuroko and Taiga Kagami, called Vorpal Swords (ヴォルパル・ソード, Vu~oruparu Sōdo), to perform a Revenge match (リベンジ • マッチ, Ribenji matchi) against Jabberwock.
Voice cast
editVorpal Swords
edit| Character | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | English | |
| Tetsuya Kuroko (黒子 テツヤ, Kuroko Tetsuya) | Kenshō Ono | Khoi Dao |
| Taiga Kagami (火神 大我, Kagami Taiga) | Yūki Ono | Zeno Robinson |
| Shintarō Midorima (緑間 真太郎, Midorima Shintarō) | Daisuke Ono | Daman Mills |
| Seijūrō Akashi (赤司 征十郎, Akashi Seijūrō) | Hiroshi Kamiya | Aleks Le |
| Daiki Aomine (青峰 大輝, Aomine Daiki) | Junichi Suwabe | Ben Diskin |
| Atsushi Murasakibara (紫原 敦, Murasakibara Atsushi) | Kenichi Suzumura | Robbie Daymond |
| Ryōta Kise (黄瀬 涼太, Kise Ryōta) | Ryohei Kimura | Erik Scott Kimerer |
| Riko Aida (相田 リコ, Aida Riko) | Chiwa Saito | Abby Trott |
| Satsuki Momoi (桃井 さつき, Momoi Satsuki) | Fumiko Orikasa | Xanthe Huynh |
| Kagetora Aida (相田 景虎, Aida Kagetora) | Shinichiro Miki | Keith Silverstein |
| Kousuke Wakamatsu (若松 孝輔, Wakamatsu Kousuke) | Kōsuke Toriumi | Jonah Scott |
| Junpei Hyūga (日向 順平, Hyūga Junpei) | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Alan Lee |
| Kazunari Takao (高尾 和成, Takao Kazunari) | Tatsuhisa Suzuki | Sean Chiplock |
Jabberwock
edit- Nash Gold Jr. (ナッシュ・ゴールド・Jr., Nasshu Gōrudo Jr.)
- Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa[7] (Japanese); David Matranga (English)
- Captain of the American basketball team Jabberwock. Gold has a two-faced personality. Outside the court he was calm, polite and even charming. But as a player in court he is cruel, rude and perhaps the most arrogant in the team. In addition, he seems to have a darker personality when he becomes serious. This can be seen when he revealed his "Belial Eye" to Akashi. Gold becomes even more arrogant, saying that even God can not defeat it.
- Jason Silver (ジェイソン・シルバー, Jeison Shirubā)
- Voiced by: Tetsu Inada[7] (Japanese); Kane Jungbluth-Murry (English)
- One of the members of the American basketball team Jabberwock. Silver is arrogant and ignorant, and he calls himself the "Almighty Me." Along with that he is also very talkative, just to have a lot of interest in women. He will not care about the people around him, unless it's Gold Jr. will be the one who did it. Silver also tends to mock those whom he considers weak.
Production
editThe ending theme song of this movie is "Glorious days" sung by GRANRODEO.[8][9]
Reception
editBox office
editThe film opened in Japan on March 18 on 91 screens. The company sold 124,000 tickets on the weekend for ¥190 million (about US$1.7 million). The film was ranked 6th in attendance on average per screen in its opening weekend having been defeated by Pretty Cure Dream Stars! by Izumi Todo who debuted the same week and beat Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale by Reki Kawahara and Your Name by Makoto Shinkai.[10][11] As of May 15, 2017 the film has grossed a total of over ¥1 billion from 752,856 admissions.[1]
Controversy
editOn May 17, 2017, GSC Movies posted that the parts of the film were supposedly recorded during the Malaysian screening time, and posted online.[12] GSC Movies later wrote the apology statement that it was "greatly threatening" to ODEX, GSC Movies and Japanese film copyright holders.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b "Kuroko's Basketball: Last Game Anime Film Tops 1 Billion Yen". Anime News Network. May 16, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ^ "Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Anime Film Reveals Teaser Visual, Story, Returning Staff". Anime News Network. September 3, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Odex to Screen Kuroko's Basketball Last Game, 21st Detective Conan Films in 5 Southeast Asian Countries". Anime News Network. April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ^ "Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Film Gets Fan Screening in Philippines on Sunday". Anime News Network. May 5, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Kuroko's Basketball Last Game, 21st Detective Conan Film Indonesia, Vietnam Opening Dates Revealed". Anime News Network. April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ Adriana Hazra (October 24, 2021). "Netflix U.S. Adds Kuroko's Basketball: Last Game, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Anime in November". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "Hikaru Midorikawa, Tetsu Inada Join Cast of Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Anime Film". December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ "GRANRODEO Performs Theme Song for Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Film". Anime News Network. November 24, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ^ "Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Film's Teaser Previews Granrodeo's Theme Song". Anime News Network. January 21, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ^ "Precure Dream Stars! Film Opens at #5, but Kuroko's Basketball Earns More". Anime News Network. March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ^ Mikikazu Komatsu (March 22, 2017). "Japan Box Office: "PreCure Dream Stars!" Takes 5th Place in Its Opening Weekend". Crunchyroll. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "GSC Movies Issues Statement Regarding Alleged Unauthorized Filming of Kuroko's Basketball Movie". Anime News Network. May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ "Apology from GSC MOVIES". Facebook. May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
- Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game at IMDb