SLAM DUNK is a manga from Japan. It is about basketball. It was written by Takehiko Inoue and serialized in "Weekly Shonen jump" from 1990 to 1996. This comic caused a big basketball boom in the 1990's. As of August 2018, the cumulative circulation of the domestic series has exceeded 120 million. It was made into 31 comic books and 101 animations. Its animations were broadcast on TV Asahi from 1993 to 1996. The comics have been printed in 17 countries.