Kuroko's Basketball
Japanese manga series
Kuroko's Basketball, known in Japan as Kuroko no Basket (黒子のバスケ), is a Japanese sports manga series created by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2008 to September 2014. An anime television series based on this manga was produced by Production I.G. It began airing in 2012. A second season of the anime began airing in October 2013 and a third season began airing in January 2015. An anime movie based on Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game manga premiered in Japan on March 18, 2017.
| Kuroko's Basketball | |
| 黒子のバスケ (Kuroko no Basuke) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, sports[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tadatoshi Fujimaki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | December 8, 2008 – September 1, 2014 |
| Volumes | 30 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Sawako Hirabayashi |
| Illustrated by | Tadatoshi Fujimaki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 4, 2011 – May 2, 2014 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shunsuke Tada |
| Written by | Noburo Takagi |
| Music by | Ryosuke Nakanishi R・O・N Alpha Eastman Yoshihiro Ike (seasons 2–3) |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| Original network | MBS, Tokyo MX, BS11 |
| Original run | April 7, 2012 – June 30, 2015 |
| Episodes | 75 |
| Manga | |
| Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game | |
| Written by | Tadatoshi Fujimaki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Jump Next! |
| Original run | December 29, 2014 – March 3, 2016 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime movie series | |
| Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation | |
| Directed by | Shunsuke Tada |
| Written by | Noburo Takagi |
| Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| Released | September 3, 2016 (Part 1) October 8, 2016 (Part 2) December 3, 2016 (Part 3) |
| Runtime | 90 minutes[2] (Part 1) 88 minutes[3] (Part 2) 90 minutes[4] (Part 3) |
| Anime movie | |
| Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game | |
| Directed by | Shunsuke Tada |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| Released | March 18, 2017 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
Kuroko's Basketball was the third highest selling manga series of 2013. In 2013, around 8,761,081 copies of this manga were sold.[5]
References
change- ↑ "The Official Website for Kuroko's Basketball". Viz Media. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ↑ 黒子のバスケ ウインターカップ総集編 ～影と光～(2016) [Kuroko's Basketball Winter Cup Compilation ~Shadow and Light~]. allcinema (in Japanese). Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ↑ 黒子のバスケ ウインターカップ総集編 ～涙の先へ～(2016) [Kuroko's Basketball Winter Cup Compilation ~Beyond the Tears~]. allcinema (in Japanese). Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ↑ 黒子のバスケ ウインターカップ総集編 ～扉の向こう～ (2016) [Kuroko's Basketball Winter Cup Compilation ~Crossing the Door~]. allcinema (in Japanese). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2013". Anime News Network. 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
