About Slam Dunk
Slam Dunk, created by Takehiko Inoue, is about Sakuragi Hanamichi and his first year on the Shohoku high school
basketball team. This series is a sports manga and it might turn people away initially from reading it; which is a
definite shame because Slam Dunk is wonderful series.
This is Takehiko Inoue's first major success - if you're more familiar with his other popular creation,
Vagabond, this should be right up your ally.
Slam Dunk is a sports series but it doesn't just solely focus on basketball. It has everything a manga should have: great characters, an inspiring story, hilarious scenes, and exceptional artwork. After watching/reading countless other series it has come to my attention that Slam Dunk is simply one of my favorites.
Evening: All Volumes Posted!View Slam Dunk Manga Online
Slam Dunk has been licensed by
Raijin Comics. Please support the English version if you enjoy this series.
Current Status:
· Next Update: Volume
1-6 on 8/21
· Rotating Volume: 1-31
· Length: 31 Volumes (Complete)
Downloads:
Volume 01
· Volume 02
· Volume 03
· Volume 04
· Volume 05
· Volume 06
· Volume 07
· Volume 08
· Volume 09
· Volume 10
· Volume 11
· Volume 12
· Volume 13
· Volume 14
· Volume 15
· Volume 16
· Volume 17
· Volume 18
· Volume 19
· Volume 20
· Volume 21
· Volume 22
· Volume 23
· Volume 24
· Volume 25
· Volume 26
· Volume 27
· Volume 28
· Volume 29
· Volume 30
· Volume 31
· Purchase Volumes Here
Extras:
· View "Slam Dunk 10 Days Later" - the final chapter!
· Preview Anime Video
· Purchase Manga
· Discuss on Message Forum
Also Recommended:
· H2
· Hajime no Ippo
· Real
· Vagabond
Support Official Release
Slam Dunk has been licensed for English release, however the project is on hiatus according to
Raijin Comics
.
I haven't been following this but it seems
that they have been on hiatus for a few years now. The only information I've read about Slam Dunk's release being on hold
have been on various message boards and from what I hear it doesn't look like the
Slam Dunk project is coming back anytime soon.
In any case, this goes to show that English translated manga series need your support now more than ever.
It is a lot of work and money picking up the license and distributing the series to vendors and it makes me mad when a great
series like Slam Dunk is put on hiatus because no one is supporting it. I'm sure there are a number of other reasons why
the series has been discontinued but I feel it's most likely the company that licensed it failed because of lack of support.
If you enjoy Slam Dunk, please try to support it. I'm not saying this guarantees the series will be continued by Raijin Comics
but perhaps a larger company like Viz or Tokyo Pop will buy the license.
The bottom line is Slam Dunk is one of the best series out there in my opinion and it'd be a shame if
it didn't get fully released in English. Support the English release if you can and who knows what will happen.
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Information & Rotation
The manga scans you will find on this site are ones created by fans. They are not scanned versions of the licensed English versions. On the topic of licensed manga series, I do host licensed series unlike many sites that take down manga scans when they get licensed.
I feel that showcasing the series actually helps in sales. I usually do not host entire series (usually just the beginning or latter volumes) so people tend to purchase the actual graphic novels when they find out how good they are.
As for the fansubbed manga scans, they are created by manga scanlation groups. You can get a full list of groups over at Manga Jouhou. These groups create these fansubs for the fans - I simply distribute
them online. Within each series you will certainly see information pertaining to the groups that created the manga scans. Please support the groups by visiting their web site or mIRC channel.
At Spectrum Nexus we try to offer viewers a wide variety of manga series.
For that reason I have implemented a
manga rotation. Certain long series, such as Hajime no Ippo
(well over 80 volumes long), are under this manga rotation scheme because I can't host
all of the volumes at once. The rotation
consists of showing a set amount of volumes, then every Monday or Thursday they will
rotate out and in will come a new batch. I have found this helps on the
servers and allows me to keep this site up without ever asking for donations.
