SLAM DUNK

One of my fave anime besides Detective Conan.
Unlike Conan, this anime didnt really boom.
I mean, Slam Dunk didnt go overseas and long lasting.
It's only has 101 episodes. Quite short, for a good anime like this.

By look its title we can know that it's about basketball.
I know Slam Dunk around 2003. When i was a freshgirl in junior high.
Luckily, i attended a school which famous by the basketball team.
Kinda match huh? Lol.

It tells about 'new year' of Shohoku high school, which never got any chance to get into final match.
The main character is Sakuragi Hanamichi. The read-headed who easily angry.
He has very good and loyal friends, Yohei, Takamiya, Oukusu, and Noma. They are called Sakuragi's gundam.
He has been rejected by about 50 girls in junior high *awesome huh? lol* and used to very depressed. But since he met Haruko Akagi his life became cheerful again haha.
His rival is Kaede Rukawa (not the only one, but i can say his first rival). He hates Rukawa because Rukawa is a very good player and Haruko has a big crush on him (even Rukawa never give a damn about it haha).
In this anime we can see Hanamichi, you can name it, from zero to hero :)
But of course, Rukawa is unbeatable by him hahaha *evilaugh*

My favorite character is Kaede Rukawa, Kaede Rukawa, and Kaede Rukawa hahaha.
I also adore Hisashi Mitsui and Shoiciro Jin because the three point shoots. Akira Sendoh for being a very good player besides Rukawa. And Kenji Fujima, for the charisma, both being a player or coach (yes, he is a coach while the player too! Super cool!).

My favorite moment is when Mitsui declares he wants to play basketball again *that's very touching*, when Shohoku wins against Shoyo, and when Rukawa fights alone for increase Shohoku's scores (against Ryonan, and the more, against Kainan). Ah, also when Shohoku finally became the second place and went to interhigh with Kainan. They cheered up along with coach Anzai :')

You know what, Rukawa Kaede is my crush since i was 11 until now.
I never forget about him at all hahaha.
His jersey number, 11, is my fave number all the time :)