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Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game

Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game (劇場版 黒子のバスケ LAST GAME) 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.[1] ODEX later screened the film in Singapore and Malaysia on May 4, 2017,[2] Philippines on May 17, 2017,[3] Indonesia on May 17, 2017, and Vietnam on July 18, 2017.[4] The film began streaming on Netflix on November 14, 2021, with an English dub.[5]

Synopsis

The U.S. street basketball team named Jabberwock (ジャバウォック) came to Japan and played a friendly match with the Japanese team Strky (スターキー), 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), to perform a revenge match against Jabberwock.

Voice cast

Vorpal Swords

Jabberwock

  • Nash Gold Jr. (ナッシュ・ゴールド・Jr.)
  • Captain of the American basketball team Jabberwock, Gold has a two-faced personality. Outside the court, he was calm, polite, and even charming. However, as a player in court Gold is cruel and rude. Nash also seems to have a darker personality when he becomes serious, which can be seen when he revealed his "Belial Eye" to Akashi. Gold becomes even more arrogant, saying that even God cannot defeat it.
  • Jason Silver (ジェイソン・シルバー)
  • One of the members of the American basketball team Jabberwock. Arrogant and ignorant, Silver calls himself the "Almighty Me". He is also sociable, only to have a lot of interest in women. Silver will not care about the people around him, unless it is Gold Jr. will be the one who did it. He also tends to mock those whom he considers weak.

Production

The ending theme song of this film is "Glorious Days" sung by Granrodeo.[7][8]

Reception

Box office

Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game 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 sixth in attendance on average per screen in its opening weekend, having been defeated by Pretty Cure Dream Stars! by Izumi Todo – which debuted the same week – and beat Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale by Reki Kawahara as well as Your Name by Makoto Shinkai.[9][10] As of May 15, 2017, the film has grossed a total of over ¥1 billion from 752,856 admissions.[11]

Controversy

On 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]

External links

References

  1. Jennifer Sherman. Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Anime Film Reveals Teaser Visual, Story, Returning Staff Anime News Network, Kadokawa Group, September 3, 2016, retrieved September 6, 2020^
  2. Crystalyn Hodgkins. Odex to Screen Kuroko's Basketball Last Game, 21st Detective Conan Films in 5 Southeast Asian Countries Anime News Network, Kadokawa Group, April 10, 2017, retrieved April 14, 2021^
  3. Rafael Antonio Pineda. Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Film Gets Fan Screening in Philippines on Sunday Anime News Network, Kadokawa Group, May 5, 2017, retrieved May 9, 2021^
  4. Rafael Antonio Pineda. Kuroko's Basketball Last Game, 21st Detective Conan Film Indonesia, Vietnam Opening Dates Revealed Anime News Network, Kadokawa Group, April 19, 2017, retrieved April 25, 2021^
  5. Adriana Hazra. Netflix U.S. Adds Kuroko's Basketball: Last Game, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Anime in November Anime News Network, October 24, 2021, retrieved October 25, 2021^
  6. Crystalyn Hodgkins. Hikaru Midorikawa, Tetsu Inada Join Cast of Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Anime Film December 3, 2016, retrieved December 7, 2020^
  7. Rafael Antonio Pineda. Granrodeo Performs Theme Song for Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Film Anime News Network, November 24, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2017^
  8. Crystalyn Hodgkins. Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Film's Teaser Previews Granrodeo's Theme Song Anime News Network, Kadokawa Group, January 21, 2017, retrieved March 22, 2017^
  9. Rafael Antonio Pineda. Precure Dream Stars! Film Opens at #5, but Kuroko's Basketball Earns More Anime News Network, Kadokawa Group, March 21, 2017, retrieved March 22, 2017^
  10. Mikikazu Komatsu. Japan Box Office: "PreCure Dream Stars!" Takes 5th Place in Its Opening Weekend Crunchyroll, Sony Group, March 22, 2017, retrieved December 5, 2017^
  11. Rafael Antonio Pineda. Kuroko's Basketball: Last Game Anime Film Tops 1 Billion Yen Anime News Network, May 16, 2017, retrieved March 18, 2018^
  12. Rafae Antoniol Pineda. GSC Movies Issues Statement Regarding Alleged Unauthorized Filming of Kuroko's Basketball Movie Anime News Network, May 18, 2017, retrieved May 22, 2021^
  13. Apology from GSC Movies Facebook, May 17, 2017, retrieved May 22, 2021^