Kuroko's Basketball, known in Japan as Kuroko no Basuke (é»'åã®ãƒã‚¹ã‚±), is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. The rendering The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays also appears in the artwork of the Japanese version. It has been serialized in Weekly ShÅnen Jump since December 2008; the individual chapters are being published in tankÅbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on April 3, 2009, and the 30th volume released as of December 2014. The series concluded on September 1, 2014, however a sequel to the manga will appear in Jump Next starting on December 2014.
Kuroko's Basketball tells the story of a high school basketball team trying to make it to the national tournament. The manga has been adapted into two anime series by Production I.G which aired between 2012 and 2014. A third season will be released January 2015.
Plot
The basketball team of TeikÅ Middle School rose to distinction by demolishing all competition. The regulars of the team became known as the "Generation of Miracles". After graduating from middle school, these five stars went to different high schools with top basketball teams. However, a fact few know is that there was another player in the "Generation of Miracles": a phantom sixth man. This mysterious player is now a freshman at Seirin High, a new school with a powerful, if little-known, team. Now, Kuroko Tetsuya- the sixth member of the "Generation of Miracles", and Kagami Taiga- a naturally talented player who spent most of middle school in the US, aim to bring Seirin to the top of Japan and begin taking on Kuroko's former teammates one by one.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, Kuroko's Basketball has been serialized in the manga anthology Weekly ShÅnen Jump since December, 2008. The chapters have been published into tankÅbon volumes by Shueisha since April 3, 2009. As of December 5, 2014, 30 tankÅbon volumes have been released. The manga ended on September 1, 2014 in Weekly Shonen Jump's 40th issue. In December 2014 a sequel will appear in Jump Next.
Anime
The anime adaptation based on the Kuroko's Basketball manga chapters is produced by Production I.G. The series premiered on April 7, 2012 and ended on September 22, 2012. On April 5, 2012, Crunchyroll announced that they would simulcast the anime as part of their spring lineup of anime titles. As of September 22, 2012, the anime ended with a total of 25 episodes. The second season premiered on October 6, 2013 and ended on March 29, 2014, also with 25 episodes. According to the Shounen Jump news, the third season's first episode will be released on January 10, 2015.
Light novels
Five series of light novels have been written by Sawako Hirabayashi called Kuroko's Basketball: Replace and illustrated by Fujimaki. Each light novel focuses on the members of the Generation of Miracles. The first light novel Replace was released on March 4, 2011.
Audio CDs
The music for the Kuroko's Basketball anime series were directed by four different composers. Ryosuke Nakanishi, R・O・N, and Alpha Eastman were in charge of the first season while Yoshihiro Ike was in charge of the second season.
Video games
Two video games based on Kuroko's Basketball have been released. The first game Kuroko's Basketball: Kiseki no Game (é»'åã®ãƒã‚¹ã‚± ã‚ã‚»ã‚ã®è©¦åˆ, Kuroko no Basuke Kiseki no GÄmu, Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Game) was released on August 9, 2012 for PlayStation Portable. A second game Kuroko's Basketball: ShÅri e no Kiseki (é»'åã®ãƒã‚¹ã‚± -å‹åˆ©ã¸ã®ã‚ã‚»ã‚-, Kuroko's Basketball: The Path to Victory) was released on February 20, 2014 for the Nintendo 3DS. ShÅri e no Kiseki sold 45,681 copies in its first four days on sale. Kuroko also appears as a support character in the Jump crossover fighting game J-Stars Victory Vs.
Reception
The Kuroko no Basuke manga has sold nine million units in Japan as of September 2012. Individual volumes frequently appeared on the lists of best-selling manga in Japan, and many editions have been in the 2012 Top-Selling Manga. DVD sales of the series have also been featured in the Japanese anime DVD ranking various times. Kuroko's Basketball was the third highest selling manga series of 2013, with 8,761,081 copies sold in a year. As of 2013 the manga has sold over 23 million manga copies.
Controversies
After the anime began airing in 2012, the series became popular with dÅjinshi circles, particularly for yaoi dÅjinshi, though there is no yaoi in the series itself. Several events at which doujinshi of the series were to be sold, as well as several other locations linked to the series and the author Tadatoshi Fujimaki, including a television station airing the anime, a convenience store chain selling items of the series, and Fujimaki's alma mater Sophia University, received threatening letters containing a powder or liquid substance. It is still unknown if it is one individual behind all the threatening letters, nor is the reason for the threats known. Multiple doujinshi events, including Comiket, banned content related to the series, barring creators from selling Kuroko no Basuke-themed doujinshi at their events. The suspect, who was later revealed to be a 36-year old man named Hirofumi Watanabe, was eventually caught and was arrested on December 15, 2013. Due to the loss of Kuroko's Basketball doujinshi because of the threats, there will be a special event that will specifically focus on doujinshi related to the series affectionately named Kuroket, organized by the Comic Market Preparatory Committee, to be held during the Comiket Special 6 - Otaku Summit 2015 on March 29, 2015.
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