The First Slam Dunk is already more successful in Japan than Evangelion: 3.0+1.0

“The first Slam Dunk“It was a spectacular success in Asia, which shows that despite the years of not having new content for this brutal work by Takehiko Inoue… well, there was a huge urge for him to move again. Let’s see, in the end we are talking about a finished manga, so there is always a limit to what we can do, but it is clear that a second era of anime would be received with open arms by the public.

The First Slam Dunk continues to stand out as the success to relaunch the franchise

Now, in a new report from the Japanese box office, it has been found that “The First Slam Dunk” has already made more money at the box office than one of the biggest hits of recent years: “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0” (via ANN):

• The latest data from The First Slam Dunk at the box office in Japan We are left with the following numbers:
  • 7.11 million tickets sold.
  • 10.3 billion yen raised, or so we understand each other: €72.35 million.
• What does this new data from The First Slam Dunk imply? so what snatches Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 the position of the 12th highest-grossing anime film in Japanese history. In turn, it is also located in the overall position number 38 in the historical box office of the country.
• For those who don’t know, The First Slam Dunk has been preserved for more than two months since its release (December 3) as the top-grossing film every weekend in Japan. Not only that, but when it was released in other Asian countries, like South Korea, spurred a dramatic increase in sales of basketball sports equipment, thus causing a resurgence of the sport in areas where it is generally not as popular.