Episode
Slam Dunk: Gorilla vs. Hanamichi! Big Showdown!
Overview
When Hanamichi calls basketball a 'dumb game', the captain of the basketball team challenges him because Hanamichi had made fun of his favorite game of all!
Details
- Series
- Slam Dunk
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1993-11-06
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Gorilla vs. Hanamichi! Big Showdown! is Episode 3 in Season 1 of Slam Dunk. It aired on 1993-11-06. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 2: Die Basketball! Hanamichi vs. Rukawa
After Rukawa beats up those thugs, Hanamichi is shocked and asks him for his name. When he discovers that he is the one that Haruko has a crush on, he becaomes angry. Then, Haruko comes and helps Rukawa with his wounds, but he dismisses her and this makes Hanamichi very angry. Haruko mistakes Hanamichi for injuring Rukawa and she says that she hates Hanamichi. Hanamichi's world comes tumbling down again.
Episode 4: Basketball Man Hanamichi Joins the Team
Sakuragi mananges to dunk over/through Akagi. Akagi is intrigued by Sakuragi's raw power, but doesn't think he's got the drive to make it on the team. Still, he ponders what the team would be like if he was to join.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: The Birth of a Genius Basketman?!?
After being dumped by Yoko, a girl he really liked in Junior High, Sakuragi Hanamichi was devastated. On the first day of school, he was approached by a girl who asked him whether he likes basketball or not. He immediately said he loves it although he has no idea how to play the sport. His world is filled with hope again.
Episode 5: A Gutless Afternoon
Sakuragi Hanamichi has been training in the basics for two weeks under Ayako and he wants to play with the other. Akagi refused to let him play. Out of frustration, he quits the team. But after seeing Haruko's face, he changes his mind again.
Episode 6: Rukawa vs. Akagi. The Real Showdown!
Akagi decides to test Rukawa's skills against his own to see if Rukawa really has the talent everyone says he does.
Episode 7: Hanamichi's Debut! Dunk Attack
After successfully persuading Anzai to let him join the game, Sakuragi shows how much he has improved in basic skills such as dribbling. But in the game, he refuses to pass the ball to Rukawa out of jealousy.
Episode 8: Hanamichi's Crisis! The Judo Man's Snare
Impressed by Sakuragi's raw power and general brute force, the captain of the judo club tries to recruit him away from the Basketball team.
Episode 9: I Will Play Basketball!
Sakuragi declines Aota's offer of joining the Judo club. Kogure and Ayako were overjoyed at Sakuragi's refusal and Akagi was very much impressed by Sakuragi's words.
Episode 10: The 'Beginner's Shot' ....Is Hard!
After getting the permission to allow Sakuragi to learn the basics of shooting, Akagi asked Rukawa to demonstrate how to do lay-up shot. But Sakuragi got into a fight with Rukawa instead.
Episode 11: Special Secret Love Training for Two!?
Having mastered dribbling and passing, Sakuragi moves on to shooting, which is a lot harder than he had anticipated. Frustrated by his lack of skil, Sakuragi gets some extra help from an unlikely source: Haruko.
Episode 12: Beat Ryonan! Hard Training Before the Decisive Game
The night before their game with Ryounan, Akagi decides to try and teach Sakuragi basic defense, starting with rebounding. Learning quickly, Sakuragi impresses Akagi. After the practice session, Sakuragi encounters a scout from Ryounan, and fills him in on who the REAL star is.....
Episode 13: Shohoku vs Ryonan the Fired Up Captain!
Sakuragi is eager to play too, thinking of what Akagi has told him the previuos night. At Ryonan High, Anzai is greeted by Ryonan coach, Moichi Taoka. In the locker room, Anzai finally announces the starting five players who are Akagi, Yasuda, Shiozaki, Kogure and Rukawa.