Released in 2017, overcome 'Your Name'.

Source : Movie poster

[The Facts | [Reporter Jeong Byeong-geun] The movie 'The First Slam Dunk' has set the record for the highest box office revenue for a Japanese anime released in Korea.

According to a computer network that aggregates movie tickets on the 5th, 'The First Slam Dunk' has surpassed 3.81 million cumulative audience this morning. It is the highest-grossing Japanese animated movie ever released in Korea. The previous record was 3.8 million viewers for Makoto Shinkai's 'Your Name', which was released in 2017.

'The First Slam Dunk' is a movie based on the popular 1990 manga 'Slam Dunk', written and directed by Takehiko Inoue, the original author. It was released in Korea on January 4, and reached the No.1 domestic box office record for Japanese anime after 61 days.

'The First Slam Dunk' depicts the dreams, passions and unstoppable challenges of five Buksan High School basketball teams who dream of winning the national championship. Song Tae-seop, the number one guard who is 168cm tall, was chosen as the main character instead of Kang Baek-ho, the main character of the original work to set the plot apart from the original.

'The First Slam Dunk', which received a lot of attention from 30s and 40s male audiences who had memories of the 1990s in the early days of its release. It went viral and expanded to a wide audience like 10s and 20s and women, leading to a long box office success. It is expected to be able to pass 4 million viewers with current trends.