Kuroko no Basuke ("Kuroko's Basketball") is a basketball manga by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, following the high school student Tetsuya Kuroko and his teammates as they attempt to become the best high school team in Japan.
Kuroko no Basuke (Kuroko's Basketball) is a sports manga series following the high school lives of Tetsuya Kuroko, Kagami Taiga, and rest of the Seirin High basketball team as they attempt to become the best high school team in Japan.
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The original manga, Kuroko no Basuke, ran from December 17, 2011 to September 18, 2013, covering 30 volumes. It was both written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, and was published in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.
A sequel manga by the same author titled Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game began serialization on December 29, 2014, and is still ongoing. It is featured in Jump Next! magazine.
An anime adaption titled Kuroko's Basketball, that currently has 3 seasons. Each one has been produced by the company Production I.G., along with writer Noboru Takagi, and director Shunsuke Tada. The first season ran from April 7, 2012 to September 22, 2012 and had 25 episodes. The second season ran from October 5, 2013 to March 29, 2014 and also had 25 episodes. The third season began airing on January 10, 2015, and ran until July 1, 2015, once again containing 25 episodes.
Additionally, there have been three video games produced from the franchise:
- Kuroko's Basketball: Kiseki no Game (Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Game) was released on August 29, 2012 for the PlayStation Portable platform.
- Kuroko's Basketball: Shōri e no Kiseki (*Kuroko's Basketball: The Path to Victory), which released on February 20, 2014 for the Nintendo 3DS.
- Kuroko's Basketball: Mirai e no Kizuna (Kuroko's Basketball: Bonds for the Future) was released on March 26, 2015, again for the Nintendo 3DS.
- Tetsuya Kuroko also appears as a support character in the game J-Stars Victory VS.
See also:
- Kuroko's Basketball on Wikipedia
- The Kuroko's Basketball Wiki
