Slam Dunk Faces Own Copying Charges

I waited hoping someone I read posted a link to the photos and the art involved, but it looks like the January issue of a magazine called Cyzo is taking Takehiko Inoue to task for using NBA-related photographs in the making of Slam Dunk. Inoue had recently been successful in seeing Eden No Hana by Yuki Suetsugu recalled from the market for copying from Slam Dunk.

Beyond the irony hook, this could be an interesting story for the relatively high profile of the accused, and the concept of copying from photos as cheating. Regarding the former, the basketball-themed manga ran in Shonen Jump for several years in the 1990s and its books have sold over 100 million copies. If I remember correctly, enthusiasm for Slam Dunk is part of what led Stuart Levy to start Tokyopop, although TP didn't handle the property in English.

Update: The great Kevin Melrose informs me those crazy kids at Anime News Network have been talking about this for about a month now. Includes pictures.
 
posted 12:29 pm PST | Permalink
 

---

 
Daily Blog Archives
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
 
Full Archives