Episode Hive Logo
Show cover for Slam Dunk

The Worst Episodes of Slam Dunk

Every episode of Slam Dunk ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Slam Dunk!

Sakuragi Hanamichi is a junior high punk used to getting into fights and being rejected by girls but upon entering high school he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko Akagi. He will do anything in order to win her heart including joining the school basketball team that is aiming to conquer the nation lead by Haruko's brother. The problem is that Sakuragi has never played basketball before and a freshman sensation is stealing the spotlight and Haruko's affection from him.

Genres:AnimationComedy
Network:tv asahi

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Slam Dunk" is "A Gutless Afternoon", rated 7.3/10 from 172 user votes. It was directed by Hiromichi Matano and written by Yoshiyuki Suga. "A Gutless Afternoon" aired on 11/20/1993 and is rated 0.0 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Hanamichi's Crisis! The Judo Man's Snare".

  • A Gutless Afternoon
    7.3/10 172 votes

    #1 - A Gutless Afternoon

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/1993

    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.

    Director: Hiromichi Matano

    Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga

  • Hanamichi's Crisis! The Judo Man's Snare
    7.3/10 190 votes

    #2 - Hanamichi's Crisis! The Judo Man's Snare

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rukawa vs. Akagi. The Real Showdown!
    7.4/10 166 votes

    #3 - Rukawa vs. Akagi. The Real Showdown!

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/1993

    Akagi decides to test Rukawa's skills against his own to see if Rukawa really has the talent everyone says he does.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Basketball Man Hanamichi Joins the Team
    7.5/10 186 votes

    #4 - Basketball Man Hanamichi Joins the Team

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I Will Play Basketball!
    7.5/10 164 votes

    #5 - I Will Play Basketball!

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/25/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Special Secret Love Training for Two!?
    7.5/10 130 votes

    #6 - Special Secret Love Training for Two!?

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Beginning of Interhigh Preliminaries
    7.5/10 88 votes

    #7 - The Beginning of Interhigh Preliminaries

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 5/28/1994

    The tournament is finally making its approach. Sakuragi is anxious to play against Sendo again, but Shohoku will have to deal with Miuradai first.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hanamichi! Pennant Race Debut
    7.5/10 88 votes

    #8 - Hanamichi! Pennant Race Debut

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 6/18/1994

    The match starts, and Anzai refuses to put Sakuragi, Rukawa, Mitsui, and Miyagi, in the starting line-up. For what reason? As punishment for fighting. Will Anzai keep it like this for the entire game?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hanamichi's Debut! Dunk Attack
    7.6/10 171 votes

    #9 - Hanamichi's Debut! Dunk Attack

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The 'Beginner's Shot' ....Is Hard!
    7.6/10 136 votes

    #10 - The 'Beginner's Shot' ....Is Hard!

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Basketball Shoes
    7.6/10 111 votes

    #11 - Basketball Shoes

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/19/1994

    The next day, Haruko has to accompany Sakuragi to the sports shop to buy a new pair of shoes because his old shoes are in a bad shape after the practice game with Ryonan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Formidable Enemy Miuradai's Secret Weapon
    7.6/10 90 votes

    #12 - Formidable Enemy Miuradai's Secret Weapon

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 7/2/1994

    Miuradai revealed a secret weapon of theirs that'll help them try and overcome Shohoku, and that's the ox Nato.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Die Basketball! Hanamichi vs. Rukawa
    7.7/10 237 votes

    #13 - Die Basketball! Hanamichi vs. Rukawa

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/1993

    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.

    Director: Masayuki Akehi

    Writer: N/A

  • Beat Ryonan! Hard Training Before the Decisive Game
    7.7/10 145 votes

    #14 - Beat Ryonan! Hard Training Before the Decisive Game

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/1994

    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.....

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shohoku vs Ryonan the Fired Up Captain!
    7.7/10 126 votes

    #15 - Shohoku vs Ryonan the Fired Up Captain!

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Introspective Army's Big Counterattack
    7.7/10 89 votes

    #16 - The Introspective Army's Big Counterattack

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 6/25/1994

    With four of Shohoku's best players finally entering in the game, the tables turn quickly as they narrow the lead down to only 2. Sakuragi was hacked on a play, giving him two shots at the freethrow line. Though things were tough for him, as nervousness broke his concentration, and his imagination started running wild.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ryonan's genius plan
    7.7/10 3 votes

    #17 - Ryonan's genius plan

    Season 1 Episode 63 - Aired 4/8/1995

    The anticipated match up between two of the best teams in the region commences. One of the biggest surprises was how Sendoh was handling point guard duties, and was doing an efficient job of it with Ryonan getting a head start against Kainan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Guys - Sakuragi Gang
    7.7/10 3 votes

    #18 - Guys - Sakuragi Gang

    Season 1 Episode 92 - Aired 1/13/1996

    The Sakuragi gang look for jobs in order to collect money to afford train tickets to the national games.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Super Basketball Match! Ryonan's Attack of Angry Waves
    7.8/10 148 votes

    #19 - Super Basketball Match! Ryonan's Attack of Angry Waves

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1994

    Sakuragi keeps begging Anzai to let him join the game. At 14 mins, Ryonan has a 0-15 lead, with everyone cheering for Sendoh. Sendoh and Uozumi, both play briliantly. The first half ends with a score of 42-50.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Two Minutes! I'm Taking Sendo Down!
    7.8/10 160 votes

    #20 - The Last Two Minutes! I'm Taking Sendo Down!

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/5/1994

    Sendoh is amazed at how good Shohoku has become, thus begins to take the game seriously. Anzai then, calls both Rukawa and Sakuragi to approach, to tell them of his plan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mitsui's Peak, Trouble at 15
    7.8/10 177 votes

    #21 - Mitsui's Peak, Trouble at 15

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 5/14/1994

    It seems that Mitsui was once a great basketball player himself before High School. Though something happened during practice that changed his life forever.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hanamichi's First Start
    7.8/10 78 votes

    #22 - Hanamichi's First Start

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 9/10/1994

    Anzai-sensei decides to start Sakuragi, much to everyone's shock. He figures that with his height and drive he'll be the perfect weapon to use against Shoyo.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Birth of a Genius Basketman?!?
    7.9/10 278 votes

    #23 - The Birth of a Genius Basketman?!?

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/1993

    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.

    Director: Nobutaka Nishizawa

    Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga

  • Who Is This Guy?! Taoka's Miscalculation
    7.9/10 123 votes

    #24 - Who Is This Guy?! Taoka's Miscalculation

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1994

    With just 8 minutes left in the second half, Ryonan is still leading. Taoka tells the Ryonan to continue to attack. Sakuragi plays whole-heartily and this impressed Sendoh.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rebound King. Hanamichi Sakuragi's Agony
    7.9/10 122 votes

    #25 - Rebound King. Hanamichi Sakuragi's Agony

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1994

    Ryonan is leading with 3 points ahead of Shohoku, Taoka said that the game will depends on how Sakuragi plays. Meanwhile, Sakuragi begins to realize how important rebounds are.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A