This anime is centered around basketball, where a team of 5 players try to prove their worth and skills and play the basketball they love, overcoming the many obstacles they had to face. Despite its many flaws, it was an enjoyable ride for me. Art & Animation (5): It was pretty obvious that the animation was bad. I do understand that this was made in 2003; but slam dunk was made in 1993, and i still think it had better animation than this. The faces get really weird at some scenes, and it didnt have a smooth flow; any basketball anime needs to have anice flow to be able to accurately and entertainingly portray the action of any match. It was hard to know how they got past the opposing members sometimes, and sometimes the defenders on the other team were not defending at all! The character design wasn't really bad, even though i personally think Aikawa's hair was really weird. Overall, the execution was not well done.

Sound (8):

I really hated the opening at first, but it was somehow catchy, and I got used to it in the end. The ending song, however, was awful; but that might just be personal preference. The sound effects were done well, and the music that played at certain scenes fit them. As for the voice acting, I thought it was very good, and the voices compliment the characters.

Story (7):

The story was'nt really extraordinary, but that was to be expected. Most basketball animes tend to have similar story lines, which are pretty normal. There were some original ideas, however. The whole idea of the club being dis-functional before Aikawa came; also, the addition of a female basketball team. I thought the female team was a great idea and a first in the anime industry, however, it was not well executed. The team served only as practice partners for the boys' team and as support. It should have had its own hurdles to overcome, which were almost none. The individuals of the team faced personal problems, but the team as a whole never did.

Character (7):

The characters were not really that special, but some of them still grow on you. For me, most of the girls, save for Satomi and Mai, were really annoying. The boys were kind of interesting, and we got to explore the pasts of some of them. The opponents were also good, nothing special though. East Honmoku was the rival team that grew on me most, and i thought they were the source of most of the comedy in the whole show.

Enjoyment (8):

Despite the bad animation and the unnecessary scenes, I quite enjoyed this series. The story was so attractive that it made me watch the 26 episodes in 2 days. The more the story unfolds, the more interested it makes you in what's coming next. Although it had its flows, this show was still very enjoyable for me, as I'm sure it was for others as well.