Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season (Kuroko's Basketball 3)

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Synonyms: Kuroko no Basuke 3rd Season, The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays

Japanese: 黒子のバスケ

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Type: TV

Episodes: 25

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 11, 2015 to Jun 30, 2015

Premiered: Winter 2015

Broadcast: Sundays at 01:58 (JST)

Producers: Bandai Visual, Lantis, Nihon Ad Systems, Banpresto, Shueisha, BS11

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Production I.G

Source: Manga

Genre: Sports

Themes: School, Team Sports

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.29¹ (scored by 471,824 users)

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Ranked: #271²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #253

Members: 762,178

Favorites: 5,102

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Synopsis

Seirin prepares to face major obstacles on their path to winning the Winter Cup, including the teams each possessing a member of the Generation of Miracles. Kuroko goes head-to-head with his old teammates once more as he attempts to show them that individual skill is not the only way to play basketball. His firm belief that his form of basketball, team play, is the right way to play the sport will clash with the talents of a perfect copy and an absolute authority.

While Kuroko tries to prove that his basketball is "right," he and the rest of Seirin High ultimately have one goal: to win the Winter Cup and overcome the strength of the Generation of Miracles, who have long dominated the scene of middle and high school basketball.

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Adaptation:	Kuroko no Basket
Prequel:	Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season
Other:	Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season NG-shuu
Side story:	Kuroko no Basket: Saikou no Present desu, Kuroko no Basket: Oshaberi Shiyou ka
Sequel:	Kuroko no Basket Movie 4: Last Game
Summary:	Kuroko no Basket Movie 3: Winter Cup - Tobira no Mukou

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kuroko, Tetsuya

Main

Ono, Kensho
Japanese

Kagami, Taiga

Main

Ono, Yuuki
Japanese

Aomine, Daiki

Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi
Japanese

Akashi, Seijuurou

Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese

Kise, Ryouta

Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei
Japanese

Midorima, Shintarou

Supporting

Ono, Daisuke
Japanese

Murasakibara, Atsushi

Supporting

Suzumura, Kenichi
Japanese

Kiyoshi, Teppei

Supporting

Hamada, Kenji
Japanese

Takao, Kazunari

Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa
Japanese

Momoi, Satsuki

Supporting

Orikasa, Fumiko
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Oowada, Tomoyuki

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Morihiro, Fumi

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Maruyama, Hiroo

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Kuroki, Rui

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Opening Theme

	1: "Punky Funky Love" by GRANRODEO (eps 1-12)
	2: "ZERO" by Kensho Ono (eps 13-16)
	3: "Memories (メモリーズ)" by GRANRODEO (eps 17-25)

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Ending Theme

	1: "GLITTER DAYS" by Fo'xTails (eps 1-12)
	2: "Ambivalence (アンビバレンス)" by SCREEN mode (eps 13-16)
	3: "Lantana" by OLDCODEX (eps 17-25)

Reviews

Jul 29, 2015

aikojazz

Recommended

Finally... I got to finish this anime. Even few hours after I finished watching, adrenaline still overflowing inside of me. I really enjoy this season. Okay, before reviewing, I have read all the manga chapters before the anime even started the third season. Even though I did enjoy reading it, I was not that hyped up for the ending... but the anime did the reverse. With solid story as the base, characters we have grown to love, animated in such an astounding way, this is one of the rare case when I feel more enjoyment with the anime.

Story: 8/10
After the winning the match against ...

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Sep 8, 2015

Madness17

Mixed Feelings

I'm gonna say it and i'm gonna say it now: KnB is the most predictable, shounen-like and overrated anime i have ever seen. We all know why it's rated so high: it is very enjoyable and flashy. It's like a weak version of Bleach, with more cliches and totally unjustified powers, since we're talking about basketball, not shinigamis.

The reason KnB is so popular is that it tricks the audience by creating false tension: you're there like "OMG this is so close, i don't know who will win" but actually know who's gonna win (Spoiler, but no spoiler).

And this brings us to my next problem: EVERY ... GAME IS THE SAME, and i'm not even exagerrating. Seirin always has to play from behind and somehow win in the last second by 1 point, obviously dunked by our MVP Kagami. Guess what, you stupid writers: COMEBACKS LIKE THAT DON'T HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE TIME.

This anime doesn't even try to accurately depict basketball. It ignores a lot of aspects. Fouls only happen when the plot calls it and nobody ever misses a shot unless the enemy planned it all along. If somehow they do miss the shot, it is just to showcase a rebound battle (they don't even show the shooter). And don't even get me started on the powers. People told me that these things are entirely possible. I call it bullshit. Only NBA players can do stuff like that, if they're lucky. We're talking about japanese high-school students for god's sake!

Story: 5/10
I couldn't care less about the whole Teiko backstory and even less about the games, since i knew all along who's gonna win. It's not something new at all, just about a team that wants to become the best in Japan. Why am i even talking about this?

Characters: 5/10
You might find them enjoyable, but they completely lack any depth and are very one-dimensional: the ambitious red-head, the silent guy, the other silent guy, the four-eyes and the gentle giant. Most of them aren't worth mentioning, since the whole anime is about Kagami and Kuroko. I also have a huge problem with the "bad guys". Yeah, i called them bad guys, because every enemy of Seirin is depicted as a deuchebag that hates basketball and bullies his teammates. It tries to make you feel that it's right for Seirin to win, which is a really cheap trick if you ask me.

Sound and animtion: 10/10
This is where Knb slightly redeems itself. I cannot argue that the OST is amazing and fitting for this type of show, and all those flashy moves are animated very beautifully.

Enjoyment: 7/10
Despite all the flaws, i did enjoy KnB while hardly trying to turn off my brain as much as possible. It is an anime for everyone and everyone should enjoy it as a mindless piece of fun.

Overall: 6/10
KnB, even though it had a lot of potential, fails miserably at being a sports anime and ends up being a generic battle shounen in disguise. Its presentation makes up for the lack of depth and realism, making it a somewhat enjoyable anime (that is, if you really try not to pay attention to details).

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Jan 20, 2018

deathlytivo

Not Recommended

Preliminary (4/25 eps)

This is just about the worst anime segment I've ever watched. It's astounding there are so few negative reviews.

My take on the show? Absolute rubbish. Having seen the first two seasons of Kuroko, and rating them averaging at 7, I figured this would more or less follow suit.

Wrong.

The first two seasons had their own overly paranormal / logically unsound plot twists/ techniques , but the characters more or less mitigated how silly it was; as we are drawn to somewhat yearn for something to happen. It did have its corny developments, with forced polaric drama of being overwhelmed, then whimsically overcoming without necessarily trying ...

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