Kuroko no Basket Movie 4: Last Game

Hailing from America, Jabberwock—a street basketball team with skills comparable to those of the NBA—has come to Japan to play an exhibition match against Strky, a team of former third-year students who once played in the Interhigh and Winter Cup. However, due to the vast difference in skill, Jabberwock easily wins. Their captain, Nash Gold Jr., mocks the basketball style of all players in Japan by comparing them to monkeys.

Infuriated by the nasty comment, Kagetora Aida challenges them to a revenge match. Because of pride and the belief that the results will be no different, Nash accepts the challenge. Kagetora then assembles Vorpal Swords, a team composed of the Generation of Miracles, including Kuroko Tetsuya and Kagami Taiga, for they are the only ones who stand a chance against a foe that seems unbeatable from every angle.

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Kuroko, Tetsuya Main

Ono, Kensho Japanese

Aomine, Daiki Main

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Akashi, Seijuurou Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Kise, Ryouta Main

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Kagami, Taiga Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Midorima, Shintarou Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Murasakibara, Atsushi Main

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Kiyoshi, Teppei Supporting

Hamada, Kenji Japanese

Takao, Kazunari Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Momoi, Satsuki Supporting

Orikasa, Fumiko Japanese

Morihiro, Fumi Producer

Sanjouba, Kazumasa Producer

Isobe, Maaya Producer

Yoshikawa, Dai Producer

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May 23, 2017

Jetezark

Recommended

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True to the title it is about having one more game and what better way to do it then with the ultimate dream team.

Watched this in SM cinema Cebu, Philippines on 5/23/17.

The best streetball team in the world who are from America have come to Japan for an exhibition match and decimated their opponent and have insulted all of Japan's basketball players. In retaliation a coach decided to gather the generation of miracles featuring Kagami and a few benchwarmers to slay the Jabberwock team.

The opposing team keeps getting surprised by the level of talent the Vorpal Swords displays ... but that doesn't mean that they themselves don't have their own abilities to counter even the almighty zone. Ability after ability, skill after skill and even an eye for an eye the game continues with each shot, dribble, pass, block, steal, rebound and sweat being countered at every turn.

Eventually the generation of miracles would use new abilities to counter the malevolent force of their enemies. From using multiple zones, zone technique combos, natural ability fusing, reawakenings and even old tricks just to get an edge over the opposition. The last game truly has alot of show off as a final sendoff.

Unfortunately not everyone goes into a zone here and there's also no 5 man zone present but it is still fun regardless of my personal disappointments. We also get to see one guy finally going 100% full power despite not going into zone.

It just goes to show that basketball is a truly fun game where even the most ridiculous of shots can go in. My personal motto in basketball is "No matter how perfect the form of your shot is, it is never 100% guaranteed while no matter how ridiculous or far your shot is, it is never a true 0% probability". So while Kuroko's basketball maybe full of unbelievable powers it doesn't mean it's not impossible for anyone. Though the consistency of theirs is where the true question of improbability lies. I myself personally am similar to Aomine since I do circus shots that amaze people with the consistency and even the level of ridiculous range and poses, like a 3-point skyhook now and then.

It also shows how far they have to reach if they ever want to play again on an international stage, especially if any of them ever want to aim for the NBA. Which is of course the aim of Kagami.

So give it a go and don't forget to stay and watch after the credits rolled for an extra farewell scene.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 5, 2021

yokdhy

Mixed Feelings

First, I must say that i only watched this because I wanted to see the generation of miracles playing together.

- Story (3)
Its horrible, but it didn't surprise me. In the whole series the author always brings villains for them to play against, and it isn't different in the movie. The movie its a fan-service for the fans to see the generation of miracles playing together.

- Art (7)
It didn't change much from the series.

- Sound (6)
The ending music is good, I can only say that.
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- Character (5)
The whole series the author failed to explore the growth of the characters through the series, so don't expect much for the movie.

- Enjoyment (5)
Just enjoy the game, without much expectations.

- Overall (6)
I enjoyed the fan-service, the game it was good. The story could be better. My sister and I could write a better one, in fact we spend the whole movie debating what could have been.

**Spoiler ahead**

I hated how they portray USA citizen in this movie/series, even though I not from USA, it bothered me. The Jabberwock team its fulled with stereotypes, and if that wasn't enough they also are "villains". They are cocky, despicable and annoying. The game was good, I loved see Kise and Aomine playing as a duo, and Kise finally entered in the zone.
Kagami leaving was good, I liked that he wanted to pursue his career as basketball player. Also i am curious about how Seirin will do in the inter high or winter cup, without Kagami and Teppei.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 11, 2017

AK25

Not Recommended

Last Game is a failure of a finale to the series.

Just to get it out of the way: it's fair to call it a finale because it calls itself last game, as opposed to its manga counterpart that just called itself extra game, which was much more harder to be harsh on it for that reason.

The best part of the movie was seeing how the Generation of Miracles were no longer bloodthirsty psychopaths who'd stab someone with scissors. Seeing them as normal, chill teens was pretty refreshing. Them having retconned Kagami wanting to be an NBA player is also an appreciated touch, it filled in ... the whole of none of them having any clear goal beyond just becoming really good high school basketball players that the series had for its entire run, and because of it, it also gave some of the other characters goals too. Sadly, the same can't be said about the other aspects of the movie.

The villains are definitely the worst part. Seeing as fans of the series are used to asshole antagonists who just talk about how no one can stop them and how they wish a proper challenger would show up, it's probably not that hard to be lenient towards them at first, but it slowly becomes apparent that there won't be much to them as it goes on. Gold and Silva don't get any moment where we see what shaped their beliefs and attitude and they don't get any kind of character arc by the end either, they don't have any nuance or depth to them, they only exist to get beaten down. It's quite ironic, really, for a series whose whole point was about showing disillusioned teens the fun of basketball and teaching them to not be stuck-up pricks, the final villains end up being exactly that and don't even get the same kind of treatment the show prided itself on being about.

For an anime tie-in movie, it somehow managed to look exactly like and sometimes worse than the tv show. Other than the parts featuring hyper-realistic animation early on during the 2nd match, which had very weird camera angles and felt less explosive compared to some of the more well-known cuts from the main series, the movie kept using its usual technique of still frames and close-ups .

It really just felt like a cashgrab rather than a fulfilling epilogue, all things considered.

also no meteor jam D:

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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