I'll/CKBC

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Synonyms: I'll / Crazy KOUZU Basketball Club, Generation basket

Japanese: I'll/CKBC

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 2

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Dec 18, 2002 to Mar 26, 2003

Producers: Aniplex, SME Visual Works

Licensors: Media Blasters

Studios: M.S.C

Source: Manga

Genre: Sports

Themes: School, Team Sports

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 30 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.21¹ (scored by 2,151 users)

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Ranked: #8631²

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Popularity: #8060

Members: 5,652

Favorites: 7

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Pressured by his family's background and expectations, high school student Hitonari Hiiragi has been considering quitting basketball. However, after meeting Akane Tachibana, Hiiragi's love for the sport is reignited. As he joins the Kouzu High School basketball club, Hiiragi aims to pursue his own path in basketball together with his cherished teammates.

But despite having fun with his newfound comrades, Hiiragi eventually starts to question whether he can achieve his dreams with the current team and environment. As they each struggle with their differing approaches towards the sport, Hiiragi and the team ponder what it truly means to play basketball together.

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I'll/CKBC has been dubbed in English by Bang Zoom! Entertainment and in French by Studio Chinkel.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Tachibana, Akane

Main

Kaneko, Noboru
Japanese

Hiiragi, Hitonari

Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese

Yoshikawa, Sumire

Supporting

Yuzuki, Ryouka
Japanese

Yamazaki, Yoshiki

Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Hiiragi, Takuya

Supporting

Nojima, Kenji
Japanese

Hiiragi, Masahito

Supporting

Kishino, Yukimasa
Japanese

Horii, Mika

Supporting

Kobayashi, Sanae
Japanese

Minefuji, Kyouko

Supporting

Hisakawa, Aya
Japanese

Kanemoto, Kouji

Supporting

Saiga, Mitsuki
Japanese

Takayanagi, Gaku

Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

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Kawasaki, Itsurou

Director, Storyboard

Pettini, Emmanuel

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ELLEGARDEN

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Asada, Hiroyuki

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	1: "Migite" by Ellegarden
	2: "Kaze no Hi" by Ellegarden

Reviews

May 23, 2008

TCHaos

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I'll / CKBC is not your typical sport anime. It's about what all those who play the sport at one time or another ask themselves... for whom or why do I play this sport for?

This OVA is pretty underground having passed by largely unnoticed and will appeal mostly to those who have read the excellent manga by Hiroyuki Asada.
One has to say that this is more drama oriented than sport, but the competitive atmosphere and the dilemma of the characters is something all sport fans have felt.

- ANIMATION -
The animation is fluid and the scenes transpire at a pace fast enough to keep up with. ... Both episodes build up to the final match, mixing in flashbacks of the characters' past encounters with the present time. As the anime revolves around a basketball court, the background and surrounding imagery is pretty basic; yet the definition of detail is kept at a good standard. Although there is not much playing action during the anime, the few moments that do, show the typical problem in trying to animate sports play. The speed of the ball dribbling or other player movements are sometimes either too slow or fast for portraying how accurate the realism should be; so you find a lot of slow-motion frames or only upper body shots burdened with dialogue. However, the style of the characters is thankfully kept to that of the manga.

- SOUND -
As far as voices are concerned the japanese dialogue fits well with the characters. One regrets that the background music is not that noticeable, apart from the very addictive closing theme song. The sFX are very good and are what you would expect to hear when playing a basketball match inside a sports hall - a lot of sneaker and friction sounds

- STORY & CHARACTER -
Regretably the storyline is very much restricted as it is only a 2 episode OVA, so in addition the viewer fails to really see the inner conflicts of the main characters and see their paths develop. The character designs seem to focus too much on the stereotypical. Most of the boys are portrayed as attractive and fit individuals capable of stealing the cheers from supportive girls, while the comic relief character seems to be more 'unathletic' and 'nerdy' of the team.
Apart from the two main characters one really does not learn much about the supporting secondary characters of the series and so the sense of the 'team' is lost.

- VALUE & ENJOYMENT -
I must say that I was somewhat disappointed with this OVA since I am a big fan of the manga. The manga title is a long story arc with a lot more attention given to the problems of all the team members and how they come to terms with them. There is also a lot of fast pace basketball scenes in the manga which one would have hoped the OVA would focused more on. Sadly the anime lacks the much desired gameplay sequences. One feels a lot was missed out from the series in its translation from manga to OVA, but these two episodes do a heartworthy attempt in presenting a somewhat more mature and introspective side of two athletes trying to realize their potential.

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