Two basketball gods forced to share one court — ego explosion imminent.
30 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestAkane Tachibana and Hitonari Hiiragi were rising stars of high school basketball and bitter rivals on the court. In the past, the only thing keeping each one from being the best was the other. But when Hiiragi is transferred to Kouzu High School, they find themselves as teammates. Will the two masters of the court reconcile their differences in time for the big game against Kokutai, or will Hiiragi switch teams to challenge his rival face to face?
Direction
Hiroyuki Asada's kinetic court choreography.
Acting
Hiroshi Kamiya's simmering arrogant intensity.
Production
Crisp early-2000s sports animation style.
Creator
Hiroyuki Asada
Noburo Kaneko
Tachibana Akane (voice)
Hiroshi Kamiya
Hiiragi Hitonari (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Minefuji Kyoko (voice)
Keiji Hirai
Pupil (voice)
Kenji Nojima
Hiiragi Takuya (voice)
Mitsuki Saiga
Kanemoto Koji (voice)
Ryoka Yuzuki
Yoshikawa Sumire (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Horii Mika (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Yamazaki Yoshiki (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Takayanagi Gaku (voice)
Takahiro Yoshimizu
Harumoto Akihiko (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This OVA adapts only the first two volumes of Hiroyuki Asada's manga, which ran for 14 volumes — making it essentially a pilot that never launched.
Hiroyuki Asada later found massive success with Tegami Bachi, making I'll/CKBC a fascinating glimpse at his raw early style before refinement.
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