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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="3" width=100 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="35a646c2dyxtip.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=85 BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="44e192f0.gif" border=0 width="25" height="47" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <B>My Slam Dunk !</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#330066" FACE="Curlz MT" ><I><B>bic</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="main.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Main"><U>Main</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="slamdunk.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SlamDunk"><U>SlamDunk</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="media.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MultiMedia"><U>MultiMedia</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="fanfics.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FanFiction"><U>FanFiction</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="misc.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous"><U>Miscellaneous</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=295 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="245e0020.gif" border=0 width="480" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="shohoku.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shohoku"><U>Shohoku</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="others.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Other Characters"><U> Other Characters</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="games.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Games"><U>Games</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="drt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dr. T"><U>Dr. T</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><B>Fun Facts</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="ova.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OVA"><U>OVA</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="245e0020.gif" border=0 width="480" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Did you know that all the captains of Ryonan, Shohoku, Shoyo and Kainan all wear the # 4 jerseys?</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10 was the number of Akagi's jersey before he became captain.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mitsui wears the shoe brand, Asics.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sakura in Japanese, means “cherry blossoms”. I guess this explains where Hanamichi got his name or shall I say, </div> <div> the color of his hair ;)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sakuragi Hanamichi was dumped for a grand total of 50 times!!!</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Speaking of being dumped, Ryota Miyagi was dumped for 10 times only. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The white band/cloth with a writing that Ryota was wearing in his head during the study session with some of the guys, is </div> <div> the smaller version but exact copy of a poster that Ayako did to remind the team of the “end of the line”. Aww! Sweet! :)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rukawa chose Shohoku for the one and only reason that it was near his house. :D</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Hanamichi's dad died due to heart attack :(</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Anzai-Sensei when he was still in his younger years was part of the National team.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Both Mitsui and Rukawa were MVPs during Middle School. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ayako and Rukawa went to the same middle school, Tomigaoka Middle School.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sakuragi and his army's friendship go way long back during their Wako Middle School days.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Even though Akagi, Kogure and Mitsui are in their last playing year since they are all seniors, Mitsui will still play until Winter</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Kogure joined the basketball team to become “physically fit.”</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Miyagi taught Hanamichi how to “fake.”</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Shoyo player, Kenji Fujima, both acts as coach and a player of his team. Wow! :)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Did you know that before Hanamichi, Rukawa and the other freshmen joined the Basketball team, it had a grand total of 5 members only, excluding Miyagi, who was in the hospital during that time?</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sakuragi tied  the record of most rebounds in a game. Yey! :D (see Slam Dunk Movie 2 for reference)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ryota Miyagi will be the next captain of the Shohoku Basketball team. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mitsui, when shooting 3-pointers, automatically knows if it will go in or not right after the ball leaves his hands. He will always shout “reboundo” if it will miss or raise his right hand in truimph if he knows it will go in. [observe :) ]</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Hanamichi had to make 20,000 succesful shots for his camp training with Anzai Sensei</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Did you know that Aota, the Judo Man, and Akagi were childhood friends?</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Shoyo-Ryonan vs. Shoku game was not part of the Slam Dunk Manga series.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sakuragi's latest shoes is one of the elusive part of the Jordan shoes series.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a0ff990000.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ayako does not have a surname! </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a099ffff00.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mitsui was not able to continue playing basketball during his first year due to a knee injury.</div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="54c192a0.jpg" border=0 width="25" height="42" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">She Said :</B></div> <div> These are just some of the minor details that we may not notice or remember from the show ;) but if you're a true fanatic, you'll surely know all of these. If you would  like to share more interesting and fun facts about Slam Dunk, pls. do e-mail me and i will add it to this section. I'm sure I've missed out on something. More interesting, the better.  Thanks :)</div> <div> <B>/</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >my_slam_dunk@yahoo.com</FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>