The First Slam Dunk volgt de scholier Ryota Miyagi, de pointguard van het basketbalteam van Shohoku High. Ryota speelt verstandig en snel, en met geveinsde kalmte probeert hij zijn tegenstanders te slim af te zijn. Geboren en getogen in Okinawa, treedt Ryota in de voetsporen van zijn oudere broer, Sota, die al vanaf jonge leeftijd een geliefde lokale basketbalspeler was, waardoor Ryota ook verslaafd raakte aan basketbal. Na het overlijden van Sota, wordt Ryota gemotiveerd om altijd door te zetten. Ryota en zijn teamgenoten Hanamichi Sakuragi, Takenori Akagi, Hisashi Mitsui, en Kaede Rukawa dagen hun gedoodverfde tegenstander, de Sannoh School, uit in de basketbalfinale tussen middelbare scholen.
Nee, helaas is THE FIRST SLAM DUNK nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Takehiko Inoue | Comic Book |
| Directing | Takehiko Inoue | Director |
| Writing | Takehiko Inoue | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Ebara | Character Designer |
| Sound | Yota Tsuruoka | Sound Director |
| Directing | Haruka Kamatani | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Toshio Ohashi | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Katsuhiko Kitada | Second Unit Director |
| Editing | Ryuichi Takita | Editor |
| Editing | Jun Watanabe | Editor |
| Camera | Shunsuke Nakamura | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Shiori Furusho | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Daiki Nakazawa | CGI Director |
| Art | Kazuo Ogura | Art Direction |
| Art | Nobuhito Sue | Art Designer |
| Sound | Ryuta Koike | Music Producer |
| Directing | Fumihiko Suganuma | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Inoue | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Arifumi Imai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kiyotaka Oshiyama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naomi Nakano | Color Designer |
| Production | Toshiyuki Matsui | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Ken Arto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiromi Ishigami | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazumasa Orii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naoya Wada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiko Ban | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hideki Takahashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsuhiko Kitada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Edo Haruma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shosuke Ishibashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takatoshi Honda | Animation Director |
