The outflow of motion capture footage of these NBA stars is, of course, to promote people who are not familiar with this comic, but these shots make fans feel very unenjoyable, because the time is too short, and many people don't know much about this story, thinking that this is the same as Jordan's "Space Slam Dunk" back then, a basketball animation that cheats money.

On the North American official website of "Slam Dunk" and Li Xiaole's Facebook, more and more fans have asked this question, in his faceboik, Kevin, whose avatar is a black boy with a smiling face, left a message: "The trailer is wonderful, but the content is too little!" But during the NBA Finals, isn't it a bit sensational to put such a Japanese basketball theme? Jason, whose head is like one eye, said, "Jesus, you shouldn't bring us a surreal work this time, right?" Don't be a basketball movie, right? I can't stand the strange imagination of the Japanese......"

Obviously, most American fans don't know anything about the basketball-themed Japanese manga "Slam Dunk", and this message has been replied to by many people. Duke, a netizen with a Garfield profile picture, wrote: "The Oriental epic sense of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" before is really fascinating, but I am still not interested in the theme of basketball in the East, after all, basketball is only interesting in the United States." ”

"Li, aren't you still indulging in your career as a cartoonist, I'm worried about you and "Slam Dunk"~!" Mihanna, whose avatar is a short-haired girl, wrote.

William Liu, an Asian boy wearing a headscarf, wrote: "I'm a fan of Yao Ming, and I'm going to watch 'Slam Dunk' with my friends, but why isn't Yao Ming in this movie?" ”

Of course, there are many fans who have read the original comics, speaking out and defending, full of confidence in "Slam Dunk", a programmer from San Francisco wrote: "Please, you should go and see the comic "Slam Dunk", it is a classic, and the games in it are definitely no worse than any NBA game~~"

The avatar is Peter John, a teddy bear dog, wrote: "I think Li Xiaole will definitely surprise us, and the effect of Japanese animation 3D should be very good~~"

In this way, under the heated discussion of the different positions of fans in China, Japan, and the United States, the time finally came to June 6, the day of the world premiere of "Slam Dunk".

That night, at Universal Studios Los Angeles, the two major theaters of the Chinese Theater, Pixar's "Flying House" and Disney's "Guinea Pig Agent" premieres were held at the same time.

And the premiere of "Slam Dunk" is not far behind, with its own premieres in San Francisco, Beijing, and Tokyo, which are also very lively.

"Give me four tickets to Slam Dunk!" This night was definitely a carnival for fans and audiences, the entire North American theater was boiling, IMAX theaters poured into countless excited young people, and countless people were told helplessly by the ticket seller: "I'm sorry, the tickets for "Slam Dunk" are sold out tonight, "Flying House", "Guinea Pig Agent" are also gone, but we still have "Night at the Museum 2", "Star Trek", "Wolverine", ...... It's all good-looking, I recommend you ......" The young man couldn't help but go crazy: "Oh my God~!" The new film released today is out of tickets!! Are there so many people who come to see the movie? ”

glanced at the guy's crazy appearance, and listened to the long queue of people complaining, the tickets for the prime time at night were all sold out? All that remains are the out-of-fashion movies that have been released for almost a month...... No way, every time Jesus Lee appears, it is such a lively scene, just like Christmas in the film industry......

At this moment, Li Xiaole did not choose to attend the premiere anywhere, but came to the AMC theater in the heart of downtown Los Angeles with Ha Ji Won, Inoue Yuhiko, and Maki Horikita, this theater has only one imax screen A special event was held tonight, all fans, anyone who once had a set of "Slam Dunk" comics at home, as long as they take a photo with themselves and upload them to the Black Pearl official website, they can get a lottery to watch the premiere of "Slam Dunk" for free.

In the end, more than 80,000 fans in Los Angeles participated, and only 416 lucky winners were selected in the end, which is not a money-making activity of Black Pearl, but Li Xiaole wants to give a benefit to the die-hard fans of "Slam Dunk", and he himself can also participate in a premiere with a good atmosphere.

"Why are they all Chinese audiences?" In the lively screening room, Maki Horikita, wearing 3D glasses and baseball cap disguise, just sat down and found that 60% of the surrounding audience were Chinese, and many people simply spoke Chinese.

"There are a lot of Chinese in Los Angeles, and China has a lot more "Slam Dunk" than Japan." Li Xiaole sat in his seat and said with a smile.

Inoue Yuhiko also looked around with a serious face, and was slightly surprised in his heart, indeed, there were only 7 or 80 white people who came, and the Japanese could count them on their fingers, "Slam Dunk" is really liked by so many people in China?

Next to him, he was wiping the chair with a napkin, and he also sighed: "Li Xiaole, you are really a bad taste, you don't participate in the premiere, but you want to secretly come here to participate in this kind of passerby premiere...... You're not afraid of being recognized. ”

"You don't understand this, how fun it is to have a private interview with Weifu~" Li Xiaole smiled as a matter of course, the kind of official premiere is full of miscellaneous people, but there are few real fans, as a director, the happiest thing is to watch real fans, and the reaction when watching his own works, if it is not necessary, he still likes this more real environment.

At this time, many audiences were sitting down one after another, whether it was Chinese audiences or Japanese audiences, all of them were full of excitement and restlessness, and many people were discussing the characters of "Rukawa Kaede" and "Sakuragi" with great interest, and couldn't wait for the start of the film, and at this time, suddenly 5 or 6 white high school men and women wearing Dodgers uniforms (Los Angeles baseball team) came in from the entrance and sat in front of Li Xiaole.

Listening to the commotion at the scene, these white high school students didn't seem to like this Asian film culture, and the tall blonde boy said: "Oh, where there are really Chinese, it's like a hornet's nest, buzzing and noisy." ”

"Don't complain, we don't want money anyway, we don't come to watch the movie, we just come to write summer homework~~ Teacher Kurt wants us to teach movie notes, and there is no way to do it" The sturdy fat boy next to him said hehehe: "Andy still has a way, if it weren't for your uncle's in this theater, we really wouldn't be able to come in~!" Look at the crowd at the scene. ”

Maki Horikita quietly translated their conversation to Inoue Yuhiko, and Inoue Yuhiko also understood that these boys were not fans of "Slam Dunk", but they had relatives working here, and they left a few tickets for them to join in the fun, and couldn't help but angrily said to Li Xiaole: "Director Li, if this kind of thing happens, we should find the person in charge of the theater." "This is a benefit for fans, how can these children be allowed to take advantage of it?

"I'm afraid this won't work, if we come forward, this movie won't be watched, I'm afraid they will pick off your clothes when they get excited." Li Xiaole explained helplessly, not to mention that his "Chinese Beckham" couple is already famous all over the world, even if Inoue Yuhiko is recognized by the fans of "Slam Dunk" on the scene, I am afraid that this movie will not be watched, and now is not the time to set the score.

"Is that an exaggeration?" Maki Horikita sounded a little unimpressed, but it was just a manga movie.

"What you don't understand, this animation has a special meaning in the minds of this generation of young people in China." Li Xiaole squinted his eyes, looking like "you are still young, you won't understand".

At this time, I heard the white high school students in front of me muttering and scolding: "Why hasn't this broken movie started yet, it's noisy~!" ”

At this time, the screening halls of "Slam Dunk" all over the world suddenly dimmed, and the audience of IMAX theaters and ordinary theaters was in high spirits, whether it was the film critics with calm expressions or serious expressions, and those who came to watch the competitors...... Countless pairs of eyes around the world are looking at the screen, and Li Xiaole's first animated movie "Slam Dunk" is finally coming~~

As the dark and vast ocean appeared on the screen, the long-lost black pirate ship roared out through the thick fog, and the mysterious black hull of Jing Ning raised its huge jaws on the huge waves like an ancient giant beast, shaking the entire theater space, everyone quieted down, and a voice sounded in their hearts, the Black Pearl is coming~~!!

The people who were still discussing it just now were quiet in the familiar opening film, and they waited for a new journey to begin.

And at the beginning, the first thing that catches people's eyes is a quiet picture of a Japanese-style scene, a handsome Japanese boy and a chubby and kind old man sitting on a tatami mat, the warm afternoon seems extremely peaceful, and the first thing the single-eyelid teenager says is "I want to go to the United States, I want to be stronger." ”

Just that one close-up, seeing the familiar Japanese boy's face, everyone said "wow" in their hearts...... This is Rukawa Kaede...... But how is it that he is not cartoonish, but like a real person...... The skin and hair are very delicate, and the eyes that shine aggressively...... It's not the previous animation at all.,It's so realistic^The accuracy of this CG production is simply unparalleled......