And when a few days later, after the week's box office results came out, Disney's fairness was completely wilted, because although they had a strategic advantage, but in the market, "Slam Dunk" still won an amazing box office result of 112.78 million as a Japanese animated film, completely leaving behind the 87.68 million of "Flying House", while "Guinea Pig Agent" was even sadder in comparison, and was hit by two competitors in the later stage, and the box office plummeted. In the end, it only won 46.78 million US dollars in the first week, which is not much better than "Wonderful Night at the Museum 2", which has been released for many weeks......

And a week after the film was broadcast, "Slam Dunk" received praise in the film and television media of almost all countries.

"Slam Dunk is the best cartoonist in the world meets the best director, and the explosion of Asian power~!" - Salon

The famous rating website Metacntie made an exclusive feature report with the title of ""Slam Dunk" conquers the film critics: a masterpiece of Chinese and Japanese cultural elites~", and "Slam Dunk" on the website has a high score of 92, even surpassing the 91 points of Li Xiaole's "Life of Pi" last time.

"As I've said before, I'll say it again, "Slam Dunk" is not only the highest-rated movie so far this year, but it's also the top animated film in our entire database for the past decade, with "The Lion King" and "Toy Total Animation" both scoring only 90 points. In our statistics of all the editors' evaluations, except for one middle review, all of them were praised, including some editors who have not liked Li Xiaole's style very much before, obviously, this time "Slam Dunk" used the power of youth to conquer the hearts of our group of old men with an average age of 39 years old. ”

Zack King, a famous film critic who previously commented that "Life of Pi" is advocating ignorant religious ideas, gave "Slam Dunk" an A++ on his blog, and he once bombarded Li Xiaole for "using the theory of Asian cultural superiority to carry out this kind of racial discrimination." And now, he describes "Slam Dunk" as "the best quality of young people in Eastern culture".

"Austin Chronicle film critic Georgia Lulan is not interested in Li Xiaole's previous films, and Lulan's dissatisfaction with "Life Remote Control" is mainly because the script is too sensational. He likes "Life of Pi" a little more, but he is always dissatisfied with the director's religious philosophy, because he feels that Li Xiaole, a Chinese, has misinterpreted Christian teachings, and "Iron Man" thinks that the script is too old-fashioned, too faithful to principles, and too few breakthroughs, completely supported by Tom Cruise's personal charm. ”

But now "Slam Dunk" seems to have conquered him easily, and all the previous grievances have been perfectly resolved in the new movie, and his review wrote: "The combination of Li Xiaole and Inoue Yuhiko is like a perfect marriage, and their passionate spirit runs through the whole movie." "Slam Dunk" shuttles like a ribbon between light-hearted and humorous characters and tense and exciting games. "Black Sails Studios contributes to the most refined and crisp motion capture impact available today. ""Slam Dunk" is a rare animated movie that has something to say, and it can be compared to "Robot Wall-E", he is not necessarily the best in history, but he can definitely be ranked in the top three. "I see a creative dynamism that has been lacking in Hollywood for a long time."

Ivanov, another critic of the New York Times, praised "Slam Dunk" as a story that burns the soul from beginning to end, and he believes that Li Xiaole's previous films lacked the exploration of the characters' personalities, and in this animated film, even a small character is impressive, whether it is players such as Miyagi Ryota and Mitsui Shou, or Coach Anzai, Mito Yohei, Aida Hikoichi and other characters outside of the game, the dialogue of each character is vivid and interesting, and full of personality, bringing a sense of vitality," The film exudes a sense of upliftment, and thankfully, there is such a positive force in Asia at a time when Americans are no longer optimistic. ”。

For film critics, they have a comprehensive review of "Slam Dunk" from all aspects, whether it is the story characters, script dialogue, or screen shots, soundtrack, cinematography and color use...... In every way, "Slam Dunk" looks like it's amazing, and almost everyone gives him all-round appreciation, except, of course, the shouting of the audience in the theater that some people can't stand it......

In the Japanese media, it is another angle of commentary, that is, everyone is abusing and accusing Japanese filmmakers......

The biggest reason is that in the articles of many American film critics, they have seen the titles of "Chinese animated films stunning Hollywood" and "Li Xiaole once again brought Chinese power", which makes them extremely aggrieved, you must know that in Asia, everyone knows that "Slam Dunk" is Japan's national comic, why would Americans mistake it for a Chinese work? Could it be that Li Xiaole's influence is so great?

In the Asahi Shimbun, a headline was published on the front page: ""Slam Dunk" disgraces Japanese films~!! The article uses harsh words to describe how "Slam Dunk" teaches Japanese filmmakers a lesson:

"Since Spirited Away, there has been no Japanese film that has caused a national effect in its own country, and after Kurosawa, we have long relied on Hayao Miyazaki, the master of animation, to support the international status of Japanese films, but even so, our animated films have never really entered the Hollywood market.

Every Japanese filmmaker complains that there is an essential gap between us and Western culture, and that Japanese films should take into account the domestic market, and in fact we have been focusing on the domestic market for many years, but now? Chinese directors have achieved great success in Hollywood with our comic book theme!! Isn't there a cultural barrier for him?

Moreover, in the past, many Japanese-themed films based on Hollywood would be badly criticized for 'not enough Japan, misreading Japan', such as the previous remake of "Dragon Ball", but now people have found that directors from other countries finally really "understand" Japan, in addition to the photography techniques, the campus culture of the film, and the experience of passionate youth are all Japanese, rather than just using some specious Japanese elements to support the scene, but look at the recent Japanese film and television, but continue to learn in the direction of Hollywood, Completely lost their core culture.

Li Xiaole, a Chinese director, is enough to shame all Japanese filmmakers!! After watching it, fans can't help but ask us, 'All these things in the movie are Japanese, but why can't they be made in Japan?' Considering that before right-wingers called for a boycott of China's 'Slam Dunk', I think any sane person should know that instead of boycotting, it is better to acknowledge the gap with Chinese films.

Think about it, "Detective Conan", "Doraemon", "One Piece", "Naruto", these manga that are loved by readers, are also released in theaters almost every few years, but there are so many works, which one really left a deep impression on us?

We film companies only think about squeezing the residual value of these works every day, always want to get the maximum profit at the minimum cost, and have been resting on their laurels for so many years, doing nothing, they don't understand that unlike TV animation, the big screen of movies needs higher technology, more dramatic stories, and better production, and filmmakers should definitely not just lie on the original comics and suck blood, but should be like Hollywood, extract the essence from the original book, and make a really good movie! Let this movie be like "Slam Dunk" to conquer those fans who are not the original book.

In the globally integrated market, the Iron Man of the United States and Captain America are wreaking havoc in the Japanese market, and now even our own comics are being filmed by directors from other countries to make money for our Japanese fans, which is definitely a shame in the history of Japanese films!! ”

The "Asahi Shimbun" report caused a huge sensation in Japan, and the Japan Film and Television Broadcasting Bureau was also greatly criticized, and for a while, the officials of the broadcasting bureau also bowed to the camera in public and apologized, declaring that they wanted to change the situation that "Japanese films have lost their dominant position in Asia".

This argument in the Japanese media is not without reason, because the social effect of "Slam Dunk" in the whole society is unprecedented, almost all young people and office workers are discussing this movie, and everyone is nostalgic for how prosperous and energetic Japan was in the 90s......

The open-air basketball hoops on the streets and alleys of Japan's major cities were empty 10 days ago, but now the young people who used to play baseball and soccer are piled up, and this scene seems to go back to 1996, when "Slam Dunk" was at its peak.

At the same time, Japan's music industry has also been hit suddenly, the soundtrack record of "Slam Dunk" produced by Black Pearl Company, as soon as it was released, it suffered a crazy rush to buy in major record stores, although it is an old song from the 90s, but this does not seem to affect the enthusiasm of most fans, the record has been on the shelves for a week, and more than 220,000 copies have been sold all over Japan, almost completely overwhelming the "Japanese pop diva" Namie Amuro and "Heisei Three Singers" at the speed of light Ayumi Hamasaki and Hikaru Utada's new discography...... All Japanese record store owners were stunned~~

The music distribution department that has just been established by Black Pearl Company has been blown up by the reception phone, and every phone call is roaring with the same sentence "Is there any goods yet~!?" Is there any goods left~!? ”