Biography
Takehiko Inoue is a Japanese manga artist and film director. He wrote and directed the 2022 animated feature The First Slam Dunk, his first film as director and screenwriter. The film is based on his manga series Slam Dunk.
Inoue was born in 1967 in Kagoshima Prefecture. He made his manga debut in 1988 with the one-shot Kaede Purple, which was nominated for the Tezuka Award. His basketball series Slam Dunk (1990–1996) became one of the best-selling manga of all time and was adapted into an anime television series and several short films. He is also known for the historical series Vagabond.
