Ahiru no Sora


Ahiru no Sora is a Japanese basketball manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Hinata. It started serialization in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in December 2003. As of September 2019, fifty tankōbon volumes have been released in Japan by Kodansha.
An anime television series adaptation produced by Diomedéa premiered in October 2019.

Plot

Sora Kurumatani made a promise to his mother, "I will dominate my first high school tournament". But as he joins the basketball club after entering Kuzuryū High School, he finds out that it's become a stomping ground for delinquents. A place where everything but basketball is done, but with Sora's genuine zeal for basketball, things begin to stir.

Characters

;Sora Kurumatani
;Momoharu Hanazono
;Chiaki Hanazono
;Kenji Natsume
;Kaname Shigeyoshi
;Shinichi Yasuhara
;Ryuhei Nabeshima
;Masahiro Saki
;Madoka Yabuchi
;Nao Nanao
;Yuka Kurumatani
;Shinichi Chiba
;Tokitaka Tokiwa
;Tarō Kabachi
;Shingo Katori
;Yukinari Kojima
;Katsumi Takahashi
;Sei Shirai
;Shigenobu Yakuma
;Hyou Fuwa
;Yozan Kamiki
;Shōgi Satsuki
;Tomohisa Kurumatani
;Yone Kurumatani

Media

Manga

Takeshi Hinata launched the manga in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2003. Fifty tankōbon volumes have been released to date.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 28, 2018. The series is directed by Shingo Tamaki, with Keizō Kusakawa serving as chief director, and written by Gō Zappa, with animation by Diomedéa. Character designs are provided by Yoshino Honda, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi is composing the music. The series premiered on October 2, 2019 on TV Tokyo, AT-X, and BS TV Tokyo. It will run for four cours. The opening theme song is "Happy Go Ducky!" by The Pillows, while the ending theme song is "Tsubasa" by saji. The second opening theme song is "Never Mind" by Flumpool, while the ending theme song is "Over" by Yuma Uchida.
Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series worldwide excluding Asia. The Dubcast premiered on November 13, 2019.
Episode list

Reception

Volume 23 was the 35th best-selling manga volume in the period of 17 November 2008 to 17 May 2009, with 347,574 copies. Volume 22 was placed 46th in the same period with 316,221 copies. Volume 26 was the 42nd best-selling manga volume in the period of 23 November 2009 to 23 May 2010 with 343,662 copies. Volume 27 was placed 49th in the same period with 300,331 copies. Volume 30 was the 47th best-selling manga volume in the period of 22 November 2010 to 22 May 2011 with 340,851 copies. It was the 23rd best-selling manga series in Japan in 2011, with 1,739,105 copies. As of February 28, 2018, the manga had 24 million copies in print.