Report on the long-running stage greeting for the anime film "Kuroko no Basketball LAST GAME" featuring Kensho Ono, Tomoki Ono, and Hiroshi Kamiya!

The anime film "Kuroko no Basketball LAST GAME," which is currently being screened, has grossed over 1 billion yen in its ninth week of release (number of viewers: 752,856, box-office revenue: 1,007,925,300 yen *as of May 15, 2012). A cheering screening with a stage greeting was held to thank the audience for the long run of this blockbuster hit.

Kuroko no Basket" is a basketball manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (published by Shueisha) by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, and has been a big hit, selling more than 30 million copies in total. The "Kiseki's Generation" is a group of five geniuses who were simultaneously members of the basketball club at Teikou Junior High School, a very strong school, and were one in ten years old. The story depicts the adolescence of the high school basketball club, with Tetsuya Kuroko as the main character, who was recognized by them and played as the "Sixth Man of Illusion.
The TV anime started in 2012 and became popular among a wide range of people, including women. 75 episodes were broadcast over 3 seasons, and a movie project was launched in 2016.
⇒ Kuroko's Basketball", the film version is a compilation of three films and a completely new film! 　 Animated sequel "EXTRA GAME" to be released in 2017.

As a thank-you for the film's success in its ninth week of release, a cheering screening with a stage greeting by the main cast was held at Shinjuku Piccadilly in Tokyo on May 25 (Thu.).

The following are cast comments from the event, in which Kensho Ono, Tomoki Ono, and Hiroshi Kamiya took the stage.

Comments from the cast members at the "Long-run Thanksgiving Cheering Screening with Stage Greeting" event

＜Kensho Ono as Tetsuya Kuroko
I have received so much from "Kuroko no Basket", and I have also received so much power from the fans. Thanks to that, we were able to make it all the way to the theater version. We are now in the middle of rehearsals for the stage version, and every day I realize that the "enthusiasm" that has been carried over from the anime over the past five years has definitely been carried over to the stage version. I am very happy to have encountered "Kuroko no Basketball" and to have been involved in it for so long, and I am filled with gratitude. I am very happy and grateful to have met "Kuroko's Basketball" and to have been able to work on it for so long!

＜Tomoki Ono as Taiga Hijin
I feel happy to be able to talk about "Kuroko no Basket" in front of you all again today. 5 years of support from the fans, the staff and the cast have worked together as one, and I think that's why we are here today. I am sad to see them go, but I also feel that it is just the beginning. I would like to say goodbye for today, believing that I will see the blacks again. I hope to see you again someday! Thank you very much!

＜Hiroshi Kamiya as Seijuro Akashi
I have good memories of giving stage greetings in Kyoto and Nagoya, and I also came to Shinjuku Piccadilly to listen to the staff talk in private, so I have many more memories related to "Black Bus. It is not often that I get to be involved with a work outside of the recording studio, so I realize once again how special this work was for me.
If the TV series had ended with the first season, Akashi would not have had much to do, so thanks to Kensho and Tomoki's efforts, we were able to make it to the movie version. I am very happy to think that my voice is a part of the big "Kuroko Bus" storyline, and I can only express my gratitude to everyone who has supported me. Please continue to enjoy "Kuroko's Basketball" to the fullest.

Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: LAST GAME
In its 11th week in theaters! Now showing as a blockbuster hit!

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