kuroko no basketball

Kuroko's Basketball is an anime series adapted from the manga series of the same name by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It is produced by Production I.G^[1] and directed by Shunsuke Tada, it began broadcasting on Mainichi Broadcasting System on April 7, 2012 with Tokyo Metropolitan Television, Nippon BS Broadcasting, and Animax beginning broadcast in the weeks following.^[2] The final episode of season 1 aired on September 22, 2012 and it was announced in the seasonally published Jump NEXT! winter issue that a second season has been green-lit,^[3] and aired on October 5, 2013.^[4] The series was also simulcast on Crunchyroll as part of their spring lineup of anime titles.^[5] Kuroko no Basuke centres on the "Generation of Miracles", the regulars of the Teikō Middle School basketball team who rose to distinction by demolishing all competition. After graduating from middle school, these five stars went to different high schools with top basketball teams. However, a fact few know is that there was another player of the "Generation of Miracles", the phantom sixth player. This mysterious player is now a freshman at Seirin High, a new school with a powerful, if little-known, team. Now, Tetsuya Kuroko, the phantom sixth member of the "Generation of Miracles", and Taiga Kagami, a naturally talented player who spent most of middle school in America, are aiming to bring Seirin to the top of Japan, taking on Kuroko's old team-mates one by one.

The series first DVD and Blu-ray compilation was released on July 27, 2012^[6][7] with a new DVD/Blu-ray compilation being released monthly. As of December 2012, seven DVD/Blu-ray compilations have been released.^[8][9] The first season uses four different pieces of theme music; two opening themes and two ending themes. The first opening theme is "Can Do" byGRANRODEO, while the second theme is "RIMFIRE" by the same band. The first ending theme is "Start it right away" byHyadain and the second is "Catal Rhythm" (カタルリズム Katarurizumu^?) by OLDCODEX.

For the second season, GRANRODEO also sang both opening themes: the first one is "The Other self", and the second is "Ever-changing Magical Star" (変幻自在のマジカルスター Hengen Jizai no Majikarusutā),^[10] thus meaning all opening themes of the anime have been sung solely by the band as of date. Its ending theme is "WALK" by the band OLDCODEX, which also sang the second ending theme of the first season. The second ending to the second season is "FANTASTIC TUNE" byKenshō Ono, the voice actor for the series' main protagonist, Tetsuya Kuroko.