
Tetsuya Kuroko
main character


Teikou Junior High School's basketball team is crowned champion three years in a row thanks to five outstanding players who, with their breathtaking and unique skills, leave opponents in despair and fans in admiration. However, after graduating, these teammates, known as "The Generation of Miracles", go their separate ways and now consider each other as rivals. At Seirin High School, two newly recruited freshmen prove that they are not ordinary basketball players: Taiga Kagami, a promising player returning from the US, and Tetsuya Kuroko, a seemingly ordinary student whose lack of presence allows him to move around unnoticed. Although Kuroko is neither athletic nor able to score any points, he was a member of Teikou's basketball team, where he played as the "Phantom Sixth Man," who easily passed the ball and assisted his teammates. Kuroko no Basket follows the journey of Seirin's players as they attempt to become the best Japanese high school team by winning the Interhigh Championship. To reach their goal, they have to cross pathways with several powerful teams, some of which have one of the five players with godlike abilities, whom Kuroko and Taiga make a pact to defeat. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
Kuroko's Basketball has been very well received, with an average AniList score of 78/100 — 68% of 132,464 ratings are 8/10 or higher.
It ranks #15 highest-rated anime of 2012, and #8 most popular anime of 2012, and #5 highest-rated anime of Spring 2012 on AniList.
Of the 240.6K AniList users who started it, 3.6% dropped it, so it is rarely abandoned; 205.2K have finished it.
At about 10 hours in total, plan on one to two weeks at a couple of episodes a day.
Best for viewers who enjoy Comedy, Sports — especially basketball, male protagonist, shounen, primarily male cast.
Availability, audio and subtitles vary by region and service.
25 episodes are listed.
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Kuroko's Basketball has 25 episodes of about 24 minutes each, roughly 10 hours in total.
About 10 hours back to back. At two episodes a day it takes 13 days; at one hour a day, about 10 days.
Yes. Kuroko's Basketball has finished airing — the final episode aired September 22, 2012.
Yes — the story continues in Kuroko's Basketball 2 (2013).
Watch Kuroko's Basketball: Tip Off first — Kuroko's Basketball is a direct sequel.
Yes. Kuroko's Basketball adapts the manga by Tadatoshi Fujimaki.
Kuroko's Basketball was animated by Production I.G and directed by Shunsuke Tada.
The opening, "Can Do", is performed by GRANRODEO.
Kuroko's Basketball is listed on Netflix, Bilibili TV, YouTube. Availability varies by region — check the streaming links on this page.