Kuroko no Basket Movie 2: Winter Cup – Namida no Saki e

Synopsis:

Trailer:

Characters:

• Kagami, Taiga (Main) - Voice Actors: Pascal, Benjamin
• Kise, Ryouta (Main) - Voice Actors: Méyère, Bruno
• Kuroko, Tetsuya (Main) - Voice Actors: Solis, Adrien
• Murasakibara, Atsushi (Main) - Voice Actors: Zylberberg, Jérémy
• Aida, Riko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nonnenmacher, Marie
• Akashi, Seijuurou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kamiya, Hiroshi, Beaucaire, Nicolas
• Aomine, Daiki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Le Minoux, Martial
• Fukui, Kensuke (Supporting)
• Hayakawa, Mitsuhiro (Supporting)
• Himuro, Tatsuya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Méyère, Bruno, Raczko, Tom
• Hyuuga, Junpei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Seugnet, Christophe, Wolko, Roman
• Kasamatsu, Yukio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Leblan, Jean-Pierre
• Kiyoshi, Teppei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Pichon, Yann
• Koganei, Shinji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Laisné, Grégory, Schwarzmaier, Tim
• Midorima, Shintarou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Montalto, Jean-Marco, Dawn-Claude, René
• Mitobe, Rinnosuke (Supporting)
• Momoi, Satsuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lambotte, Jessie
• Nakatani, Masaaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Le Minoux, Martial

Staff:

• Kuroki, Rui (Producer)
• Morihiro, Fumi (Producer)
• Tada, Shunsuke (Director)
• Mima, Masafumi (Sound Director)
• Matsuzawa, Kenichi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• OLDCODEX (Theme Song Performance)
• Arai, Eiji (Director of Photography)
• Fujimaki, Tadatoshi (Original Creator)
• Ike, Yoshihiro (Music)
• Ishii, Akiharu (Key Animation)
• Kikuchi, Youko (Character Design)
• Lambotte, Jessie (ADR Director)
• Martínez, Cesc (ADR Director)
• Satou, Mayumi (Color Design)
• Suzuki, Michie (Art Director)
• Takagi, Noboru (Series Composition)
• Takeda, Yuka (Color Design)

Reviews:

• User Cloe900311 (Score: 10/10):
  *This review is not recommended for you to read if you have not watched or read the series. Story: There is nothing new added to this movie. This film follows Touou and Seirin's second game; Aomine agrees to teach Kuroko how to shoot, Seirin and Yosen play against each other, a bit of Himuro and Kagami's past and relationship is shown, and then Kaijo and Seirin play against each other. This movie also included moments from the Teiko days, which was great at making viewers feel nostalgic. (9/10) Art: The art is the same as the episodes. The only difference should be the opening theme song withthe characters handling a ball. The ending card's art resembled the opening theme song's. (8/10)nnSound: The BGM was great at bringing out the intensity of the moments, and the emotions the characters experienced, including their frustration and anguish. The voice acting was done nicely, just like in the episodes. The observations, determination, and feelings of relief and joy...they were all conveyed clearly. (9/10)nnCharacter: The characters were great. This recap did a great job at showing Kise's character development; from someone who used to play basketball by himself to someone who realizes he loves his team and wants to lead them to victory, therefore he learned to work with them. There was good character development for Murasakibara too, because he became frustrated and unknowingly to him, deeply loves basketball. It was wonderful to see how determined Murasakibara and Kise were at winning. Also, Akashi and Aomine proved to be great audience members as they included their own thoughts to the games they watched. (9/10)nnEnjoyment: I definitely enjoyed this movie. The emotions I had when I first watched Kuroko's Basketball were revived as I relived these moments in the film. I found myself rooting for Yosen and Kaijo as I wanted them to win so much, even though I already knew who would win... I enjoyed the little moments that were given to characters who were not playing on the court. There was some comedy included to balance things out. (10/10)nnOverall: This movie was a pleasure to watch. If you love the series and want to revisit it and get nostalgic, haven't seen the series in a while and forgot parts of it, or love anything that is related to the series...it's an overall worthwhile experience. It successfully brought back memories and highlighted important moments. (10/10)
• User Eoussama (Score: 7/10):
  Hey, you; there, hey, yes you, I'm trying to get your attention and hopefully save you from being spoiled because much like the first highlights movie, I don't know why nobody is mentioning this but despite being listed on the second season's page, it contains spoilers for the first half of season three, so be aware, if you have not seen season 3, or at least the first 12 episodes of it then it's better to avoid watching this until afterward. Much like the first highlights movie, it's like condensing the episodes together and slicing off all the filler and padding, leaving you only with anintense well-paced game of epic Basketball. The movie features the game against Murasakibara and Kise from season 2 and 3 respectively, this format is really working out good for this franchise.nnI mean, expect nothing special, if anything, these highlights are the perfect route to take if you're up for a lightweight rewatch, even for people who know nothing about the series.

News:

• PV Collection for Sep 5 - 11 (09/11/2016)

Forum Topics:

• Kuroko no Basket Movie 2: Winter Cup Soushuuhen - Namida no Saki e Episode 1 Discussion

External Links:

• Official Site
• AniDB
• ANN

Related Anime/Manga:

• Kuroko no Basket Movie 1: Winter Cup - Kage to Hikari (anime - Prequel)
• Kuroko no Basket Movie 3: Winter Cup - Tobira no Mukou (anime - Sequel)
• Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season (anime - Full Story)