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TMS Reanimates Buzzer Beater for July Debut

posted on 2007-04-09 09:13 EDT by Egan Loo

TMS Entertainment and Nippon Television Network will premiere a new Buzzer Beater anime in July. Takehiko Inoue created the original 1997 basketball manga between his more prominent Slam Dunk and Vagabond works. The WOWOW satellite programmer previously broadcasted a different animated version of Buzzer Beater in 2005. Source: Tokyo Movie Blog, Animedia

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