Buzzer Beater (manga)

Buzzer Beater (stylized as BUZZER BEATER) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. The series debuted as a webcomic, and it was made available in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean. "Buzzer Beater" was being serialized in "Monthly Shōnen Jump" shortly after its introduction on the web. An anime adaptation of the webcomic was released in 2005, a second season coming out two years later.
Media.
Webcomic.
Inoue launched "Buzzer Beater" as an online comic in May 1996 on the Sports-i ESPN website (now J Sports). It was his second manga to focus on basketball, following his very successful second manga series, "Slam Dunk". The name of the manga comes from the term used for when a basket is scored at the same moment a period or the game itself ends. "Buzzer Beater" was published in print format by Shueisha shortly after it began, as it was serialized in its "Monthly Shōnen Jump" manga magazine from February 1997 to August 1998. The manga has also been compiled in four print volumes.
Anime.
"Buzzer Beater" is Inoue's second manga series to have been adopted into an anime. A 13 episode TV series was produced by TMS Entertainment and premiered on WOWOW from February 5, 2005, ending its run on May 7, 2005. A second 13 episode series, continuing the story and also animated by TMS, premiered on Nippon Television on July 4, 2007 and ended its run on September 26, 2007. Both anime adaptations were supervised by Inoue. The anime series includes story elements and characters that were either hinted at or did not originally appear in the manga.