ABOUT

An anime fanlisting aims to gather as many fans of a particular anime and/or manga subject from all over the world in just one list. The network's website is currently located at http://www.animefanlistings.org.

Point Guard is the fanlisting for the character Ryota Miyagi of Takehiko Inoue's hugely popular anime and manga Slam Dunk.

The series tells the story of the Shohoku High School basketball team and the lives of its players, their friends and their loved ones. It also touches on the "rival" teams, but, ultimately, SD focuses on Shohoku and its starting five: power forward Hanamichi Sakuragi, small forward Kaede Rukawa, center and captain Takenori Akagi, shooting guard and former junior high MVP Hisashi Mitsui, and point guard Ryota Miyagi. For more on the series, visit Anime Slam Dunk.

Point Guard has been online since 18 November 2010. Site name is taken from Miyagi's playing position, of course, where he is in his element setting up plays, dishing assists, making long-distance shots and slashing through the opposing team's defense.

     CHARACTER

"It doesn't matter how many will leave. Isn't five players exactly enough to form a team?"

Name :: Ryota Miyagi
A.k.a. :: Lightning, Shorty, Ryo-chin
Age :: 16 - 17
Birthday :: July 31st
High School :: Shohoku
Grade :: 2nd
Class :: 1
Height :: 168 cm (5'6")
Weight :: 59 kg (130 lbs.)
Position :: Point Guard
Jersey Number :: 7
Shoe Brand :: Converse
Seiyuu :: Yoku Shioya

Miyagi is the starting point guard for the basketball team of Shohoku High School. He was given an offer to play for the school Ryonan but he opted for Shohoku because of its coach, the mild, plump and fatherly Anzai.

Ryota could easily be described as a quick-footed and sharp-witted court general. He plays the game with the aim of becoming the best point man in Kanagawa district--in the whole of Japan, if he could help it! He joined the team at first because of his love of basketball, but this was seemingly superceded when he also wanted to win the love of Ayako, the team manager.

Although he is relatively short compared to his team-mates, Ryota more than makes up for this with his speed and wilyness, evading even the fastest and biggest players of the opposing team. He is always distinguished with his thick, curly, Afro-like hair and the small blue earring he wears on his left ear. When playing, he dons the #7 jersey and a sweatband on his left wrist. Coach Anzai sums up Ryota's value very well when he said that this player is "an asset because of his speed and his senses."

     V.1.ANATA DAKE MITSUMETE'RU

The first version of Point Guard features Ryota's portrait from a series of Slam Dunk character paintings, hence the "pastel" texture of the picture. I took the liberty of editing out his fellow Shohoku player Hanamichi Sakuragi, though (Gomen, Tensai-kun!) XD This spread makes extensive use of polygon shapes, div HTML tags and shades of red, the color of Shohoku High School.

The theme for this design is the song Anata Dake Mitsumete'ru, the first ending theme of the Slam Dunk anime performed by Maki Oogoru. The title could be translated as "I've Got My Eyes Only On You." The lyrics found in the spread are parts that were originally spoken in English. Very upbeat and danceable song, too. Layout pieced together using Adobe Photoshop. HTML coded with Notepad.