<Tr> <Th> Runtime </Th> <Td> 90 minutes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anime and Manga portal </Td> </Tr> <P> Kuroko's Basketball, known in Japan as Kuroko no Basket (黒子 の バスケ), is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki . The English rendering The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays also appears in the artwork of the Japanese version . It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2008 to September 2014, with the individual chapters collected into 30 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha . It tells the story of a high school basketball team trying to make it to the national tournament . </P> <P> By April 2014, Kuroko's Basketball had 27 million copies in circulation . It was adapted into an anime television series by Production I.G that began airing in 2012, with a second season that began airing in October 2013 and a third season that began airing in January 2015 . A sequel manga by Fujimaki titled Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game (黒子 の バスケ EXTRA GAME) began serialization in Jump Next! on December 29, 2014 . Viz Media has licensed the manga for publication in North America . An anime film adaptation of the Kuroko's Basketball: Extra Game manga premiered in Japan on March 18, 2017 . In December 2015 a stage play adaptation was announced, set to open on April 2016, followed by more stage adaptations . </P>

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