Kuroko's Basketball (2012)

Animation · Comedy · Sport

In the story, Kagami Taiga has just enrolled into Seirin High School when he meets Kuroko Tetsuya of the school's basketball team. Kuroko happens to be the shadowy sixth member of the legendary Generation of Miracles basketball team. Together, Kagami and Kuroko aim to take their team to the inter-high school championship - against Kuroko's former teammates.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (16,781 votes)
Episode average: 8.3 ↑ +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Netflix · Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

7.97 avg 26 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 24 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	I Am Kuroko	7.8	573
2	I'm Serious	7.6	483
3	It's Better If I Can't Win	7.7	460
4	Take Care of the Counter Attack!	8.1	455
5	Your Basketball	7.7	434
6	Let Me Tell You Two Things	7.6	411
7	You'll See Something Amazing	7.6	398
8	Now That I Think About It	7.7	386
9	To Win	8.1	380
10	I Can't Have That	8.3	391
11	That's Not It	8.2	380
12	What Is 'Victory'	8.1	376
13	I Believed in You	8.8	430
14	You Look Just Like Him	7.7	377
15	Don't Make Me Laugh	7.7	360
16	Let's Go	7.8	349
17	You're All Ridiculous	7.9	351
18	No!	8.2	364
19	On to a New Challenge	7.3	348
20	I Don't Want to Be	7.5	347
21	Let's Get Started	7.6	355
22	I'll Win Even If It Kills Me	7.7	343
23	I'm Not Mature!	7.9	349
24	Don't Get the Wrong Idea	8.9	430
25	Our Basketball	9.0	457
26	Tip-off (Episode 22.5)	8.7	68

Season 2 (2013)

8.52 avg 26 episodes 7.7 → 8.4 24 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kon'na Tokorode Au To Hana	7.7	359
2	Uintaa Kappu De	7.7	331
3	Shidou!	8.2	332
4	Kotae wa Hitotsu ni Kimatteiru	8.3	325
5	Mattetaze	8.0	325
6	Tou no Mukashi ni Koeteiru	8.8	357
7	Akiramero	7.9	317
8	We're the Seirin High School Basketball Team!	8.4	334
9	I Will Defeat You!	9.0	412
10	It's Trust	8.8	350
11	Don't Be Ridiculous	9.0	376
12	Thanks	7.8	322
13	Definitely This Time	8.1	316
14	Useless Effort	8.5	334
15	He's Beside Himself with Joy	8.9	347
16	Win Now	8.7	342
17	I Believe	9.1	413
18	I Won't Lose	9.7	862
19	Tell Me	7.9	319
20	Of Course It's Not Easy	7.9	306
21	First Basket!	8.7	393
22	It's Obvious	8.6	320
23	I Don't Want to Lose	8.8	334
24	Enough	9.1	375
25	Win!	9.4	460
26	Can We Do That One More Time (Episode 41.5)	8.4	57

Season 3 (2015)

8.53 avg 26 episodes 7.6 → 9.4 24 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	I'm Just Going at Full Strength	7.6	307
2	This Is Mine	7.9	299
3	Don't You Get in My Way	8.3	305
4	I'll Take This for Now	8.1	296
5	I Know None of That	8.5	309
6	I Will Offer Them	8.7	341
7	It Makes Me Laugh	8.1	299
8	True Light	8.1	289
9	Don't Belittle Us!!	7.9	292
10	In Order to Win	8.3	295
11	This Time, for Sure	8.5	298
12	He Is the Best Player	8.9	330
13	A Day with Blue Skies	8.0	288
14	...Sorry	7.9	286
15	We No Longer	8.6	310
16	What Is Victory?	8.7	306
17	Final Tip-Off!	8.9	313
18	Isn't It the Best?	8.6	294
19	A Miracle Will Not Happen	8.3	287
20	Weight of Resolve	8.6	304
21	In My Own Way, I'm Desperate	8.4	288
22	A Warning	8.8	330
23	Why Don't You Give Up?	9.4	452
24	So It Was You	9.6	533
25	Again and Again	9.6	706
26	The Greatest Present	9.4	283

Kuroko's Basketball (2012)

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