kuroko's basketball, known in japan as , is a japanese sports manga series created by tadatoshi fujimaki. it was published in "weekly shōnen jump" from december 2008 to september 2014. an anime television series based on this manga was produced by production i.g. it began airing in 2012. a second season of the anime began airing in october 2013 and a third season began airing in january 2015. an anime movie based on "kuroko's basketball: extra game" manga premiered in japan on march 18, 2017.