The series debuted as a webcomic in 1996 and it was also serialized in Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump shortly after its introduction on the web.

An anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment, released in 2005, followed by a second season in 2007.

Inoue launched Buzzer Beater as an online comic in May 1996 on the Sports-i ESPN website (now J Sports).

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.

[10][11] In May 2021, Manga Planet announced that they licensed the series for English digital release starting in June of the same year.