Kids on the Slope
2012 • Dentsu
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2012
- Episodes
- 12
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Dentsu · Fuji TV · Tezuka Productions · Toho
- Genres
- Drama · Music · Romance · Slice of Life
The beginning of summer, 1966.
Because of his father's job situation, freshman high school student Kaoru Nishimi moves by himself from Yokosuka to Kyushu to live with relatives. Until then, Kaoru was an honor roll student who tended to keep to himself, but meeting notorious bad boy Sentaro Kawabuchi starts to change him. Through his devil-may-care classmate, Kaoru learns the attractions of jazz and finds the first person he can call a "friend". He also discovers how much fun it is to play music with a pal.
Other characters include Sentaro's kind childhood chum, Ritsuko, who is the daughter of a record shop owner; the mysterious upperclassman, Yurika; and Brother Jun, the much-admired leader among their peers. Set against the backdrop of a seaside town with a scent of American culture, this series is a drama about young people coming into their own, crossing each other's paths, and finding friendship, love, and music!
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Kids on the Slope, or Sakamichi no Apollon, was released as an eleven-episode anime series in 2012, produced by MAPPA and Tezuka Productions. Adapted from Yuki Kodama’s award-winning manga, the series is set in the 1960s and follows the lives of high school students bonded by their shared passion for jazz music. The project was notably directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, who sought to capture the improvisational and emotional nature of the genre through high-fidelity musical performances and period-accurate storytelling.
The series was critically noted for its collaboration with renowned composer Yoko Kanno, whose jazz compositions served as the heartbeat of the show. The visual style, overseen by character designer Nobuteru Yuki, aimed for a nostalgic, grounded aesthetic that reflected the cultural transition of post-war Japan. Upon its release, it was praised for its sophisticated character development and the technical precision of its musical animation, solidifying its place as a significant entry in the slice-of-life genre.
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