Kids on the Slope
坂道のアポロン
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! (Source: Official Website)
Kids on the Slope is a tv with 12 episodes, from Spring 2012, produced by MAPPA, Tezuka Productions, rated 8.0/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
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! (Source: Official Website)
Main Characters
Tags
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.
- Band — Main cast is a group of musicians.
- Love Triangle — Centered around romantic feelings between more than two people. Includes all love polygons.
- Josei — Target demographic is adult females.
- Jazz Music — Centers on the musical style of jazz, not to be applied to anime that use jazz in its soundtrack.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Heterosexual — Prominently features a romance between a man and a woman, not inherently sexual.
- Found Family — Features a group of characters with no biological relations that are united in a group providing social support.
- Primarily Male Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of male characters.
- School — Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.
- Rural — Partly or completely set in the countryside.
- Religion — Centers on the belief that humanity is related to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements.