Friendship and Jazz in Kids on the Slope
I asked my one friend, an avid anime viewer, what anime he’d recommend to me. He had quite a few suggestions, but he seemed particularly enthusiastic about Kids on the Slope ( Sakamichi no Apollon ). So, I decided to watch it for this blog, and I’d say I made the right choice. A show full of emotion, it depicts high-schoolers coming together from different walks of life, drawn together by music. It has twelve episodes, each named after a jazz song. The anime takes place in the 1960's, in the city of Sasebo (4) on Japan's southernmost island, Kyushu. The music the characters play is recorded especially for the anime, with different musicians “playing” the characters Kaoru and Sentaro. (3) Watanabe Shinichiro directed, adapting it from the manga of the same name. (4) Kodama Yuki created the manga for the josei target audience, (4) made up of women older than shojo . (2) MAPPA and Tezuka Productions (founded by Tezuka Osamu (6)) made the anime, which came out in 2012 (4). ...