Kids on the Slope
Sakamichi no Apollon / Sakamichi no Aporon / Apollo on the SlopeSummary
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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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- 22 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 4 h 24 min (12 × 22 min)
- Season
- Spring 2012
- Start date
- April 13, 2012
- End date
- June 29, 2012
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Tezuka Productions, MAPPA
- Romaji title
- Sakamichi no Apollon
- English title
- Kids on the Slope
- Native title
- 坂道のアポロン
- Other titles
- Sakamichi no Aporon · Apollo on the Slope
Characters 25
Main characters
- Kaoru Nishimi西見薫Main
- Ritsuko Mukae迎律子Main
- Sentarou Kawabuchi川渕千太郎Main
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- Muroi室井Supporting
- Sayoko小夜子Supporting
- Yurika Fukahori深堀百合香Supporting
- Isao Arita有田勲Supporting
- Junichi Katsuragi桂木淳一Supporting
- Sachiko幸子Supporting
- Kaoru no Oba薫の伯母Supporting
- Kouta康太Supporting
- Shigetora Maruo丸尾重虎Supporting
- Shinpu神父Supporting
- Seiji Matsuoka松岡星児Supporting
- Yurika no Chichi百合香の父Supporting
- Tokie時枝Supporting
- Nishimi Kaoru no Chichi西見薫の父Supporting
- Marikoまり子Supporting
- Yurika no Haha百合香の母Supporting
- Haha母Supporting
- Sentarou no Sobo千太郎の祖母Supporting
- Tsutomu Mukae迎勉Supporting
- Dansei Kyaku男性客Supporting
- Ryuunosuke Yamaoka山岡竜之介Supporting
- Taichi太一Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Shinichirou WatanabeDirector
- Yuki KodamaOriginal creator
- Nobuteru YuukiCharacter design
- Youko KannoMusic
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- Youko KannoTheme Song Composition (OP, ED)
- Youko KannoTheme Song Arrangement (OP, ED)
- Aoi TeshimaInsert Song Performance (ep 5)
- Kazuto NakazawaAnimation Director (OP)
- Masao MaruyamaProducer
- Masayoshi FurukawaBGM Guitar Performance (eps 2-12)
- Masayoshi FurukawaBGM Junichi Katsuragi Vocal Performance (ep 4)
- Hideki FutamuraStoryboard (ep 8)
- Yoshimitsu YamashitaSub Character Design
- Yoshimitsu YamashitaChief Animation Director (eps 1-12)
- Motohiro HataTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Motohiro HataTheme Song Lyrics (ED)
- Steven FosterADR Director (English)
- Moriyasu TaniguchiKey Animation (ep 11)
- Yuuko KakiharaScript
- YUKITheme Song Performance (OP)
- YUKITheme Song Lyrics (OP)
- Makoto KogaAssistant Animation Director (ep 8)
- Yuuichirou NakajimaBackground Art (ep 10)
- Yukio AbeBackground Art (ep 12)
- Kouji YamamotoChief Producer