Kids on the Slope

Sakamichi no Apollon (Japanese坂道のアポロン, Sakamichi no Aporon, GV " The Apollo of the slope ") is a manga series drawn by Yuki Kodama and was published in the shōjo manga magazine Flowers of the publisher Shogakukan. It was adapted into a 2012 anime television series, whose English title Kids on the Slope is.

3.1 Print Media 3.1.1 Manga
3.1.2 Various

Action

Kaoru Nishimi (西见薫) must draw on the basis of the work situation of his father in the summer of 1966 from Yokosuka to Sasebo in Kyushu to his paternal aunt. There he met, among others, the energetic Sentaro Kawabuchi (川渕千太郎) and his childhood friend Ritsuko Mukae (迎律子) know. As Sentaro learns that Kaoru piano can play these urges to play the more retracted to Kaoru with him in the basement of the record store of Ritsuko's father jazz. This idea can Kaoru do not take pleasure in the beginning, since this is the purpose in life saw the school education up to this point and jazz regarded as barbaric. However, Kaoru can abgewinnen more and more jazz over time and became friends with, among others, Sentaro and falls in love with Ritsuko. However, this dismisses him because she is in love Sentaro.

Anime

2012 manga by Tezuka Productions MAPPA and directed by Shin'ichiro Watanabe was filmed as an anime television series.

The first broadcast of a total of 12 episodes took place from 13 April to June 29, 2012 shortly after midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ) in the noitaminA program block on Fuji TV. With up to a week offset other stations of the Fuji Network System ( FNS ) as Tōkai TV, Saga TV, TV Nishi- Nippon, Sakuranbo TV, Akita TV, Kagoshima TV, TV Kumamoto, Fukushima TV, TV Shin- Hiroshima, TV followed Ehime, Niigata Sogo television, Sendai Hoso, Kansai TV, Iwate Menkoi TV, TV Shizuoka and Nagasaki TV, as well as from 29 April nationwide via satellite on BS Fuji and from 20 August 2012, Hokkaidō Bunka Hoso.

The series of the jury was honored as " worth seeing " at the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival.

As a leader song that song Play ball was sung and written by YUKI used as the credits song was chosen Altair sung and written by Motohiro Hata from. The music is like the soundtrack of Yōko Kanno, already with director Watanabe at an earlier jazz -heavy series, Cowboy Bebop, worked.

Synchronization

Episode List

The names of the impacts have been taken from famous jazz pieces.

Publications

Print media

Manga

The manga was published from issue 11/2007 of 28 September 2007 to issue 3/2012 of 28 January 2012 at the shōjo manga magazine Flowers. Of 25 April 2008 to 26 April 2012, the chapters in anthologies 9 ( tankōbon ) were collected by the Shogakukan Verlag:

坂道のアポロン1 April 25, 2008, ISBN 978-4-09-131670-7.
坂道のアポロン2 October 10, 2008, ISBN 978-4-09-132174-9.
坂道のアポロン3 March 10, 2009, ISBN 978-4-09-132268-5.
坂道のアポロン4 August 10, 2009, ISBN 978-4-09-132626-3.
坂道のアポロン5 January 08, 2010, ISBN 978-4-09-133019-2.
坂道のアポロン6 June 10, 2010, ISBN 978-4-09-133198-4.
坂道のアポロン7 February 10, 2011, ISBN 978-4-09-133650-7 (normal edition ), ISBN 978-4-09-159087-9 (Limited Edition with enclosed postcard)
坂道のアポロン8 November 10, 2011, ISBN 978-4-09-134115-0.
坂道のアポロン9 April 26, 2012, ISBN 978-4-09-134465-6.

In addition the following special issues published:

坂道のアポロンOfficial Fan Book (フラワーコミックス〔〕スペシャル). November 9, 2012, ISBN 978-4-09-134829-6.
坂道のアポロンBONUS TRACKサントラCD付特别版. November 9, 2012, ISBN 978-4-09-159113-5, with Soundtrack CD
坂道のアポロンBONUS TRACK; November 9, 2012, ISBN 978-4-09-134793-0.

Various

ピアノピース坂道のメロディ/アルタイルアニメ「坂道のアポロン」から. 06 August 2012, ISBN 978-4-86414-461-2, music collection
坂道のアポロンオフィシャルログブック. September 25, 2012, ISBN 978-4-05-405482-0, Official Logbook

DVD / Blu -ray Disc

坂道のアポロン第1巻. July 27, 2012, jan 4988104071811, episodes 1-3
坂道のアポロン第2巻. August 22, 2012, jan 4988104071828, episodes 4-6
坂道のアポロン第3巻. September 28, 2012, jan 4988104071835, episodes 7-9
坂道のアポロン第4巻. October 19, 2012, jan 4988104071842, episodes 10-12

CD

2012 Original Soundtrack (坂道のアポロンオリジナル·サウンドトラック) and anime on April 25 the Anime " Sakamichi no Apollon " :アニメOriginal Soundtrack ( 「坂道のアポロン」 Manga content appeared on 16 September 2009, the ' Sakamichi no Apollon オリジナル·サウンドトラック), as well as the Anime " Sakamichi no Apollon ": Original soundtrack: more & rare. (アニメ「坂道のアポロン」オリジナル·サウンドトラックプラスmore & rare ) on 25 July 2012.

In addition, was on August 22, 2012, the compilation of the radios as Anime " Sakamichi no Apollon - Mukae Record / Chika Stage Tsushin " Radio CD Vol.1 (アニメ「坂道のアポロン~ムカエレコード·地下スタ通信~ 」ラジオCD Vol.1 ) published.

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