I loved this show for 12 weeks, I really anticipated every episode, I have also read the manga, but the way they wrapped it up in the anime reaaally pissed me off! The manga gives you time to absorb the story and lays out everything nicely. The anime started out really nice and slow, but the 2 last episodes were not so good! it was really hurried like the director wanted to finish everything by the 12th episode, it would have been nice if they had added at least one more... anyway really nice, definitely read the manga... AWESOME! I highly recommend both. (show less)

At first I thought this show was about sailors and boats or something, just by judging by the picture. After watching a first impression video on youtube and seeing that the main focus was jazz music in the 60s I became intrigued.

There really isn't a main story here. It started out as a love triangle between the main group of friends but then just moved on to developing the friendships between the 3 main characters. The way they executed what story they had, was pretty impressive. It served for some real emotional scenes, that weren't all over-dramatic, which was a great thing. The animation is completely outstanding! The attention to detail they give for when everybody is playing their instruments is really impression. All in all Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope) is a great emotional slice of life anime, with an amazing soundtrack as well! (show less)