(L) Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope)

[sa547]

Pleased with the soundtrack, something to provide a new twist for my listening experience (I love instrumentals, mostly OSTs), and given the list, it's a good starter set to move on to other portions of jazz.

http://www.noitamina-apollon.com/index_en.html
Now we have four.


Interesting note for us Macross fans: it's the first time the two generation of Nomes -- Mao and Sheryl -- are present in this Episode 2.

Edit: OMG, I'm surprised Ri'ko is singing My Favorite Things... in English!

[Guardian Enzo]

You can also pre-order Kaoru's glasses from the NoitaminA shop...

[Kirarakim]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

You can also pre-order Kaoru's glasses from the NoitaminA shop...

Woah until you said this I had no idea there was a store, that's pretty cool.

[LKK]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

You can also pre-order Kaoru's glasses from the NoitaminA shop...

Those glasses remind me so much of the ones my father wore when I was younger. I thought they were dorky looking back then and I still do.

[Guardian Enzo]

Dorky is the new cool.

[LKK]

Crunchyroll reports that the final volume of the Kids on the Slope manga is on sale now. There are a total of 9 volumes in the series. I wonder if that means the anime will reach the manga conclusion?

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by LKK

Crunchyroll reports that the final volume of the Kids on the Slope manga is on sale now. There are a total of 9 volumes in the series. I wonder if that means the anime will reach the manga conclusion?

It may mean that - eps 1-2 were basically volume 1, if they apply some serious cuts to some later developments (I think they'll cut most of Junichi's storyline and Kaoru's uh, family issues) they may even reach the conclusion. I just hope they won't rush it, or cut so much they leave only the bare bones of the story...

[Guardian Enzo]

Watanabe's already said he's adapting the entire manga, so prepare yourself...

[sikvod00]

Spoiler for ep. 3:

There's some romantic misunderstandings this episode, but Kaouro untangles some of that by confessesing to Ritsuko. So glad that they decided to get that out of the way instead of dragging it on until the end of the series.

[totoum]

Originally Posted by sikvod00

Spoiler for ep3:

Episode 3: There's some romantic misunderstandings this episode, but Kaouro untangles some of that by confessesing to Ritsuko. So glad that they decided to get that out of the way instead of dragging it on until the end of the series

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Spoiler for ep3:

Yeah I got scared as well and was glad there was progress quickly though it does look we might have a love circle on our hands,those need to be handled with great care but I'll trust Watanabe.

Both musical sequences were great,espialy the piano piece,I like how ri chan was drawn on the partition.

[SeijiSensei]

Can I ask that people please use spoiler tags for at least the first twenty-four hours after an episode is streamed? Up until 0401 GMT on Saturday (or 00:01 am Saturday in the US Eastern time zone) would be nice.

@sikvod00
Please add spoilers to your post.

[ookamigirl]

It was love at first sight.
Guess even big delinquent guys like him get lovesick.
Sentaro & Yurika ^^ It was fun watching him all awkward are embarrassed.
Group date was nice, but not everyone was happy.
Hope Richie gets his answer soon..

[Flawfinder]

I'm just going to laugh at the MANY people who thought there wouldn't be complicated love triangles in this anime because I am that evil. Muahahahaha.

[Kanon]

Spoiler for episode 3:

There was more romantic development in this one episode than in the entirety of some romance series. The story is progressing very smoothly so far. I very much appreciate the lack of overblown drama as well. Hope I'm not speaking too fast... but I'm pretty sure I have nothing to fear here.

Looking forward to how they'll solve the love rectangle. I'd be more than fine with Kaoru x Riko and Sentarou x Yurika.

[FredFriendly]

Here's a couple of avatars I created if anyone wants to use them:






Unfortunately, I couldn't get the one I wanted to use down to less than 100Kb:

[TurkeyPotPie]

Well, I'm glad that this show avoided a simple love triangle (or worse a love rectangle). When Sentaro screwed up the invite, I feared a rectangle was forming. Fortunately, it appears that Rurika only has eyes for Sentaro. And Sentaro is such a big, lovable dork. I thought he had major guts at first to ask Rurika out in front of her friends, but he just doesn't know any better. The scenes with Sentaro's family were great too, a huge contrast with Kaoru.

I finally noticed this episode that everyone's jaws move when they talk. That's rare to see in anime, mouth flaps with no moving jaw are one of the things that makes anime look so cheap sometimes.

[Sides]

I have to say that this show is written and directed really really good. The situation are handled more realistically than most show I have seen.
After seeing the last few episodes I am kind of envy people who can script down music, so wished I went to schools that did offer music as a module or club..

[Saturn Beaver]

Sentaro MOEEEE!!

But seriously, this episode is great.

Spoiler for Ep 1:

First of all, although with the staff behind it this should be a given, but that festival jam session is really amazing, just like all the soundtrack in this anime. I look forward for when the OST is out.

What's great is how in a single episode this anime has done what most other anime let fester for at least 50% of their show, with Kaoru confessing at the end here. I have to give it up to him, at first I was facepalming a bit when I saw the misunderstandings forming, but him confessing as early as episode 3 makes things much more unpredictable now.

Really, the characters here are great, nowhere near being dense as usual, but instead sharp enough to realize each other's feeling except for Sentarou (and how Ritsuko mistook which girl Kaoru likes, though I suspect that that's partly wishful thinking as well - her hoping that Kaoru will take Yurika away from Sentarou, leaving him for herself). I call BS on the topless Sentarou thing though, guy stutters just for asking her out and getting a handkerchief, no way things can go so fast without him freaking out. Personally, I suspect that with the canvasses and all, she was being platonic in asking him to model for her or something.

[Guardian Enzo]

Why does everyone make this anime thing out to be so hard? Just do it like that.

[ars89]

Lol Sentaro inviting Yurika was funny. Good thing Kaoru noticed the triangle forming and confessed.