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Kids on the Slope

★ 8.1 4K votes 2012–2012 1 season · 12 episodes Ended Fuji TV
Music sceneMusicians, bands and the industry behind them.This show: 9/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 8/10NostalgicTrades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.This show: 8/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Ryohei KimuraYuka NanriZenki KitajimaBrittney KarbowskiLuci ChristianDavid Matranga
Starring
Ryohei KimuraYuka NanriZenki KitajimaBrittney KarbowskiLuci ChristianDavid Matranga
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03875113150

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S18.17.67.77.98.38.27.38.78.08.28.18.58.6

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About

"Jazz as the language teenagers can't speak aloud"

Set in a small Japanese port city in 1966, a reserved transfer student forms an unlikely bond with a rough-edged classmate over a shared love of jazz. What begins as awkward friendship widens into a tender ensemble story of first love, family wounds, and growing up amid social tension. The show moves gently, letting mood and music breathe rather than rushing plot. Jazz performances double as emotional climaxes, and the animation lingers on small gestures and silences. It's melancholic, warm, and quietly earnest, carried by its soundtrack and unusually sincere handling of teenage feeling.

Watch it for

the way jazz performances become the show's real emotional dialogue.

Maybe skip if

you want fast plotting rather than slow, mood-driven character drama.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12012
8.11K124h 29m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Moanin'7.6
14422 min
▶2Summertime7.7
12423 min
▶3Someday My Prince Will Come7.9
11623 min
▶4But Not for Me8.3
11722 min
▶5Lullaby of Birdland8.2
11322 min
▶6You Don't Know What Love Is7.3
10722 min
▶7Now's the Time8.7
13322 min
▶8These Foolish Things8.0
10023 min
▶9Love Me or Leave Me8.2
10222 min
▶10In a Sentimental Mood8.1
10322 min
▶11Left Alone8.5
10823 min
▶12All Blues8.6
12023 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ryohei Kimura Kaoru Nishimi
Yuka Nanri Ritsuko Mukae
Zenki Kitajima Tsutomu Mukae, Mukai
Brittney Karbowski Tokie
Luci Christian Kaoru's aunt
David Matranga Junichi Katsuragi
David Wald Mukae, Tsutomu
Chris Patton Kaoru Nishimi
Hilary Haag Sachiko
Andrew Love Sentaro Kawabuchi

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