jasmine diva I actually can't watch it again all the way through. It's just too powerful. I can do the soundtrack sometimes but man. To go through that entire show again? Ugh. My soul might not be able to take it. Ya know those shows that are just too good/emotional/powerful to watch more than once? Yeah, this is one of those for me.
Honestly like, getting the background of the two characters playing this song makes it infinitely better. This anime made me seriously rethink dropping my music major. Never went back to the major, but damn did this make me appreciate it so much more.
The animation on this anime is breathtaking, as a drummer myself, the drumming animations were so satisfying to watch because when Sentaro would hit the ride cymbal a scene later the cymbal would still be shaking and I love that little touch, and his stick movement was so realistic as well. Same thing goes for the piano, I somewhat play piano and to see the animation of the piano playing is also really satisfying, and the animation for the acoustic bass (the upright bass that good old pops plays), the Trumpet was the only thing a little bit off imo, but other than that all of this was amazingly animated.
More like a full breath of bromance, with a dash of fresh air, if you ask me. Just wish it had lasted forever...i need more bromances like this. Friends are for ever, unlike love affairs.
I remember encountering the strong bromance. I thought I was watching the wrong anime. I wish I could rewatch this for the first time again. I still get chills and cry at the same parts, but it'll never beat the first watch through.
Every time I end up listening to this I just feel swept away. You can hear in both parts so clearly a feeling of pure joy. It's simply reveling in the love of music for no other reason than the music itself.
The first time I watched this I was trying to hold my tears, but when the piano magically starts playing the first notes of "Someday My Prince Will Come" I just bursted into tears, not of sadness, of course, but because this scene was one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched. Plus the fact that I just love Bill Evans.
@@ryanta48 syncopation is, if i remember correctly, emphasising and playing on the offbeats. Them pausing there is just incredible interaction between their improv.
If I had a dollar for every goddamn time either Ariana Grande or 7 Rings is mentioned, I would have enough money to commission a single, fully produced episode of any anime. Songs: My Favorite Things (from The Sound of Music, 1965) Someday My Prince Will Come (Bill Evans transcription?, 1960?) Moanin' (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, ~1958)
They named the last episode "All Blues," one of the tracks from Davis' Kind of Blue. Also, the tenth episode is "In a Sentimental Mood," composed by Ellington. They made subtle allusions to them.
This was my favorite manga/anime of all time, and I've watched a lot of good anime. But this was so much better than everything else. Just everything about this series was purely amazing, way beyond any other series.
i already knew about jazz because i was in a jazz band, and it was really interesting to watch an anime that actually had jazz music as it's main focus. the soundtrack is great :)
I have just finished watching Kids on the Slope and I want to cry!!! I love the whole series, it is so warm in the feeling. I miss my friends, and it made me feel a longing for some friends that I never had. The array of the warm spectrum about love, friendship, family, and bromance... It gave me the same post feeling, the preoccupied feeling after watching the movie 5 centimeters per second. It has a lot of moral stories, about forgiveness, trust, having courage in life, and brotherly kindness. So good, very moving, and captivating.
After I listened to this I watched kids on the slope and it honestly was the best 6ish hours I’ve spent in a while it’s been on my to watch list for forever and I’m glad I got around to it.
I liked jazz before I saw this anime, but the way they used the music to connect the whole story and the elements of it, made me really like it. I'll remember this anime for a very long time
You mean to say, its amazing how a lovely, beautiful, and amazing animation can bring one to appreciate, and lead one to acquire a taste for such music.
I'm in awe at the following this show has. On the 23rd video of this playlist and all of the ost have 100k+ views. I didn't realize it was so popular... I wonder if people who don't usually watch anime have seen this?
Well... it's unlikely This anime is not very popular, not among those people who only watch overrated series' ( aka weebs, sorry ), hot-blooded young'uns, and moe art lovers but what can I say, it's nice, but not for many ( at least, more than half of the anime watchers )
+Tasdique Chowdhury What amazes me more is the fact that this show actually aired BEFORE the release of the movie Whiplash (the one with J.K. Simmons in it)
RandomGuy1994 actually, i just watched the trailer (you brought it to my attention). They're not the same at all! Maybe only like the jazz/youth part. But really, they're not! I'll tell you one thing though, The Hunger Games were a total ripoff of Battle Royale
Tasdique Chowdhury Well of course they're both very different stories, but both of them still very much focus on jazz and a drummer plays an important role in both of them, which is an interesting detail to have in common. Nonetheless please watch Whiplash, that movie is great. Just... don't mistake the movie for somekind of a tutorial in music. I've seen some idiots SOMEHOW making that presumption and in result ended up condemning the movie for it.
This is Fantastic, Ive never watched the anime, but ive listened to the original songs before this. and oh boy, I was smiling the entire time. what a fantastic tribute to jazz.
theres like maybe an ova worth of content left in the manga after the last episode, but realistically just read the manga because its really really good if you got attached to the characters as I did.
love that they mentioned john coltrane in this anime. if this show was longer, i would have liked them to pay respects to other famous jazz players, like miles davis, duke ellington, thelonious monk, louis armstrong, benny goodman, buddy rich,etc.
i always love it and it gives me huge chills when sentaro and kaoru play together , its so beautiful how their relationship can sync together. i wish i lived a life like theirs.
Moanin was done by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Art actually grew up in my hometown not even an hour away from me!! And this is in an anime now? This. Is. FUCKING. AWESOME.
Sakamichi no Apollon Kaoru and Sentaro playing like this A lot of anime,manga and music Amazing soundtrack and the best musicians These are a few of my favourite things ^^
I would love to learn this for piano. I'm a somewhat recent anime viewer, having been watching anime for a couple of years now, and out of all the anime I've watched (including SAO, Shingeki no Kyojin, Log Horizon etc.), Sakamichi no Apollon has been by far the best. Thank you, Yoko Kanno.
The one thing I don't 'like' (although I don't dislike it) is the length: it's too short! A sequel would be nice, but I would really like to see a prequel! Then again, a good anime will leave you wanting more regardless of it's length.
It's amazing, every year I feel like hearing this again and every time I think it's getting better than before. I don't know how to explain it, but it's just... wOnDErfUL✨
