Kids on the Slope

Kids on the Slope (坂道のアポロン) is an anime series produced by and  based on the same named manga by Yuki Kodama. It was originally aired from April 12 to June 28, 2012. The anime has been licensed in North America by, in British Isles by  and in Australasia by Hanabee. The anime also aired and continues to be available on.

Synopsis
Summer 1966: Kaoru Nishimi has moved to live with relatives in. He's been an aloof honor student his whole life, but that starts changing when he meets Sentarou Kawabuchi, the school's notorious bad boy. Through him, he learns the appeal of jazz and forms his first real friendships.

Staff

 * Director - Shinichirō Watanabe
 * Producer - Masao Maruyama
 * Script - Ayako Katoh,Yūko Kakihara
 * Character Design - Nobuteru Yuki
 * Art Director - Shinichi Uehara
 * Music- Yoko Kanno
 * Art - Chieko Nakamura (ED), Minoru Nishida (OP)
 * Chief Animation Director  - Katsuya Yamada (ep 9), Yoshimitsu Yamashita
 * Original Creator - Yuki Kodama
 * Producer - Daisuke Konaka, Noriko Ozaki (Fuji TV)
 * Executive producer - Atsushi Terada, Junichi Shinzaka, Naoki Kitagawa, Yatsuho Tomikawa (Fuji TV)
 * CGI Director - Yuushi Koshida
 * Director of Photography - Kenji Takehara