Kids on the Slope sees Cowboy Bebop‘s Shinichiro Watanabe (director) and Yoko Kanno (music) adapt Yuki Kodama’s manga about youths in 1960s Japan (Kyushu) who find each other and themselves through jazz. As MAPPA’s first production, KoTS needed to make a splash. Its musical performances, VA work, art, storyboarding, choreography, characterization, and soundtrack make it an anime of legend. Find out what went into making this insanely enjoyable anime and what hosts Jared and Ink as well as guest Alex Osborn got out of it. (We do run long on this one, but there is a lot to unpack here.)

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Runtime: 2 hr, 16 min

Show Notes

Opening Song: “Through the Glass” by Kaz Mirblouk

0:00:00 – Introductions!

0:39:00 – Spoilers!

1:43:50 – Twitter questions!

Ending Song: “Money 1973” by NO FUTURE

Kids on the Slope is streaming on Crunchyroll and HIDIVE and can be purchased on DVD/BD via Sentai Filmworks,  RightStuf, or Amazon.

Twitter: Ani-Gamers, Oldtaku no Radio, Ink, Jared, Alex

Alex also writes/edits for IGN and vlogs on YouTube.

Ink also writes for Otaku USA Magazine and The Fandom Post and is the official bad sports anime correspondent on Taiiku Podcast.

Jared also writes for The Electrum Edition and Wave Motion Cannon.