Kids on the Slope

Kids on the Slope is an Japanese animation series which aired on Fuji TV. The series premiered on April 13, 2012.

Summer, 1966. Kaoru Nishimi has moved to live with relatives in Kyushu. 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.