Description:
The beginning of summer, 1966.

Because of his father's job situation, freshman high school student Kaoru Nishimi moves by himself from Yokosuka to Kyushu to live with relatives. Until then, Kaoru was an honor roll student who tended to keep to himself, but meeting notorious bad boy Sentaro Kawabuchi starts to change him. Through his devil-may-care classmate, Kaoru learns the attractions of jazz and finds the first person he can call a "friend". He also discovers how much fun it is to play music with a pal.

Other characters include Sentaro's kind childhood chum, Ritsuko, who is the daughter of a record shop owner; the mysterious upperclassman, Yurika; and Brother Jun, the much-admired leader among their peers. Set against the backdrop of a seaside town with a scent of American culture, this series is a drama about young people coming into their own, crossing each other's paths, and finding friendship, love, and music!

Genres: Josei, Drama, Romance, School, Slice of Life, Historical

http://myanimelist.net/anime/12531
http://anidb.net/a8870

Runs in the noitamina slot, 11 Eps as usual. First Ep out, CR simulcast.
I'd also like to mention that Yoko Kanno and Shinichiro Watanabe work on this.


Best thing i watched in a long time. Hope it stays this strong.
Favorite Op of the season as well.

Will check this out later.I hope it's not gonna get too gay, I've only read some rumors so not sure but the cast is promising.

This post was edited by Rawen on Apr 12 2012 01:16pm

Wow. Was expecting a crybaby throughout the whole story but I am loving how the first episode played out.
But only 11 eps?!

Missed this originally. :S

I watched it and quite enjoyed it myself. I feel like it'll be a good show for this season.

>josei, romance, 3 guys pictured

not sure if want

lol, this is what i was expecting too.
im glad i was wrong.

this seems fairly similar to nodame cantabile, it will be a good watch.
its a shame its so short though =/

Just because of the OST and the animation quality this is the anime of the season for me, I hope there won't be any kind of bromance.

i dont think there will be, at least... it cant be much worse then L drying Lights bare feat in a gay manner.

gawwwww. This show just gets better and better

Apparently I should be bracing for gay, oh wait it doesn't bother me nvm

Its pretty unique so far, I like it a lot