Behold, my ratings!
Story: 5-6
Art: 8
Sound: 8
Character: 7
Enjoyment: 8
Overall:7-8
"These are a few of my favorite things!"
Sakamichi No Apollon delivered in the enjoyment category no doubt. That late 1960's vibe, combined with the animation and music of the show, and lively characters..all of it was simple, yet effective and satisfying. Sentaro was my go-to watch character in the series, just because his story and appearance, and his attitude, and he was christian. Richie and him went great together in the whole series, it felt..right and necessary having them around each other, because the anime felt interesting whenever they would meet up. Just those two making music, filled KOTS duties on music. Of course let's not forget the other musicians.
The other characters weren't too important aside from Ritsu. Junichi's scenes and involvement were good, but really...man all I wanted to see is if when am I going to see more jazz being made! Richie and Sentaro, without them getting screen time together the show would be probably bad! Those two characters go hand-in-hand, because they created lots of entertainment for me. The last episode..oh man it was fantastic, a great ending indeed (you won't be disappointed!)
As for the rest of the story, some parts feel extremely rushed..and those specific parts I felt would've been essential to make the story more interesting and to get to know the characters way more. The story isn't special at all aside from the heart-warming and tear-jerking ending. I never understood Richie, he was so surprising and so interesting in the beginning of the series, however later on, he gets confusing. I never got to know much about him aside from his few interests. Again, this story is laughable and probably mediocre, simple but nothing much to talk about, although the ending justified it for me.
As for music..I went ahead and downloaded the ost. You will most likely be to do so as well if your into Yoko Kanno's stuff. I watched the OP every episode. Special effects were close to none at all including atmospheric effects, car noises, birds chirping, wind blowing, none of that organic stuff. Voice acting was good, I liked it alot! Background music fitted in so well with so many of the scenes as I could remember, some of them were really feel-good and just nice to have an ear on!
I'll end this review here. I want to recommend you to watch this anime, even though there's a tiny chance you won't like it..but it's only 12 episodes of music, drama, and romance. ALso, I just wanna say this anime made me cry like buckets. Just do yourself a favor and watch Sakamichi No Apollon, it won't hurt. If you like enlightening and heart-warming stuff, watch this anime!
Thanks for reading!
May grace and peace be with you, and God bless you. :)
