Nodame Cantabile

Shinichi Chiaki is a first class musician whose dream is to play among the elites in Europe. Coming from a distinguished family, he is an infamous perfectionist—not only is he highly critical of himself, but of others as well. The only thing stopping Shinichi from leaving for Europe is his fear of flying. As a result, he's grounded in Japan.

During his fourth year at Japan's top music university, Shinichi happens to meet Megumi Noda or, as she refers to herself, Nodame. On the surface, she seems to be an unkempt girl with no direction in life. However, when Shinichi hears Nodame play the piano for the first time, he is in awe of the kind of music she creates. Nevertheless, Shinichi is dismayed to discover that Nodame is his neighbor, and worse, she ends up falling head over heels in love with him.

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Noda, Megumi Main

Kawasumi, Ayako Japanese

Chiaki, Shinichi Main

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

von Stresemann, Franz Supporting

Ogawa, Shinji Japanese

Kuroki, Yasunori Supporting

Matsukaze, Masaya Japanese

Mine, Ryuutarou Supporting

Kawada, Shinji Japanese

Okuyama, Masumi Supporting

Fujita, Yoshinori Japanese

Miki, Kiyora Supporting

Kobayashi, Sanae Japanese

Auclair, Charles Supporting

Kiyokawa, Motomu Japanese

Saku, Sakura Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Etou, Kouzou Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Yamamoto, Kouji Producer

Matsukura, Yuuji Producer

Oosawa, Nobuhiro Producer

Kasai, Kenichi Director, Storyboard

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Dec 21, 2022

OneEyeOpen

Recommended

It is a lovely story. The main theme is that through the anime is that through the power of love, we can conquer all. The love that Shinichi and Nodame have for each other helps them grow as people and in their craft, and this is truly heartwarming to see. They both have their flaws, but they fall for each other, and this leads to many positive changes in their lives. They slowly overcome their flaws through help from each other and become better people.
Apart from this, there is the running theme of trying to realize one's ambition. There is an entire array of interesting ... side-characters who have their own stories and goals, which are interesting to follow and add more depth to the story. Even though a lot of the events are unrealistic and their stories and development are pretty honest and hit deep.
Each episode was very entertaining. The music was great, and so was the plot. I totally recommend (:

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 3, 2017

Ele777

Mixed Feelings

First of all, I never write reviews. I read them religiously though so that I can avoid animes that are a waste of time. Today I am writing because I am so upset with the high ratings of this anime.

This may be biased, but honestly, I was on a romance spree and I happened to find this anime in that "category". After reading reviews - I decided to give it a try (though I did not like the art style right off the bat).

I adored "Your lie in April" though I am not a huge fan of musical animes, I bawled my eyes out for ... that one. It opened my horizons to the possibilities of music based anime.

Sadly, this anime ruined it for me.

If I wanted to watch an Orchestra online, I would go and do so. This was listening to classical music and seemingly recycled freeze frames of them playing over it. Boring! But I wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt so I watched it until the end. I WANTED ROMANCE, DAMN IT. And it gave me a LITTLE something in the last episode but BARELY. The music was beautiful, though classical is not my music taste, I can still appreciate it. I just wish they added more story and less scenes of them "playing".

I wouldn't recommend this anime to anyone who is looking for a romance fix, it wasn't funny and it really just drowned on. If you are someone looking for a good romantic anime - Lovely Complex had me squealing~ (though that anime also had its downfalls, it was hilarious and made my heart race and... they kiss, it was majestic).

Nodame Cantabile was far from exciting and I wish I didn't watch it as it was 20 something episodes. Life = wasted.

But at least it's still not as bad as Chobits.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 12, 2020

WFBe6pKv2es3

Not Recommended

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Overall: This show was a huge letdown compared to its score. It is forgettable in every sense. Skip it.

I have seen this show recommended as one of the better music animes, and it had a really impressive score here so I thought I would give it a chance. I've never been so disappointed. From start to finish it is entirely predictable, with one-dimensional characters that show almost no development whatsoever until the last few episodes. Its only redeeming quality is that it happens to be set in the world of classical music so the it has a great score. However, even that has its problems.

Story ... (2/10) - Possibly the most predictable, unoriginal story I have ever experienced. Every single aspect of it is laid out in the first 10 minutes, and it never once deviates from that path. This isn't necessarily a problem, however there is also absolutely zero conflict, or ambiguity. There is never a moment where you are in doubt as to the outcome of a scene, plot line, or end result. It makes it all the more painful that what obstacles are presented to the main characters are overcome in the most trivial and meaningless.

Along with their struggles in the music world, the romantic relationship between the main characters is also a central aspect of the show. It is similarly predictable, bland, and uneventful. Again, at no point is there any tension, conflict, mystery, or originality. You keep hoping something might occur or develop, when in fact knew everything there was to know by the end of the first episode.

Art (3/10) - Lackluster at best. The majority of the show has basic animations and a basic art style. However, the musical sequences, where you would expect the best art an animation, are a painful assortment of still frames and weird CGI hand motions. There are some beautiful visualizations of the music, but it becomes difficult to enjoy them when they are followed by a sequence of scrolling or even just stationary frames.

Sound (5/10) - A show centered around classical music will always have a beautiful soundtrack. However, the mixing is incredibly poor for a show all about music, and I often found myself fiddling with the volume to try and balance the music with the dialogue.

Character (1/10) - Complete one dimensional, no originality, no development.

Overall (4/10) - I kept watching expecting something to happen or it to improve. It never did. The classical music is fine, but if that's all you want just find a spotify playlist don't waste your time here.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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