Name: Nodame Cantabile Genre: Comedy, Music Year: 2007 Rating: Recommended Shinichi Chiaki is a very talented pianist as well as being skilled with the violin however Chiaki's dream is to become a conductor. He is not only a top student at his university but is also popular amongst his peers but he isn't perfect. Due to bad experiences he is afraid of traveling by plane and boat so therefore he is unable to leave Japan in his pursuit to become a great conductor. One day his luck turns for the worse he is dumped by his girlfriend, loses the chance to go overseas and is removed from the piano competition because he walked out on his piano instructor. So Chiaki decides to do what many guys do when depressed, drink till you pass out. Having passed out in front of his apartment his neighbor decides to bring him inside her room. This is where Chiaki meets Nodame. Nodame is talented at the piano in a different way, she learns music by hearing it and plays with enjoyment rather than focusing on technique, also she is filthy and lives in a room full of trash. Chiaki's luck doesn't seem very stable, he is soon given the news that a new famous conductor is to come and teach at his university however this perverted maestro decides to form an orchestra one who Chiaki is expected to do all the work. On the bright side our protagonist is finally given the opportunity to act out his dream as an conductor.
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