Beautiful song Rating: 9.5/10 The artwork in the first few minutes of this episode almost put me off, and I was thinking “Wtf? Why do people even bother watching this?” Now, I’ve watched the episode three times since yesterday, and I’m still listening to it as I write this entry. My diamond in the ruff [...]
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OP: 「Allegro Cantabile」 by SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH A young boy is with a conductor who is rehearsing with an orchestra. The boy wanted to become the conductor’s apprentice but was kicked out instead. In the present, this young boy we find out to be Chiaki Shinichi, who is living in Japan and is a student attending [...]
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Note: I have decided not to do plot summaries for the time being. They take me too long to do, and I have a lot of schoolwork to finish. This show inspired so much narcissistic nostalgia in me, the review will probably be more about me than it. Oh well... Like many other Asian-American youths, I was forced to take piano lessons as a child. I think I stuck with it a little longer than a lot of my peers, partly because I finally got the point where it stopped being a parent-enforced thing and became enjoyable. (It also helped that I started playing jazz in high school, not just the classical music staples everyone learns--some of which are featured in this anime.) I still even play once in a while, and consider myself fairly music-literate, and am thankful now for my musical education. So when I heard about an anime that would talk about classical music, hopefully in a knowledgeable way, my ears perked up. Would they get it right and maybe even inspire people to pick up an instrument, the way Yakitate Japan! got me to start breaking bread?
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Well, everything that needs to be said about this episode has already been said repeatedly - it’s good, it now holds a ratings record for nighttime anime in Japan, and so forth. I don’t really have much to add to that other than my personal recommendation. I haven’t read the manga or watched the [...]
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Surprised? No. Not this time. I KNEW the anime's plot was going to be awesome going into it, so this high level of awesome-ness did not take my by surprise like the dorama did. It seems that it wasn't a surprise in Japan either according to ANS:" Nodame Cantabile Debut Sets All Time Late Night [...]
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OP - Allegro Cantabile (Suemitsu and The Suemith) - I find this song rather bland and overly synthesised; I love cheesy synth music, but the vocals are mixed too far back and aren’t very exciting. Decent enough animation, I s’pose.
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Say hello to Nodame. An exuberant young lass, she possesses a natural gift for the pianoforte. She views the world as if she is living in her own alternate reality. An odd duck, Nodame marches to her own drum. Yep, she is weird. Let me introduce Chiaki. Intense and talented, Chiaki [...]
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