A foreign old man is walking through the school with a guide book on Japan, peering into various practice rooms. However rumour spreads out that there is a creepy old man going around. Nodame on her way home is approached by the foreign old man who asks for directions to get a taxi. Nodame tells him [...]
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Okuyama Masumi is a timpanist who has difficulties staying in a practice room for a long time, and is often mistaken for a female. Having rushed out, he sees Chiaki walking by, but when Nodame comes and clings onto Chiaki, he gets infuriated. That is because Masumi is in love with Chiaki. Later on Nodame sees [...]
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First thing first, those who expect to see the Kotatsu chapter will be in for a disappointment. J.C Staff completely cuts that story out of the anime for the time being. However, since this is J.C Staff, I suspect we will probably see them in the DVD as one of the extras. If you think about it, the Kotatsu story doesn't really advance the main plot so it makes sense for J.C Staff to excise that story so they can get on with the main plot. Apart from this cut, however, this episode is as good as the previous one. The comedy flows in better, the jokes are spot on, and the story is engaging. The only problem that I still have is getting used to the voice actors for the anime. The only exception to this is Chiaki. I'm a bit disappointed that the new Strezemann doesn't speak Japanese like a foreigner. His Japanese sounds a bit too perfect to me.
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(watched episode 1 & 2) ...Still waiting on the sub for Ep 3. I Despite my love for Honey & Clover, I was on the fence about Nodame Cantabile (def of cantabile). It feels a lot like H&C as far as the animation goes, but that was to be expected. What I was concerned with was that the show would remind me too much of H&C. I’m looking for something different. I was on the fence until I saw
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Well, this is more of what I had in mind with the first two episodes. I just think that this is generally funnier than the first and second episodes. I am still not used to the voices especially Nodame's but I'm slowly getting used to them. Masumi's voice sounds a lot like Madarao (of Kekkaishi) to me but I'm not sure if they share similar VA or not. Animation-wise, this is also a lot more vibrant and consistent much to my surprise. Especially considering that this is already the third episode in the series. In other series, this is where things usually start to fall apart. But then again I remember that apart from Kyoto Animation, J.C Staff is also quite good at spreading their budget evenly throughout the entire run of a series. Because of this, I can't recall a particular episode that looks really bad.
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Rating: 9.3/10 Impressions: And suddenly, I’m addicted to the Nodame Cantabile ED. Don’t ask me why I started that first sentence with ‘and’, it just sounds better to me. The ED is a lot more lively and catchy than the OP, though I’ve only listened to the OP twice, and perhaps haven’t gotten ‘into it’ enough [...]
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Ryuutarou Mine is walking along and thinking the other students around him have no talent. We find out he is the son of the owner of Uraken Chinese Restaurant near school. During practice, his friend reminds him of his violin jury next week. If he fails he has to repeat a semester. He had a pianist [...]
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Our next main character is Mine, a punk violin player who hates the rigidity of classical music. After some coaching from Nodame and Chiaki, he obviously starts appreciating the classical tradition once more. Oh, and Chiaki’s ex gets a bit pushy after she gets turned down for the lead in The Magic Flute. I [...]
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So it's Mine's turn to shine… I guess. It may just be me, but the way the episode opened with Mine mimicking Chiaki's entrance the previous episode made me really lawl. I'm not quite sure why, but I'm guessing it's because of the dorama. Seeing as it's already finished, I know who Mine really is and [...]
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Episodes: 23 Genres: Comedy, drama, music, romance, shoujo, slice-of-life Studio: J.C. Staff OP: “Allegro Cantabile” by SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH ED: “Konna ni Chikaku de…” by CRYSTAL KAY Official Site: http://www.nodame-anime.com/ Rating: 9.5/10 Impressions: Now this is what I call a good anime. I guess I kinda knew I was going to blog this before watching it, even though I said I wouldn’t. [...]
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Harsh, Chiaki. Harsh. Summary: This episode introduced Mine Ryuutarou, a violinist who is preparing for a violin jury seeking a pianist to accompany him playing Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 5. Chiaki had been set to be his partner before, but quit after insulting his skill. Nodame trips over the power cable for the amp [...]
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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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The second episode of VVV ceases to impress - the artwork isn’t exactly fantasic, and the story seems to be progressing a tad slowly. Actually, the episode isn’t that bad - they covered quite a bit of ground in terms of sumire coming to terms with her new goals in life and things like that, [...]
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Well, this is slightly disappointing after last week's episode. I think the animation dips slightly down in this one. Mine's face, for example, is rarely consistent in this series. Prior to watching the live action, I always thought that Mine's hair in the manga is a lot better than Eita's hair in the live-action. Now, however, it's kind of strange to see Mine with short, cropped hair. I also kind of suspected that the animators won't animate much of the hand movement but the result is a bit disappointing. They often rely on visual tricks such as shadow or static still but I don't think it works as well. I hope this won't be a big problem when the series reaches the part where everyone gets to perform on stage. On the positive side, I like the drawing style, which I don't think is that similar to Honey and Clover. If anything, the character design reminds me a bit of The Adventures of TinTin.
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phew, apartment internet is so slow! ~_~ About the new episode of Nodame Cantabile, I felt that they might be cutting down too many stuff from the original manga. However, I was definitely used to Chiaki and Nodame’s voice this time. Animation:10/10 BUT I didn’t like 3D work too much. Though it probably is really accurate [...]
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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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Summary: Ryuutarou Mine is a violin student who favors the electric violin and whose father owns the Uraken Chinese food restaurant near school.
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