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Oct/0819
Oct/0819
Nodame Cantabile Paris Chapter 01: A New Prelude
Posted by: Shin
Mukyaa~! Gyabo~! The show that I've been waiting all year has finally aired! The Paris Chapter of Nodame Cantabile was every bit as awesome as I've expected, and while I've not read the manga, it stays true to the equally amazing live action specials that I watched earlier in the year. As you'd imagine, the sequel takes our favorite musically inclined couple all the way to Europe as Chiaki preps for a conductor competition to reaffirm his abilities before meeting up with Vieira while Nodame enrolls in a prestigious music school. In Paris, the two move into Chiaki's family apartment where they meet up with two of its tenants, namely Frank the French Otaku and Tanya, a spunky Russian girl. I waited up till 4am for a decent raw, which wasn't that much better than the stream I watched but it was good enough for caps, so beware 56k'ers!
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May/0813
May/0813
Nodame Cantabile Sequel Announced
Posted by: Shin
As if my weekend couldn't get any better, one of my favorite anime in recent memory is getting a long overdue sequel. To be aired sometime in October, the second season will feature the musically-inclined couple that is Nodame and Chiaki adjusting to their new lives in Paris, where the aspiring conductor competes against Europe's in order to be acknowledged by his mentor, while the titular character struggles just to make it through music school itself, very much like the already aired live action specials. Thanks to Setsukyie for the heads up. Source from Moonphase via ANN.
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Jan/083
Jan/083
Nodame Cantabile Special Lesson 1
Posted by: Shin
A Nodame Cantabile special focusing on the Europe arc was aired recently sometime around the new year, which was a surprise to me, since although I was a fan of the series(both anime and live action), I didn't really keep tabs with the drama. The special itself is 2 hours long and there are currently two episodes.
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Aug/070
Aug/070
Nodame Cantabile 01
Posted by: gaiden
Initially I wanted to write a summary of the entire series instead of going through it by episodes because I'd reckon that lots of them had already finished this series. I changed my mind later because I want to focus a little on the music performed in the series.
Reading from the title, those who had musical background could have guessed that it's related to (classical) music.
This series is adapted from the manga with the same title, by Ninomiya Tomoko. Before the airing of this (anime) series, I had read about this manga gaining popularity in Japan and receiving awards as well. I was highly interested with a little doubt on how it would be as I was pretty unconvinced on how did Tomoko-san managed to display the ambience and characters of the mentioned pieces in the manga.
However, I did not read the manga; not even watching the dorama adapted from it as well. I only picked up the series when Shin was telling how good it is, even for someone who do not has any musical knowledge. Taking his words, I watched the first episode and boy, I was hooked!
Ore-sama Chiaki-sama.
As usual, the first few episodes will introduce the characters bit by bit. It might be a little boring for those who find it hard to appreciate classical music but with the comedian scenes (mostly Nodame's unique reaction) injected into it makes the series alot livelier.
Nodame-chan ~
There were two pieces played in this first episode which are Mozart's Sonata in D Major for two pianos; and Beethoven's Pathetique. Both pieces were not alien to me as I had heard the former in Ouran High School Host Club (where Shiro played with the girl he likes - episode 6) while the latter was often played at the beginning of almost each episodes in Love Revolution dorama. I was even slightly trembling upon hearind the familiar tunes. There are other pieces used as background music but I can't recognize any of them thus I do not know the pieces. If yuu want to find it out, yuu can check it out at wikipedia. I will only mention pieces that are played by the characters most of the time.
Playing Mozart's sonata.
Another factor that made me really love this anime is the CG quality. It was impressive! It actually demonstrate all the accurate notes played on the keys, if yuu get what I mean. If yuu don't, best is watch the series yurself. X3
Wonderful CG.
-gaiden
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