Nodame Cantabile.

Post by **Taurec** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:54 pm

Summary: At a top music academy in Japan, Shinichi Chiaki's arrogance is matched only by his top-notch piano playing. But when Chiaki and the teacher get into a fight, he's demoted to the reject class. Chiaki is left to pursue his dream of being a composer while surrounded by a bunch of loser musicians and one annoying girl, Noda, who has proclaimed herself Chiaki's girlfriend. It doesn't help that Noda, who insists on being called Nodame, lives right next door to him.

damn this ANN summary sucks <g>

I have to admit, my music teacher was a classic music nazi, we should learn about the classics if we wanted or not and of course force spooning music doesn't work, at least not with me.

imo Thunderstruck IS a classic.

Now if he would have made a lesson showing Nodame Cantabile I might have actually picked up a fondness for the subject.

I watched the first two episodes and I seriously hope they can hold on to the romantic comedy feel this show features, before I assume, slipping away in the mediocrity of a cliche love triangle.

If this show is going to use the yakitate style of learning about the classics it will rock even more.

Anyway ... it's been a while since I watched something that didn't feature panty flashing loli's with uber boobs.

I almost gave up hope. <g>

JelliCelli · Post by **JelliCelli** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:12 am

I just watched the first episode of this series and I love it! The characters are interesting and funny and you want to find out more about them. An added plus for me is that Tomokazu Seki is voicing the male lead of Chiaki. He sounds exactly like Sousuke!

Part of me almost wishes he change up the voice a little but, oh well, I'm not gonna complain.

I'm gonna be watching this one for sure! The music in the op and end are great too.

Post by **Taurec** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:49 pm

Just when you thought they couldn't find a bigger idiot .. a new one pops up.

I was rotfl when He said ... "I'll show who's the better woman."
Again a pretty amusing episode.

Actually looking forward to ep4.

JelliCelli · Post by **JelliCelli** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:17 am

How many more people are they gonna add to this awkward group?? LOL I like when Nodame wondered whether mentioning the pizza cake was a bad idea

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:29 am

I just dl'd the first 3 eps. gonna watch them tonight.

pilot03 · Post by **pilot03** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:23 pm

Pizza cake is never a bad idea!! I keep wondering how she messes up her apartment so quickly.

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:32 pm

"She eats and goes right to the piano"

Hence, she never cleans, rarely showers ("I washed my hair 4 days ago"), etc.

I'm liking it

JelliCelli · Post by **JelliCelli** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:11 am

Killer, I'm strangely entranced by your icon of the man headbanging while playing the guitar....

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:41 pm

Yes, thats me in my younger, and more 2 dimensional, days.

JelliCelli · Post by **JelliCelli** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:22 am

Anybody catch ep. 4? I laughed till I cried when Chiaki was trying to lure Nodame back into his apartment away from that German conductor. What girl wouldn't love a Chiaki arm pillow?? LOL

JelliCelli · Post by **JelliCelli** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:28 am

If anyone loves the theme song to this series, I found the video on YouTube (of all places

). It's Suemitsu the Suesmith going crazy on an all white piano. It's....interesting to say the least:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FABDmowGSIw

Eisenmann · Post by **Eisenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:06 am

hey that song is really cool.
I think i have to check out the anime now

Post by **Taurec** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:24 pm

That conductor is pure evil ... You stole my harem ... so this is revenge LMAO !!!

6 eps and still interesting. keep em coming.!!

JelliCelli · Post by **JelliCelli** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:43 am

Nice to see that Chiaki's vision of poverty in ep. 6 is Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Match Girl"!

I was wondering what was up with the little girl collapsing in the snow with the matches until my sister pointed out the reference. The story is about a poor little girl trying to sell matches in the snow, but no one buys them. At the end of the day, she sits down and lights each match, remembering a happy moment from the past until they all burn out. She ultimately ends up freezing to death

Chiaki's pretty dramatic, isn't he?

pilot03 · Post by **pilot03** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:53 pm

Taurec wrote:That conductor is pure evil ... You stole my harem ... so this is revenge LMAO !!!

6 eps and still interesting. keep em coming.!!

I agree.