I enjoyed watching this from beginning to end (if you discount the dull OP and ED). I liked the memory flashbacks to when Chiaka was a boy, trying to help the conductor and getting kicked out of the room, and having a bad experience belly landing in an airplane. The art and animation quality were excellent, [...]
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One interesting thing about this series is that, in comparison to other seasons, there aren’t any really bad series yet. All we have is a bunch of mediocre ones, a bunch of good ones, and a number of great ones. It’s nice to see a season without garbage. (*Thinks back to the fall season*) Nodame Cantabile This [...]
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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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I've been looking forward to watching the Nodame Cantabile anime ever since that one Gin Iro no Chord anime disappointed the band nerd inside of me. So is Nodame Cantabile the band anime I've been waiting for?
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…Not sure why, but my usual source of raw anime got extremely slow yesterday. It is either my apartment or Rogers but either way, it was annoying as hell. I was trying different sources to get it and took me about 4 hours to download Nodame Cantabile alone. -_-… Not only that, but new internet [...]
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Opening Theme: 「Allegro Cantabile」 Performed by Suemitsu and the Suemith - AVI format (24MB) | PSP format (coming soon) This turns out to be a good adaptation of the manga. In fact, I think the drawing is a lot better than the manga, especially the first few volumes of the book. The story is surprisingly similar to the first episode of the live action version although I think it's a lot closer to the manga since Chiaki didn't present Nodame with his cooking in this episode. Oh well, let's see if the following episodes will follow the manga or the live action's story. The OP theme is quite nice although the ED is not that good and the images are not that attractive but it's in the same style to the Honey and Clover ending which means that the preview is embedded in it. Voice-acting wise, I really have big problem getting used to Kawasumi Ayako and Seki Tomokazu's voice as Nodame and Chiaki. I think I'm so used to Ueno Juri's and Tamaki Hiroshi's voice that I think it'll take me a while before I get used to their voice.
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And so ends one of my favorite doramas of all time. If only I was in Japan, it'd be the best Christmas present of all time. But alas, it was a good… New Years present? I'm having a hard time writing this final post because I just dont want it to end. I mean, really, what [...]
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Happy New Year, everyone!! I hope you had a great time last night or the night before, whichever applies to you. Moving on to the actual entry, there are a lot of crying in this final episode to the point that I'm not sure which ones are acting and which ones are real. This is especially true for Ueno Juri, Tamaki Hiroshi, Eita, and Saeko. At some point, I actually wondered if the actors actually cried for real since some of them look like they've been attending someone's funeral as opposed to listening to a concert. Although it's unlikely, it's also not far-fetch to believe that some of the actors might have had difficulty filming that last scene since they seem very close to each other. In fact, one of the side pleasures of watching this series was seeing them working together or involved in variety shows like Waratte Iitomo! or Bistro SMAP. I hope I'll get to see them working together again one day either in the sequel or in another drama.
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