Nodame's crush on Chiaki could perhaps be largely attributed to Chiaki's outstanding cooking skills, which save her from eating instant ramen for dinner every day. Trash of the Titans: Her apartment, even only days after Chiaki cleans it. Verbal Tic: Nodame often uses nonsense exclamations like 'Gyabo!' Nodame Cantabile is an anime of the Josei demographic and it would most certainly be in my top 5 favorite Josei anime of all time. Nodame Cantabile is a music anime which tells the story of Shinichi Chiaki, a genius 3rd year piano major that wants to become a conductor and his chance entanglement with eccentric 2nd year piano major Noda Megumi.
. (. ).An anime, manga, and live-action TV series centered around the two protagonists, Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda (more commonly referred to by the whole cast as Nodame). The show begins at Momogaoka College of Music where both protagonists attend.
Chiaki is a talented violinist and pianist, considered one of the top students at the school, who dreams of becoming a conductor. He is extremely handsome and popular, an excellent cook, very neat and stuck-up. Nodame is an extremely talented but wild piano player whose ambition is to become a kindergarten teacher. She is a complete slob, a terrible cook, and generally acts extremely strange. The two first meet when Chiaki is thrown out by his piano teacher after an argument, and winds up being taught under the same teacher as Nodame. They later discover that their apartments are next door to each other.The show follows the musical careers of both characters as Chiaki eventually decides to follow his dream and pursue conducting. At the same time, the relationship between him and Nodame goes through numerous highs and lows, growing ever stronger in the process.
Chiaki eventually assumes control of Orchestra S, assembled by Franz Stresemann, a conductor-in-residence from abroad.Nodame Cantabile is a sweet drama, and both the anime and live action drama have strengths. It has some striking similarities with, another show produced by J.C.
Staff about quirky young people who pursue creative studies at college (art school, in that case). 2 sequel seasons have been released, 'Paris Chapters' and 'Finale', both of which detail the manga chapters that take place in Europe, mostly Paris, France. The anime in general follows the manga very closely, so much so that the season titled 'Finale' isn't really a finale at all because the anime leaves the story open much like the manga did in those parallel chapters. The manga is still ongoing with a new arc called 'Opera-Hen'.The show is highlighted by its beautiful performances of classical music, as well as its seamless blending of said music into the creative lives of its characters. Tropes used in Nodame Cantabile include:. Nodame. During the Paris seasons, her teacher nicknames her 'Bebe-chan'.: likes Chiaki, but so do who took Kiyora's place, Chiaki's ex-girlfriend Saiko and timpanist.
Oboe player Yasunori, in turn, has a crush on Nodame. Chiaki is usually seen engaged in his studies, advancing his musical career, while along the way. He's even pondering beauty and meaning of music in his life on his spare time. Nodame is a, often preoccupied with and generally being a. She gets better in Seasons 2 and 3, with the help, her mentors, and her friends at the Conservatoire. Famed Chinese pianist Rui, a who joins the cast in seasons 2 and 3.
With a featuring music from to, that is performed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, this trope is a given if you are a fan of classical music. Notable performances include the concerts of the in-universe from Season 1, and any pieces played by Chiaki or Nodame. Also of note is the anime's first OP theme:; the lyrics of which are about the joys devoting one's life to playing music. The first ED theme: is also beautiful, in this tropers opinion. If there were a theme song for the tropes, and, it would be this. The DVD special.
Yes,. 'D-Cup Devil!' . Nodame, when she's not making silly faces or dressing like a slob.
Season 2's Yasunori Kuroki develops a crush on Nodame, though she does manage to destroy her image of her because she's Nodame. Also see Chapter 11's cover. Hubba-hubba. Usually for remarking a well performed music (both around the performers and the audience). Played semi-straight around Professor Auclair (perhaps to emphasize his way to teach?).
Used pretty frequently, especially for Nodame. Happens a lot to Nodame-and everyone who gets involved with her. The first anime season uses these expertly, with the first scene of episode one, a flashback, running alongside a 'narration' (words appearing an otherwise blank screen) about memories, and the final scene of the last episode continuing the thought to reflect one of the series' big themes and the development of the characters. Makes an already touching finale so damn-near perfect, that this troper is convinced it is impossible to watch it without feeling happy. In the live-drama, the first song that the group together as an orchestra was Beethoven Synphony No. 7, as well as being the first time Chiaki conducted.
At the end of the series, they played this song again, being the last time Chiaki would conduct in Japan with this orchestra, since they were all graduating and going their seperate ways. When Chiaki goes to, in Brazil, the guy that caught him in the airport takes him to the beach. Knows that city has no beaches so near. Some other related setereotypes are shown, played straight and. GYABOOOOOOO. Season 2's Son Rui started performing internationally at age 10.
Luca is a child also accepted into the same conservatory as Nodame. Of course, neither compares to the real life child prodigy in season 2, Mozart!. Nodame herself used to be one as a little girl. Played straight most of the time by Nodame, rarely played for drama. In fact there are quite a number of instances where Nodame is reasonable and understanding toward Chiaki's relationships with other people, especially when it involves his musical career. Nodame has shades of this towards Chiaki. Though it's mostly played for laughs.
Nodame and Yadovika, the Hungarian composer and Theremin player girl. After taking first place during his first conducting competition in France, Chiaki is kidnapped by, 's agent and manager, with the goal of forcing him to sign on with her publicity agency. When he refuses even after being beaten up by one of her bodyguards, she resorts to.
The first series had 23 episodes to cover the first nine volumes of the manga. The next series had 11 episodes to cover the next seven. Yes, people noticed. The third season drops a storyline completely to fit the rest of the material in.
Close-ups of musical instruments are clearly computer-rendered. Same goes for the characters playing those instruments. Sometimes it can make a concert scene look realistic in ways that normal animation just can't pull off,.
Most of the manga covers show Nodame playing instruments she does not play. Almost the entire supporting cast of season one less Kuroki the Oboe player don't come back to season 2-3.
Some of them return in Finale's episode 0 DVD special as well as a few cameos in the season itself. Justified by the setting change from Japan to Europe.
Or, in this case, girl. Guess who. Nodame's clumsiness is often quite over the top.: Almost every female character. And almost all of the guys, too. Chiaki.