Nodame Cantabile
TV-142006•1h 0m•7.9/10
DramaComedy
Ratings
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7.9/10(42)
When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing.
Production
Fuji Television Network
Language
JA
Status
Ended
First Aired
October 16, 2006
Last Aired
December 25, 2006
Networks
Fuji TV
Created By
Tomoko Ninomiya
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Rhapsody of a Weirdo Pianist and a Snob Conductor
Air date: 2006-10-16
Noda Megumi, AKA Nodame, is a sloppy third-year Piano student at Momogaoka School of Music who lives and plays with abandon. Meanwhile, Chiaki Shin'ichi, an aspiring conductor, is at the top of his game, and acts the part. He notices something special in the way she plays Beethoven's Pathetique.
E2
Attack of the Creep Flunker Orchestra!
Air date: 2006-10-23
Chiaki is desperate to transfer from Piano to Conducting, but infamous conductor Franz Stresemann refuses to let him. Meanwhile, Stresemann recruits a band of misfits and flunkers to create Orchestra S out of misfits and near-dropouts, including Chiaki and Nodame's new mutual friends, Mine Ryutaro and Okuyama Masumi.
E3
Orchestra of the Lesser: Can Love Trump Poverty?
Air date: 2006-10-30
Stresemann bails on Orchestra S, leaving Chiaki to conduct. The bassist, Saku Sakura, isn't coming to all the rehearsals -- but it might not be her fault.
E4
Will They or Won't They? Battle of the Regular Concert!
Air date: 2006-11-06
Chiaki turns out to be impossible to please. Nodame's terrestrial alien army invades Chiaki's apartment in an unidentified heating object, in a desperate attempt to reprogram him in time for the regular concert.
E5
Goodbye, Maestro! School Festival Battle of Love
Air date: 2006-11-13
Maestro Stresemann's rightful owners arrive in Japan to take him home, while Orchestra S and Orchestra A prepare for the school festival concerts.
E6
Goodbye, Orchestra S! A Tearful Disbanding and a Piano Duet of Love
Air date: 2006-11-20
Nodame is desperately practicing the Rach 2, for reasons unknown. Orchestra S, meanwhile, is about to disband, just as they learn that Chiaki and the orchestra have become famous.
E7
New Orchestra! Tensions in the Relationship
Air date: 2006-11-27
Chiaki and Orchestra A concertmaster Miki Kiyora recruit elite students from all over Japan to start a new orchestra. Nodame gets assigned to a new teacher, leading to her becoming a zombie.
E8
Rising Star Orchestra's Concert! Fighting Old Traumas with Love
Air date: 2006-12-04
Nodame contemplates attempting to treat Chiaki's fear of airplanes, which could lead to her losing him to Europe. Meanwhile, her teacher nominates her for the Maradona Piano Competition.
E9
Competition vs. Studying Abroad! A Relationship-Ending Decision
Air date: 2006-12-11
Brainwashed by Nodame, Chiaki goes on a plane trip to Hokkaido. Nodame prepares desperately for her competition, which could open the door for her to study in Europe.
E10
Madness at the Competition! A Surprising Confession
Air date: 2006-12-18
Nodame loses herself at the Maradona competition, putting her Europe plan into doubt. Rising Star Orchestra, meanwhile, undergoes painful evolution.
E11
Goodbye, Nodame! A Tearful Christmas Concert
Air date: 2006-12-25
Defeated, Nodame runs home to her parents' place in the countryside. Chiaki goes after her.
Cast
Juri Ueno
Noda Megumi
Hiroshi Tamaki
Chiaki Shinichi
Eita Nagayama
Mine Ryutaro
Asami Mizukawa
Miki Kiyora
Keisuke Koide
Okuyama Masumi
Misa Uehara
Tagaya Saiko
Saeko
Saku Sakura
Naoto Takenaka
Franz Strezemann
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Momodaira Minako
Mayuko Iwasa
Ishikawa Reina
Yuya Endo
Okochi Mamoru
Emiko Matsuoka
Suzuki Kaoru
Aki Fukada
Inoue Yuki
Yukina Takase
Tanaka Makiko
Masatô Ibu
Mine Tatsumi
Koen Kondo
Tamaki Keiji
Masahiko Nishimura
Tanioka Hajime
Makoto Sakamoto
Hashimoto Yohei
Osamu Mukai
Kikuchi Toru
Rinako Matsuoka
Suzuki Moe
