Music Recommendation No. 5

Nodame Cantabile

Genre: Classical music, drama, romance, comedy, slice of life

Episodes: 23 episodes in 1st, 11 episodes in 2nd, 11 epsiodes in 3rd season, 2 live action series, and 2 live action movie

Manga: 23 volumes, status completed

Summary:

Shinichi Chiaki, an arrogant, multilingual perfectionist, is the top student at Momogaoka College of Music and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy (namely Prague), but is trapped in Japan because of his childhood phobia of airplanes and the ocean. In contrast, Megumi Noda, or "Nodame", is a piano student at Momogaoka, notorious for messiness and eccentric behavior. Despite being very talented, Nodame prefers to play by ear rather than according to the musical score; thus, she is regarded as sloppy and playful..

Own opinion:

This time, I tried to review a more serious music genre anime. This show is way back on 2007 and I have watched this last 2013. Its truly a romantic, funny, and amazing show. Over all this is something you really need to watch if you want a josei story. The classical music will soothe your heart and the awkward but funny romance between the two protagonists will bring butterflies in your stomach. Its really a wonderful show. So why not watch it for a change? Since lately, anime is all about fanservice so you might like this one. :D

Rank: 6 over 5 stars