Nodame Cantabile – Random Curiosity

Nodame Cantabile Paris – 01

By Omni October 9, 2008

Summary: Having arrived in Paris, Nodame and Chiaki head to his mother's family's apartment building and move into adjoining rooms.

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Upcoming fall series Kuroshitsuji has a website now, and on it is a 2-minute promo video. It requires Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player though, so I've uploaded it for those of you who have troubles getting it to play.

Nitroplus game Chaos;Head is getting an anime adaptation this fall, and they've opened a new website for it.

You may remember that last year around this time NTV aired a three-hour Death Note special that covered the entire L arc. Well they've announced that they'll be airing another one on August 22nd, this time covering the Near/Mello arc.

Web series Axis Powers Hetalia is getting an anime adaptation.

Junjou Romantica 2 has been confirmed to start in October of this year.

The Queen's Blade anime adaptation now has a website.

MOON PHASE reports that the Seto no Hanayome OVA will be released on November 28.

Nodame Cantabile Paris Chapter will start on October 9 in the Thursday night noitaminA timeslot.

The Macross Frontier Superlive was last night, and mainichi.jp has pictures and a report from the event. Pretty much all the songs from the series were performed, including Kanno Yoko herself playing a piano/ballad version of Triangular to Sakamoto Maaya's singing. Nakajima Megumi and May'n finished the concert by performing the new OP Lion together. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the new OP will premiere on this upcoming week's episode.

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Miscellaneous Nodame Cantabile

Looking Beyond: Freedom of Expression

By Omni July 6, 2007

This inquiry has been on my mind for about a couple of weeks. In episode 22 of Nodame Cantabile, there was one scene that really made me think. It takes place where Nodame explained Chiaki her true intentions for entering the competition. Then Nodame says, "What is wrong with playing the piano freely as you like?"

It brings up this question: Do we have the right to tamper an original work in order to suit our taste?

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Nodame Cantabile – 23 (END)

By Omni June 28, 2007

Summary: The Rising Star Orchestra's final piece for the night is Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 - the same piece Chiaki first tried to conduct the S Orchestra to play two years ago.

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Nodame Cantabile – 22

By Omni June 21, 2007

Summary: Having stopped completely because she forgot the rest of the piece, Nodame quickly improvises something to take it's place.

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Nodame Cantabile – 21

By Omni June 15, 2007

Summary:

Although Nodame has passed the third preliminary round of the Maradona piano competition, her rival Segawa Yuuto does so too with a very impressive display of talent.

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Nodame Cantabile – 20

By Omni June 7, 2007

Summary: As he continues preparing Nodame for the Maradona competition, Etou gets frustrated because she isn't playing what is written.

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Nodame Cantabile – 19

By Omni May 31, 2007

Summary: Chiaki and the Rising Star orchestra concludes their first performance by playing Brahms' Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68.

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Nodame Cantabile – 18

By Omni May 24, 2007

Summary:

Frustrated by the fact that the orchestra isn't playing well, Chiaki grabs a violin and shows them how it should be done.

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Nodame Cantabile – 17

By Omni May 17, 2007

Summary: For the new orchestra's first performance, Chiaki has chosen Brahms Symphony No. 1 - a piece that Stresemann wouldn't let him perform with the S Orchestra.