My head is full of No...DAME!

wait commercial: taglish muna please :P

nagbalak ako before na gawing kakaiba ang 1st paragraph neto. eh dahil sa ang tagal ko ng natapos ang series at tv anime, mejo nakalimutan ko na ung "New Learning" kuno ko about classical music. hayan kaya normal na intro na lang ulet. ;))
Nodame cantabile is an ongoing manga by Tomoko Ninomiya with a genre mainly on classical music. Sounds boring at first. Naalala ko before when Tin told me to watch the tv anime, haha I just said I will dahil stereotype na saken pag classical, hehe inde ako magtatagal. So after I downloaded all 23 eps, dun palang ako nagstart manood (which is unusual for me). Rawwrr, ayun opening theme palang, "Allegro Cantabile" by Suemitsu & The Suemith, napa "cool tune huh" na ko. Tapos haha ayun predicatable na ang nangyari -> Marathon mode. DND. XD

Basically Nodame Cantabile is about Chiaki Shinichi, an elite student of Momogaoka Music Academy who is one to be considered as true genius in classical music, and Noda Megumi, a hopeless yet gifted piano student on the same university who lives in a messy apartment.

Umikot mainly ung story sa music school and each of the cast plays a different instrument. At inde boring ung story dahil nabridge ung classical music at yung comical school life. In fairness funny talaga na mostly nadadala ni Nodame. And aside from the typical na buhay school, included din ung goals ng lead characters na nagpaadd ng excitement sa story (the orchestra for chiaki and piano competitions for nodame). As for romance, of course meron pero side story na lang talaga yun.

At dahil naenjoy ko ang tv anime, inde ako nakuntento at binasa ko ang manga FROM THE BEGINNING. the tv anime covers up to volume 9 only out of 19 volumes of the current. kaya mabibitin ka talaga sa tv anime. Volume 10 onwards cover Europe arc. Yes, sila ay nasa Europe with Nodame still on studying piano now on France Conservatory, and Chiaki on his conducting career as his profession. At sa europe din talaga umusad ang love story nila. More issues, More people with excellent skills, much serious story. Comedy pa rin naman pero mas ramdam mo ung depth ng nangyayari sa kanila. Malamang dahil sila ay inde na naglalaro ng instruments. totoong laban na especially kay Chiaki dahil trabaho nia yun. At hanggang ngayon kinakarir ko pa rin ung manga. Credits to NCIS for their scanlations and MangaTraders for the host!

AT! inde pa nagtatapos ang kwento.

Nalaman kong may Live Action so dinownload ko sia! Thanks to SARS Fansubs! :D And I really commend the live. super winner. Aside from kuhang kuha nia ung manga (as in 99%), mas mawiwili ka dahil nakikita mo na tumutugtog sila talaga ng instruments. cool!! most especially the orchestra scenes. ang bangis peste. And I was more amazed when I knew that some of the LEAD characters don't even know how to play the instrument of the character they are portraying. partida LEAD yun pero aakalain mo talaga na they are the ones who are playing. grabe ang galing talaga. One more plus point for the live: MAY PERA ANG PRODUCTION. winner pag lumabas to -> kono bangumi wa goran no suponsaa no teikyou de okurishimasu. ang dami literal lalo na sa SPs. halos lahat ata ng japanese car companies eh sponsor nila. ang dami talagang pera! astig talaga. ayun. winner performance. great series. ok din talaga na inde mo pinipilit pagkasiyahin ung story sa iilang episodes. kaya ang galing ng nodame dahil nagrab talaga nia ung manga. ang naiwan lang ata eh ung performance ni chiaki and masumi. tas the rest were seen on the live action. super super super winner. Hehe ung ibang nabasa ko sabi mas gusto nila live kesa sa anime. haha mas close daw ung storyline. hihi

ayun. nahook talaga to. different presentation of classical music. one will definitely enjoy it.

Trivia Mode:
1. Noda Megumi really exists. True! sa kanya nanggaling ung piano on a messy room kaya nainspire si creator to push it into serial publication. ^__^
2. Nodame Orchestra consists of selected members talaga para lang sa live action. and they received support from the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

gusto ko sanang magpost ng pics of manga ang tv anime with the same scenes kaso pahirapan haha. eto http://www.designchronicle.com/memento/archives/nodame_cantabile/index.html daming pics jan. buong nodame nasummarize :P

here are some funny/loved scenes from the anime grabbed from
http://abanzai.animeblogger.net/2008/02/17/nodame-cantabile-overall-impressions/

Overall Rating (Manga + Anime + Live Action): NOTHING COMPARES.

bb.